Black Men, White Women

There have been several articles discussing how some blacks have been turned off by the Tiger Woods' situation because he cheated on his wife with white women (click for one of the HERE articles).  Are we STILL dealing with this issue of inferiority in 2009?  This tends to be a very sore subject for blacks (especially black women).  For years they were made to believe that having darker skin made them less attractive than their fairer counterparts.  That having curly/crinkly hair was unappealing.  No one can deny that sort of mental abuse has and continues to happen in our society.  But, if a man wants to date exclusively outside of his race, that's his preference, not yours, and it deserves little criticism from you (unless you are married to him, of course).  If one chooses to be upset with Tiger it should be because he cheated in the first place.  Whether she was white, hispanic, or a female goat is irrelevant.

It is also very unfortunate that some would view the race of a man's spouse as a factor when it comes to supporting him.  "The color of one's companion has long been a major measure of "blackness" — which is a big reason why the biracial (then presidential candidate) Barack Obama was able to fend off early questions about his black authenticity.  "Had Barack had a white wife, I would have thought twice about voting for him," Johnson Cooper said."

Since I've heard this foolishness from many others around the time of the election, it's not just Mr. Cooper's ignorance on display here.  Any person that would have voted against Barack Obama because he married a Sarah Palin or a Hillary Clinton (in other words, a white woman) is the real racist.

Tell me what you think. Are critics like Tom Joyner (and others) okay for having the thoughts they do on the subject? Or are they actually encouraging segregation and increasing our racial divide with their beliefs on this matter?


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