by My'Kuyah Anteros | Jul 13, 2020 | Interracial Relationships
Indeed, whiteness has its benefits. My wife, a Black woman, a well-dressed very professional attorney, stopped on her way home from work to purchase a bicycle for our daughter’s Christmas present at a local department store. When she wheeled it out of the store a...
by My'Kuyah Anteros | Jun 28, 2020 | Interracial Relationships
What I Know About Being White What I know about being white is an ongoing story. I offer some of my story’s defining moments accompanied by anecdotes that gave rise to a growing and incomplete awareness. Racism is not just an individual act committed by someone...
by Ms. E | Nov 3, 2019 | Race, Sex and Politics
The conclusion of Interracial Love, Racism and Fetish “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner “Racism is not an event, it is a structure.” Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui At the end of Part Two of this blog series on interracial...
by My'Kuyah Anteros | Sep 22, 2019 | Race, Sex and Politics
“Fetish” is a subjective linguistic creation. Hence, a European colonial perspective of Blackness lies at its core. As a result, race and power are in the word’s DNA. Over time, fetish and related field of studies developed into racist theories. For example,...
by My'Kuyah Anteros | Sep 1, 2019 | Race, Sex and Politics
Interracial Love: Is it a Fetish? Part One I’m a white man. I have a lifelong attraction to Black women. Often, people ask me why? Recently, a white friend added another question to the mix. Is my attraction a fetish? Popular usage suggests that fetish is...
