You guys, we've got amazing articles that look at interracial and intercultural dating this week. This is stuff you should read.
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Kelli Korducki muses on what race means. Is it about culture or colour? And why are the racial choices on forms so limited?
Allyssia Alleyne ruminates on the extra jobs that come with being in an interracial relationship. Jobs like interpreter, ambassador and teacher, and the moments when it's just easier not to explain.
Being mixed-race and dating is more than just "oh, you're gorgeous!" and "mixed babies are so cute!" By Adebe DeRango-Adem takes a moment to unpack the baggage of dating and fetishization when dating interracially.
Jef and I have been friends for a long-time and share the same daffy sense of humour so we decided to team up to contribute a chat post to the Ethnic Aisle's Interracial Dating edition. Here, Jef asks me about dating white guys.
Denise Balkissoon revisits an embarrassing memory of a former boyfriend who not only had horrible taste in jewelry but dragged his racial confusion into their relationship. Don't judge her.
Renée Sylvestre-Williams says that being from a multi-generation, mixed-race family means not having to deal with race questions. What it does mean is answering the more important ones.
Well, it's not that easy, according to Navneet Alang. It might probably be a bit racist but it's way more complicated than that. First, let's look at the "normal" standards of beauty.