Dec 19, 2009

Interracial Relationships | Interracial Relationships Can Be Difficult to Accept

Gloria Wade-Gayles is a professor of English and women’s studies at Spelman College. She is the author of Rooted Against the Wind, from which this viewpoint is excerpted.

Summary: Black women face considerable difficulty overcoming their hostile feelings toward black men who marry white women. These relationships inspire feelings of abandonment and shame in African American women. Many feel that by marrying white women, black men send the message that white is better, a message that causes many black women to question their self-worth. Black...