You date a lot of POC

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Is this a question? I don’t know how we define a lot here – or why that’s a metric. It’s not something you can do too much of like eating or drinking. So why call attention to it?

I’ve also dated a bunch of white people and I’ve yet to receive a message about that. In fact, the number of white people I’ve been with may be a bit higher. I’m not going to sit around here and make a roster and give you a demographic report of my sexual history.

I think it’s inappropriate and terrible when people say they don’t see race, but I also think it’s inappropriate and terrible to make this kind of comment. As if you’re a concerned relative, “you eat a lot of pizza. You drink a lot of wine, don’t you?”

Yeah, I have both current partners and exes that are POC. I’ve had flings with and crushes on people who aren’t white.

And yes, race matters. It’s important to see race and to put a whole heaping dose of intersectionality into your politics.

But also shut the fuck up.

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