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Black don’t Match
Single Black Female, Dating and Interracial Relationships
Last night I saw the play “Single Black Female”. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The two black actresses were dazzling. They were divas.
The play focused on the lives of educated, professional black women and gave us a painfully honest view of some of the problems they face. One issue in particular also brought up my own bittersweet memories.
The issue was dating and trying to find a match in their own communities.
According to the play, “An educated, professional black woman has a better chance of getting hit by a meteor than getting married.”
The ladies discussed some of the reasons for this. There seemed to be four main components of the problem:
- While black men are perceived as a catch by all races, black women are not.
- Black women tend to be more educated and accomplished than black men.
- Black women face pressure not to date outside their race.
- They are wary of dating non-black men who seem to have a fetish for African-American women.
The first issue was poignant for me, because I had experienced some of the same problems as an American of Indian descent.
