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Am I a 'race traitor' for dating white people? As someone who's slept with and dated many white men, and someone currently in a relationship with a white man, the idea of the "race traitor" is something I'm particularly attuned to. Even though it shouldn't matter, my first crush was on a Filipino boy, my first kiss was with a Vietnamese boy and I've dated and slept with men of varying ethnicities. For what it's worth, non-white boys have broken up with me as many times as I have broken up with them, and I've been on dates with more non-white women than white women. But that's the point — it shouldn't matter. I don't remember what I tweeted to prompt this response, but a woman who has never met me in person and who knows nothing about me once sent me a tweet at in the morning:. I'd seen prominent Asian American women be viciously attacked online for having white husbands or boyfriends, but I was just a normal person on the other side of the world.

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I grew up in a small town in the 90's, where I was the only non-white girl in my class at school and my skin colour was a curiosity rather than a threat. There was no racial tension, but then again, no sense of black community. There were quite literally no black people at all. When people asked me about my ethnicity, I would often just mumble something about tanning easily and change the subject, and I brushed off racist slurs like any other insult. And nowhere is it more of an issue than in the world of dating and relationships.

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I was talking to my friend, Kim, as we sipped cocktails at a bar in Hollywood. She followed my gaze. I nodded. She raised an eyebrow and slurped on her vodka cranberry. Some background might be helpful here. He also shaved his head and, apparently, that threw my friend for a loop.

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What No One Tells You About Dating a White Guy

And interracial dating? But given the growing number of interracial dating sites such as interracialmatch. Jamison, a relationship columnist and certified life coach. Race and cultural differences can compound the difficulties of communication. The Black character is shocked that her White friend never uses a washcloth and the White character is shocked that her friend always does.

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