To Black Women Who Question My Allegiance To Blackness Because My Husband Is White
I don't care
I was terrified about what my Black female friends would say. I was dating Ben, a white boy from the French-speaking part of Switzerland. They had always criticized Black girls who dated white boys.
“You’re betraying Black men,” they would say.
“You’re not Black enough.”
“You’re white inside.”
“You’re ashamed of being Black.”
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