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Monday, July 28, 2008
Dating in Atlanta: It’s not black or white
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I always find it so amusing when one of our new readers confuse one of my blog entries for one written by my co-writing partner’s in crime. I always think that this goes to show how we share many of the same dating (mis) adventures. Despite the difference in age, race and bad choices in dating, we really do mirror each other a lot.
Admittedly, there is a unique set of dating challenges that I don’t share with them and vice versa. Personally, I believe that no race or gender has the single’s market cornered on difficulties in dating. It’s complicated and complex for all of us, in many different ways.
As I was watching the CNN Special report, Black in America last week, I was contemplating a few things:
Black women/white men coupling/marriages are becoming more prevalent. Black women have long felt that dating outside their race was not an option, but there are some who are more open to it. I wondered, do white women feel societal pressure to date within their own race like I do?
Black love/relationships are subjected to a different set of issues, challenges, and obstacles than other races. For instance, I used to fear becoming too successful because I was not sure how black men perceived this. Do women of other races ever worry about making too much money, thereby making her less appealing to men of more modest means?
I wonder if gender mistrust and misunderstanding is as big of a dating problem for Blanca, as it is for me?
What do you think can be learned about dating, relationships, and marriages from races other than your own?
Did you watch the CNN Special Report? What stood out to you about relationships/dating, specifically?
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