{"id":6731,"date":"2017-01-15T06:29:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T06:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2017-01-15T06:29:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T06:29:33","slug":"teen-raises-25000-after-she-says-parents-cut-her-off-for-having-black-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=6731","title":{"rendered":"Teen Raises $25,000 After She Says Parents Cut Her Off For Having Black Boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"10\">A Tennessee teenager has raise more almost $25,000 after she said her parents cut her off for dating her black boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"11\">Allie Dowdle, 18, took to GoFundMe to share that her parents had refused to pay for college and had taken away her car and phone because of her relationship to 18-year-old Michael Swift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"13\">\u201cAbout a year ago, I told my parents that I&#8217;d started dating a boy named Michael, pictured with me above. Hoping to share him with my family, I showed my parents his picture, and the conversation was over before it even began,\u201d Dowdle wrote on the campaign page. \u201cMy dad did not give me an option:&nbsp; he told me that I was not allowed to see Michael ever again. Why? Strictly because of skin color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"14\">Dowdle went on to say that she has been dating the teen for a year and has fought hard to \u201cmake her parents see Michael as a human being instead of just someone who is African-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"15\">\u201cAll of this because I love another human being, as I was taught to do. How could my love for another person be wrong because of his skin color?\u201d Dowdle continued in the post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"16\">According to the NYDailyNews, Bill Dowdle, Allie\u2019s father, said that his daughter dating a black man may not be his \u201cpreference\u201d because of \u201cissues\u201d involved with biracial dating in the South, but that it is not his place to pick who she dates now that she is 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm canvas-atom\" data-type=\"text\" data-reactid=\"18\">Bill continued to say that he is not racist and that he disapproved because his daughter started dating Michael in secret.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tennessee teenager has raise more almost $25,000 after she said her parents cut her off for dating her black boyfriend. 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