Why is everyone trying to force black men to date only black women? Why is he disrespected if he dates other races? As opposed to the latter?

[Anonymous]

Everyone can date whoever they want, but the minute a black man decides to date another race or ethnicity, he's publicly scrutinized and they basically throw him off the rafter into the ocean, so to speak.

[Flatmanlewis]

Everyone is trying to force this? I doubt that. Maybe black women are, but I don’t think the majority of people give a single care about who black men choose to date. Maybe your social circle includes a lot of nosy people?

[Asker]

no social media says it and the black men who are supposed to be "pro black" ridicule that black man who is dating other races. This isn't my dilemma as nobody will know who I date. I just don't like seeing as a black man how people will ridicule you for dating someone just cause, you're a black man. Get all types of names, coon, sellout, the list goes on.

[Flatmanlewis]

Okay. I get your point. I was at one point the ONLY white guy on an entire team. 70% black, 25% Hispanic, and my lone cracker ass. It was a great crew and we all got along well. Thing I saw though, as an outsider, was the “spectrum racism” blacks held for each other. Whether another man qualified as a real black man or was any one of the terms you offered, and a few more not worth repeating. There definitely two camps. One was a respect within that circle for the black guys with white girlfriends. On the other side of the coin was black men who felt a pride in dating only black women. They sure were vocal about their preference. Two options: move to someplace way more diverse. (In SoCal, nobody cares who dates who.) or just ignore those who think they are entitled an opinion on your personal life.

[RebelinSteel]

The ‘well that’s a load of bollox’ Post for Sunday. No one is forcing anyone

[sheikalana]

Let's let people date whomever they want to date.

[IMHO1000]

Because 70% of single parent family's are black

www. aecf. org/.../child-well-being-in-single-parent-families

[laly520]

everyone? where do u live? no one forcing em n they r dating anyone they want

[HollyK21]

Right? This is one of those situations where he needs to look outside himself and his own experiences.

[Asker]

@HollyK21 this isn't my experience, this is shown throughout social media, so this isn't a looking out of myself or projecting type of situation.

[HollyK21]

Pretty passionate statement for someone who isn’t experiencing this but whatever you say.

[laly520]

u still believe in social media anon?