For crying out loud. Why do people make such a fuss over what color we are? We are all Americans. One thing for sure is that we all descend from immigrants. Even Native Americans, whose roots dig deep into American soil for thousands of years, have ancestry that walked or sailed here from other lands. America is a nation of people, of all ethnicities, who live and love with a freedom not enjoyed everywhere. Those romances, amidst the conflicts, make for great stories. It’s not always Black or White but it’s always love.
Suellen Ocean is the author of the Civil War Era Historic Romance, Black Pansy: