Something people have never quite understood from me is my take on race relations. I'm a Black woman growing up in the South. I would rather someone call me N-word to my face and "friend" behind my back than to call me "friend" to my face and N-word behind my back.
See...what you call me to my face won't hurt me...after all it isn't what YOU call me, but what I answer to that matters. However...if you are the architect of deception and cutting a shine in my face while working my demise behind my back...WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
I believe everyone holds biases and prejudices. That being said I give a special kind of side-eye to people who claim to be post-racial or colorblind. Child PLEASE! This is especially true when it comes to the issue of interracial-dating. Usually the colorblindness is subjective and it only applies to the person the colorblind person is sleeping with on a regular basis. Take Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, for example...he sees his ha…
See...what you call me to my face won't hurt me...after all it isn't what YOU call me, but what I answer to that matters. However...if you are the architect of deception and cutting a shine in my face while working my demise behind my back...WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
I believe everyone holds biases and prejudices. That being said I give a special kind of side-eye to people who claim to be post-racial or colorblind. Child PLEASE! This is especially true when it comes to the issue of interracial-dating. Usually the colorblindness is subjective and it only applies to the person the colorblind person is sleeping with on a regular basis. Take Clippers owner, Donald Sterling, for example...he sees his ha…