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Interracial Dating

"I couldn't be with someone who couldn't accept my background," she says.

Pressure from family to date or marry someone of the same race is also influential.

Though Marinelarena says he doesn't care about race, he acknowledges that it's in the back of his mind.

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"Bring home a Latina woman," his parents say.

Cuellar says that one has to be "progressive" to be in an interracial relationship long-term.

"I think it definitely gets more challenging as time goes on," he says.

Cuellar says he fasted with his girlfriend last Yom Kippur, though ironically his three Jewish roommates did not.

"Solidarity goes a long way," he says.

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