For this paper, I chose to interview a family that I have known for a few years. We do not know each other well: we are only acquaintences. There are four members of their family. The father's name is Ed, the mother's name is Sue and their two sons are Brian and Bobby. I met them a few years ago because my mom use to watch brian and bobby all the time. My little sister alisen was pretty good friends with bobby and Brian cause when they would come over they would play together. Brian and bobby spend the night sometimes when their parents would go out, and I have gotten to know his family a little by sometimes going out to eat with my mom and them here and there. And since Ed is black and Sue is white, I thought it would be interesting to interview them. They said that they would be happy to give me an interview anytime. So when I came home last weekend, I gave them a call and they told me to come on over. I started by interviewing the parents and then I interviewed the two children seperately.
Ed Sanders was born in Akron, Oh. I asked him about his life as a child and he told me that it was pretty good for a black kid back then. He grew up with two brothers and both parents. He also said that he did not face as much racial prejudice as one would think. He grew up with a lot of white friends and he eventually married a white girl, his wife Sue. They said that they have had a pretty good marriage with exception to a few problems as all marriages have. They both said that they have faced some racial problems because of their mixed marriage but nothing they could not handle. They are very close to both Ed and Sue's parents. The kids love their grandparents and love to go to their houses. They are not as close to their aunts, uncles, and cousins partly because some of them live to far away. But they still get to see them about four to five times a year on holidays and other family gatherings. There are no m...