Jill Scott Doesn’t Like Interracial Dating

Jill Scott has stirred up a debate between Essence readers after discussing her views oninterracial dating with the magazine, stating that she “felt a little wince” when her African-American friend told her he had married a white woman.

In a post titled “Commentary: Jill Scott Talks Interracial Dating,” Scott explains that she believes the “wince” she felt does not come from her personal upbringing, but rather from the notion “that for women of color, this very common “wince” has solely to do with the African story in America,” and the historical implications behind interracial relationships.

“When our people were enslaved, ‘Massa’ placed his Caucasian woman on a pedestal,” Scott says, “She was spoiled, revered and angelic, while the Black slave woman was overworked, beaten, raped and farmed out like cattle to be mated. She was nothing and neither was our Black man.” She goes on to point out that black men were “lynched, beaten, jailed or shot to death” for looking at white women, and discusses the struggles that black men and women faced together, arguing that “these harsh truths lead to what we really feel when we see a seemingly together brother with a Caucasian woman and their children. That feeling is betrayed.”

While Scott ultimately points out that she’s not trying to hurt anyone with her thoughts, but is just expressing her opinion on the matter, she ends the piece

I don't agree!!

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