Common Myths About Black Woman/White Man Relationships
“She hates herself. She just doesn’t want to be black.”
Oh, contraire. I would argue that for someone who has been married interracially for nearly a decade, a union between a black woman and a white man often makes you feel even more black. You are indeed the brown dot on the white piece of paper. What I also find quite interesting (and not in a good way) is the double standard that abounds when it comes to black men’s ability to remain activists for their community, and still retain their black cards. No one questioned whether Civil Rights activists like Harry Belefonte, Sidney Poitier, Quincy Jones, and rabid Black Panther, Huey Newton on whether they still wanted to be black while gallivanting, mating and marrying white women.
Here’s a thought: Perhaps the personal is not always the political.
