PART ONE: Why Black Women Are Least Likely to Marry Outside Their Race

Real fam, can you relate?

[vanessastephens]

Date who you want! If he makes you happy race should not be an issue..

[kmoses]

A HUGE missing piece of this conversation is that many men (including our own black men) are not checking for black women. Men tend to be much more open to date women of other races except black women. I have heard this said by men of other races on multiple occasions. It's getting better, but there are still a lot of stereotypes surrounding dating black women.

[SmithShaNesha]

no woman should be trying to FIND a man .lets start there.

[daronross]

I see nothing wrong with women that feel comfortable with their own race it’s nothing to be ashamed about...

[dimplepascua]

In the Philippines we are encouraged to date and marry foreigners to have "good looking" babies. Talk about self hate

[victoriaadaini]

I agree 100% with Jeannie, it's okay to have a preference (I don't have one but to each their own) when it comes to dating but you also need to take a moment to think about why you have these preferences. Are they rooted in stigma, stereotypes or fears? Because that's not good at all.

[agnessmwanza]

Well im marrying outside my race because I found a man who loves me and treats me right who happens to be outside my race

[Nohandle]

Ethiopian and Puerto Rican are not races. They’re nationalities.

[ihthgn]

As long as you date within the human race, you're good.

[sammierose]

“Historically black women have *generally* always been *more* loyal to the black race - specifically black men. So there was all this fear of dating outside their race, out of fear of being seen as ‘not loyal’”. But at the exact same time... *many - not all* black men can go out there; have three white baby mamas, explicitly say they don’t date black women, say that black women are ugly, and have “nappy hair” - (as if that’s a bad thing even though many times the men saying this have the EXACT same hair texture and THEIR mamas are black)... and their loyalty is never questioned - hell, they’re even uplifted in the black community. You don’t even have to take my word for it - just look at 5 of the top hip hop/rap artists’ wives in the industry 💁🏽‍♀️🍵

[tomrunning]

When you date the right person you don't notice the races but others usually will.

[brooklynforever]

I’m tired of this topic, leave black women alone please.

[shaedavis]

Race shouldn't even be an issue when dating.

[yarasamuel]

Ain't ethiopian an nationality? American's are funny AF

[StephanieFrancis]

I am attracted to other races as well as my own. If we have a connection then that's all that matters.

[emilypadilla]

Who gives a crap.
People should be more concerned with character.

[lilythewatamonster]

Tamera sweetie Ethiopian people are black.

[wmn]

Ethiopian is not a race it’s an Ethnicity, their race is black.

[kentlane]

Dating outside your race is never a problem, dating outside your culture is.

[Footballer]

Tamera: "i've dated every kind of race!" proceeds to name 2 nationalities and 1 continent smfh