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Jump in on the heated discussions happening in the comments sections of Mixed Media Watch! Here are today’s most talked-about posts:

Sex with black man? Scary!

Rachel S: I had the same reaction……glad she was honest, but the comment about all of this melting away with a kiss. i don’t buy that.

Ben: Similar, but I’d say my appreciation of her honesty far overshadows my distaste for the details. Far too many people assume they have no implicit negative racial associations - to the point that they will refuse to even accept the possibility that they may have biases of which they are not aware, shaped by forces they do not fully understand. Kudos to Ms. Hayt for addressing hers in a public forum.

Lyonside: If you haven’t 1) kissed, and 2) touched a date’s hair by the time you get to this level of intimacy… you may have some other non-race issues to work through…

Black women and interracial relationships

Nina: Simon Baker is not that good looking to me. It is absolutely NOT implausible that any woman would look twice at a black guy after Simon walks in the room. Especially if that black guy looks anything like Henry Simmons or Derek Luke or Boris Kodjoe or even a Harry Lennix, whose obvious intelligence makes him that much more attractive. Simon would be invisible to me in that room.

212Socialite: If you’re a Black woman the more chances you have to interact with men of other races, the more open you’d be to choosing a partners of another race (just a guess I don’t have any data to support this). And “educated, upwardly mobile black women” do come into contact with White men more often than not. I understand that there are some Black women who would much rather find a Black spouse, but I have seen more and more professional Black women who have no problem seeking White partners.