There are about 1000 different problems facing women of color in academia and ya’ll are out here trying to “unpack” why these women have white partners? Not only that but you’re insinuating that they are appealing to the “colonizer”? What does this accomplish exactly?

Ya’ll do understand we’re allowed to date/love people bc they treat us with respect and love and admiration..right? And imagine thinking that our work is inconsistent bc our partners are white! Im so sorry this just so performative and reactionary.

Take this energy and apply it to the bullshit academic systems make the harassment and exclusion of women of color normalized. Or maybe take this energy and apply it to racist academics?

Also don’t use this as a means to speculate into my love life but seriously if I had a white partner and anyone came up to me and was like “well now your work is stupid!” I would take off my shoe and slap them with it