Racism is dumb - my husband and future son in law are now BFFs

Some weeks ago I wrote about how my husband vehemently disapproved of our daughter's fiance because he's a black man from Kenya. They met in college four years ago and my husband disapproved from the beginning.My husband had never thought of himself as a racist. However, through dialogue, I was able to reach him and point out his flaws when it comes to race. After my husband admitted to his clandestine bigotry, he promised to work on it and said he would do his utmost do repair the relationship with our daughter, and her fiance.Gosh, they are now inseperable. They have so many things in common. A weekend doesn't go by without meeting just the two of them, doing "guy stuff" (going as far as my daughter's fiance teaching my husband how to play videogames). They place wagers on who will win a match on a basketball or soccer videogame. They're always laughing and mocking one another.One of the things I love about this is that my future SIL's parents died when he was 7. He grew up all alone as an orphan. He had such an horrific childhood and his strength and resilience never ceases to amaze me. With that, I feel it's important for myself and my husband to be his older generation support. I'm so proud of the strides my husband has made. I really am - in the last four years, I couldn't envisage him bonding with our daughter's fiance in this manner. They are inseparable these days.And our daughter is now beginning to trust him again. They have always been close and it broke my heart to see how they drifted apart in the last few years. My daughter now jokes that her father is trying to steal her fiance from her.Just wanted to write that racism is dumb - the only thing that stopped my husband from reaching out to our daughter's fiance was because he has more melanin in his skin.Oh and I'm going to be a grandmother in nine months!!!!! I am so happy and am counting the seconds. My husband and my daughter's fiance both love basketball. My husband is a Boston Celtics fan. My future SIL is a Los Angeles Lakers fan. When we found out they were pregnant, my husband bought a baby Celtics uniform. The look on my future SIL's face was hilarious. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2h8lz3E