Why should race or colour define our relationships?
During my recent ‘Kiss of the Tsunami’ talks in schools, I told pupils that Marti and Krista’s attraction crosses cultures. People should be free to be themselves, not become victims of prejudice.
Marti: “The wall is a barrier between our worlds. When we cross it, she will become a tourist again, a westerner, a hotel guest. And I will go back to being a sea gypsy, a garbage collector, a street rat. Out there under the wide sky, watching the turtles or sitting under the trees, we were free to be who we wanted to be…”
‘Kiss of the Tsunami’ page 260.