Rlationships and friend groups -interracial

Ruchan

Hi everyone, I wanted to talk about something that could be a sensitive topic. So my apologies. And that's on interracial relationships and friendships. I dont even believe I should have to put the word interacial but I need to clarify whats going on.

I'm a black girl and my partner is white and I've received a lot of flack for dating them. I've been called self hating, a bedwench, that I'm with "Essau" and that I'm with the enemy. I've been accused of not celebrating and loving black children and families and people. And it is very hurtful because I'm very vocal about my love for my community and how much I want to be a child psychologist to help children's mental health and especially black families health because we often don't talk about mental health and i think it'd be important for me to be an educator. I met my current boyfriend in College and we created a band together to do music and we fell in love. I have a sense of guilt about my relationship that I do not like. I've also been told me having so many white friends also makes it come across like I'm self hating and I'm really not. Even if I was single and had no friends I'm black and most of my family is black. I actually have white and mixed family as well. And I would never want to stop being around these people I love because they're white. I want more black people in my circle and I hope to even come up with an all black girl band one day and celebrate us and our skin and hair and show eachother love. I can't help the fact of who's stayed my friend or who moved away or who doesn't hangout with me anymore. And now with the virus school is online so I'm not able to be in the black spaces I once had at school. I just wanted to rant I guess because I really am not self hating I love everybody and I don't understand why it matters who's my friend or who I date.