With This Ring, I Thee Take ... Your Hispanic-Sounding Surname?
What happens when a 'Miller' becomes a 'Martinez'? This week, we offer advice for a woman whose fiance is worried about unconscious bias affecting their marriage.
by Leah Donnella
Sep 09, 2017
3 minutes
Each week on "Ask Code Switch," we tackle your trickiest questions about race. This time, we're unpacking that old nursery rhyme: First comes love, then comes a heated discussion of unconscious bias, then comes a baby in a baby carriage.
Katie from Wilmington, Del., asks:
My boyfriend is Mexican and I am white, and we have started discussing marriage. I floated the idea of taking his last name, but he was strongly against it.
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