Enter The Fosters, a new drama series from ABC Family about an interracial lesbian couple and their multi-ethnic family of foster, adopted and biological children. Yes, devoted families just like theirs exist outside the world of television, but rarely are they portrayed front and center as a brood akin to 7th Heaven.
Thankfully, change has arrived in full force, whether the bigots like it or not. And while interracial relationships on TV are still considered “groundbreaking” in this day and age, my hope is they won’t even bat an eye in the years to come.
We may not live in a post-racial world; but as an unremittingly hopeless romantic at heart, I’d still like to believe that love is colorblind.
Leah Pickett is a pop culture writer for WBEZ and co-host of Changing Channels, a podcast about the future of television. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr.