Beyond Black And White Talk

Here's the letter: "My name is Erica I am 23 and my boyfriend's name is Ryan who is 24. We are both finishing up college as a nursing student and him as a petroleum engineer. We have been together for 2 years and 1 month now. We are going through extremely lows with our families, especially mine. My fathers is completely against me dating a Caucasian man. (My father was born back in the time of segregating and riots. He is a black panther). My father met him once and never tried to really get to know him. Ryan has longed to just have a chance to talk and get to know my dad. I never thought it was an issue to consider dating outside my race. We live in a pretty mixed area. My 2 brothers are also married with different ethnicity (Filipino and Hispanic). Long story short, my father disgrace me every time he knows I am with him. On fourth of July, I went to Ryan's house to study for nursing school. My father checked on me and I panicked. My family doesn't let Ryan come over so I have to sacrifice seeing him somet