Very interesting. I am a black guy and pretty much all of my interests are “white”(though to be fair, it would be better to classify them as hipster American interests). Though I grew up in disenfranchized areas, I was always inside and on the computer, not being outside living any semblance of a “hood” life. I never thought to be white, I just want to be me, so it always feels weird to me when I see pieces like these or people that say that they want to be white. I notice that a majority of the time that it’s woman, could it be because women are more social-thinking that they have such a want to be with the “in-crowd” of race? I don’t know. Obviously that’s a sweeping statement, but it’s what I’ve noticed.

I do think of this when it comes to relationships, outwardly thinking instead of “me-thinking.” The black guys at work forced me into talking to this black woman. To be fair, our circumstances were probably the same if I had continued talking to her: both probably had single mothers and raised in the “ghetto.” But I could never and can’t ever get over the feeling when I talk to black women that they’ll consider me a “loser” of some sort if they find out that I like post-rock or folk, or watch anime, or something else. The concept of being different really only speaks to me in relationships with people(friendship or romantic) and how I’d have no ability to empathize with their experiences if we come from similar backgrounds.