Is it wrong to love a slave?

In the book Cold Mountain, a man named Odell loved a black slave, but is it wrong to love a slave? Odell was a little different from his family, his family bought slaves for house and fieldwork, and they were very much against Odell loving a slave. Odell first saw Lucinda “the slave” in their kitchen, and I guess you would call it love at first sight. Odell never met or saw Lucinda before but instantly fell in love with her, and at that moment he wished that his wife was dead. I don’t know why they thought it was so wrong to love a black slave but it was to Odell’s father. It might be because she is black or because she is a slave or both, but no matter how wrong they thought it was, they were more wrong because nobody chooses what color they are or what family they were born into. 

If you were to go to prison for years paying the price for a murder you didn’t have anything to do with, that would be really wrong and unfair. It’s the same concept, being put to work and not being able to choose a life that you want just because you were born a different color is a horrible thing to make someone go through. You should love anyone no matter what color they are or where they came from. Next time you think you don’t like someone because they look different just think to yourself did they get to choose what they look like. Treat others as you would want to be treated, I know you hear that a lot but it is so true, you need to put yourself in other people’s shoes, if you could literally do that you would feel and know how badly people get treated for reasons that they’re not responsible for. 

If someone was blind and didn’t know what color anyone was, would that stop them from making friends, probably not, and you know why because it doesn’t matter. Odell was not wrong to love Lucinda, yes she is a black slave but it’s just a color. The color of your skin is not what makes you who you are, it is your personality your heart and how you choose to live your life.