Is it normal that my boyfriend lied about my race
I am black and I have been with my Indian boyfriend for a year now and I have never met his family but only a friend and his best friend knows about me. Due to Cultural and religious reasons or so he told me our relationship had to be on the down low. Anyway I got him a present and his mum asked him who it was from, he said it was from a girl (he told her my name) who was just a friend. Fair enough I'm not angry he said "friend" but then his mum asked him if the girl was a mixed race girl and he said yes.
So I interpreted it as even in the capacity of being his "friend" he still lied about my race, my black skin was not good enough even as a "friend".
I confronted him and he said that he lied that I was mixed race because during the oppressive colonial times in this country the indians and mixed race people were allowed to mix so he figured his mum would not make it a big deal if he said that. I was hurt and felt like shit because that meant that the ENTIRE time it wasn't a religious or cultural thing why out relationship was kept a secret, it was because I'm black.
Please people of is it normal I want to hear your opinions on this matter.