DATING AS A “BLACK” MAN…
NR Jr., Tampa, FL. So as a paid volunteer in the US Armed Forces who has traveled extensively across the world. America has a “big”...
You are dating a black girl?
Michael K. Wallace, Johnson City, TN. This was the opening question to the most consistent family conversation I had during my freshmen year of highschool....
Dating: I’m too dark for him?!
Anonymous, Northampton, MA. He’s a white European, and has never considered black women to be attractive, apparently until he met me and we got to...
Who will love this black girl?
Gabby Mbeki, Boston, MA. In the fall of 1997, I started 6th grade at a day independent school in Connecticut. I grew up in a...
Love knows no color, just connection
Sarah P, Durham, NH p>As a white woman dating a black man, I have gotten questions before about making sure I would be okay with...
Don’t Bring Home No White Girls
Anonymous, TX. Said a well travelled Black American female veteran to her biracial, trilingual, and dual citizen son. Behind her, in full agreement, stood her...
I am cautious about who I date
Anna, MN. I am not attracted to black guys. Even if I was it’s hard. Any person can be my friend but I don’t want...
Four words: I’m tired of blacks.
Duncan, Macon, GA p>Being tired and hating are two different things. My girlfriend is a beautiful black woman who is also tired of blacks. She’s...
We plan life so we’re safe.
Jamie Haines, Franklin, VA. As an inter-racial lesbian couple in Virginia, we have to plan carefully. Will that small diner be safe? Can we vacation...
Interracial couple. You two really together?
Lemon Wilson, Beloit, WI My partner is Mexican and I am white, in this day and age people still ask if we are really dating.
Rejected because love is colorblind.
Paula Morris, Long Beach, CA. A white girl growing up in Orange County, CA, where I was anything and anyone “different” was “bad”, I have...
“I didn’t know you liked chocolate”
Dana Judkins, Shreveport, LA. I get this a lot when people find out I have a black boyfriend.
Not Mexican Looking “You know Spanish!?”
Daisy Reyes, Rialto, CA. Even as a little girl in Mexico I was the “Chinita” (little Chinese). When I came to the U.S., I was...
Love within this one race.
Patricia Duhalde, Aurora, CO This man is my soulmate. Didn’t know much about his experience on this planet until I fell in love with him....
Homecoming with best friend. You dating?
Jaden Miskowiec, Memphis, TN. I went to homecoming with my best friend, who happens to be black. One woman asked my mother if we were...
You’re cute for a black girl
Leah Thomas Florissant, MO I grew up in Saint Louis, MO and I moved to a mainly white private school in the 5th grade. I...
It is time to listen …
Javi Banderas, Spain White male dating a person of color. Learning about race is a never-ending process – grateful for my partner & teacher.
