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04-04-2017, 02:40 PM
These greeting cards reflect real couples and fight stereotypes
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Like all couples, Tineka Smith and her husband Alex buy greeting cards for each other on special occasions. But, they have never been able to find a card that accurately represents their relationship.*
"I'm black and my husband is white," says Smith. "We searched for years for a publisher that had options for interracial couples but always had to resort to generic cards or animals."*
SEE ALSO: Hallmark competitor Facebook is back at it with Valentine's Day cards (http://mashable.com/2017/02/10/facebook-valentines-cards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The final straw for Smith came last year when her husband gave her a card with two penguins hugging and said: "Look I found a card like us — they are black and white and a couple!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/greeting-cards-interracial-same-***/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Like all couples, Tineka Smith and her husband Alex buy greeting cards for each other on special occasions. But, they have never been able to find a card that accurately represents their relationship.*
"I'm black and my husband is white," says Smith. "We searched for years for a publisher that had options for interracial couples but always had to resort to generic cards or animals."*
SEE ALSO: Hallmark competitor Facebook is back at it with Valentine's Day cards (http://mashable.com/2017/02/10/facebook-valentines-cards/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
The final straw for Smith came last year when her husband gave her a card with two penguins hugging and said: "Look I found a card like us — they are black and white and a couple!" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/greeting-cards-interracial-same-***/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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