The law that in
South Africa made it a crime to have
sex across the colour bar. As an attempt to legislate racial morality, it was part of
petty apartheid It was passed in
1950, and was repealed before the
1994 election.
In 1994 I loved a beautiful girl with
brown skin. We were so aware that even 2 years ago this love would have been a
crime. When we held hands in public people would look twice, and we would both smile.
It lasted more than a year, but neither of us were ready to settle down. The breakup was messy. She seemed to believe that arguments were a constructive way to resolve differences, and I see them as differences in themself.