Category: racism

• 20. Celebrating Mixed Marriage

  

  Within a week of marrying in late December 1984, my Zimbabwean wife, T., and I arrived at Heathrow Airport enroute to Canada. The female immigration officer who checked our passports had reddish grey hair and a severe expression. She resembled Maggie Thatcher.  “And what is your relationship?”  She glanced stonily between faces and photos. “Husband…

  lefthook51

  January 10, 2026

  Memoir, Mixed marriage, Poetry, racism