An Indian woman married to a black man

Video , Race , Marriage

Shantel Segolela is an Indian woman married to a black man. She talks about her experiences of dating and marrying a black man and the challenges they faced and continue to face today.

She also shares about being a mother to a mixed race child in South Africa today and the kind of country in which she hopes her daughter could flourish. 

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