A photograph of a Scottish academic with his Ghanaian wife has provoked a conversation on social media about interracial relationships.
On 26 December, the Honorary Consul for Ethiopia in Scotland, Professor John Struthers, shared an image on Twitter of himself and his wife Justina attending the Queen's garden party in Edinburgh in July.
The image shows Professor Struthers, wearing a kilt, standing beside his wife in a dress made from traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth, and was accompanied with a post about fighting racism.
"I thought I would share. We've had disapproving looks, 'We are full', 'Is that your wife?' and many more actions questioning our relationship over the last 40-plus years," he tweeted.
"We haven't wavered! The best way of fighting racism is living your life, standing tall and educating. #Diversity"
Professor Struthers' words about being in an interracial relationship have resonated with thousands of people, generating 17,000 retweets and more than 52,000 likes.
Commenting on the reaction he said: "Responses to the tweet have been heart-warming and overwhelming."
Source: BBC
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I am amazed at the stuppppidddity of my fellow Ghanaians commenters. Impressed by this picture and one of them is 'asking for such a man'. With people like those commenting here hoping God helps them to get "such a man" I am not surprised that Ghana is a mess and will continue to be in mental slavery. Fuuuuuuuuuuuulish GHanaians. U shld get ebola
Let me also try using [DEAR] and see what will happen. Dear sister, that'show they are. Even words they themselves use in news write-ups are masked when used in the comment section.
Peace fm, please when did the word “d.e,a.r” become an unapproved word? I wrote “D.e,a.r God”. Anything wrong with that?
Dear God, please give me such a man this year 2018. Amen!
Well behaved Prof,we're humbled.