Sunday, August 5, 2007

Works for me

If I were single, and wanting to be married, I wouldn't hesitate to consider any decent man who was interested in me, without regard to color. As the mother of a college-aged daughter who will in all likelihood some day wish to be married and have children, I would have no problem with her bringing home a non-Black man, so long as he was good and decent. I'm not the only one to see things this way, as is pointed out in this article.

Any black woman who wants to limit her choices to only Black men, is plain and simply going to limit her chances of finding Mr. Right. As long as she recognizes the cost, that's a personal choice. But as for me, there are too many other considerations in findng the right partner to automatically exclude large groups of candidates simply because their race or ethnicity is wrong. It sounds trite, and cliche-ish, but color is only skin-deep. We can't ask others to look beyond our skin color (as I think most believe should be done for employment, housing, and all manner of other decisions), if we are not willing to do the same.

More power to you Sisters.

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