I Can Only Get to First Base With White Women

Too often white women friends cling to an image of perfection. Their racism shatters that image, and they can’t face it.

MJ Adia
ILLUMINATION
Published in
7 min readSep 22, 2021

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A white woman and black woman laughing, sharing blanket, photo torn
Photo by Liz Weddon on Unsplash, Adapted by Author on Canva

I joked in a comment on someone’s Medium story that I can only get to first base in my friendships with white women. The more I think about it, the less funny it is, though. Rachel…

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MJ Adia
ILLUMINATION

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.