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And Other Notions that Keep Black Women From Dating Out
Karen Hunter
February 2010
On Sale: February 2, 2010
256 pages
ISBN: 1439154759
EAN: 9781439154755
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
IN AN AGE WHEN AMERICA HAS EMBRACED a mixed-race president
and a strong, independent black woman as first lady...when
black women are on the move and more empowered than ever
before...there remains one hot-button topic that stirs up
cultural resistance and intensity of emotion like no other:
interracial relationships -- or, specifically, when black
women date or marry white men. What is it about the black female/white male dynamic that
sparks such controversy and depth of feeling? What keeps
many single black women from exploring relationships outside
of their race at a time when the pool of eligible black men
is at an all-time low? "Don't bring home a white boy" is the cultural message
stamped deep into every black daughter, an enduring
twenty-first-century taboo with origins dating back to the
Civil War era, the turbulent Civil Rights decades, and
beyond. Now at last there is an honest, eye-opening
examination of this societal phenomenon that will resonate
with women everywhere and give voice to all sides of the
debate. Karyn Langhorne Folan, herself a black woman happily
married to a white man, brings together historical,
statistical, psychological, and personal perspectives in a
groundbreaking book that boldly debunks the "notions" that
can keep interracial dating off the table for many women,
including: After slavery, I could never date a white man... My family would never accept him -- and his would never
accept me... White men don't find black women attractive unless they
look like Halle... Our biracial children would have no sense of identity... It means I'm a sellout, or fi lled with self-hate... We'd just be too different... Filled with real-life anecdotes from, and interviews with,
men and women of both races and informed by Folan's thorough
and expansive research, Don't Bring Home a White Boy is both
an invaluable contribution to the topic of interracial
dating and a timely handbook to help women look beyond skin
color in the quest to have all they deserve and desire in a
life partner.
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