I'm glad she wrote this because this is a snapshot inside the mind and life of a Negro Bed Wench.
1. She had dated white men previously and consistently experienced prejudice while dating them. And yet, she continued to date them. She talks a lot about racial dignity in this piece, yet she has none. Step 1 to be a NBW.
2. She highlighted how she was drawn to him because he basically let her do what she wanted and didn't check her. Black feminist talk. One of things that draws some black women to white men is the idea that they are less judgmental than black men. Which could no further from the truth, because they are in a society that is based on judgmental white attitudes about what it is to be black. But he was white, he was interested in her and he let her run her mouth. So, it was all good. Step 2 to being a NBW.
3. She says she objected to being pulled into white environments, but it sounds like she relished in it low key. She makes herself out to be this "different" kind of black person. The type that knew how to navigate the white world and make her way. Some black people measure their social aptness by how comfortable they can make white people. Step 3 to being a NBW.
4. After supposedly being so uncomfortable and so appalled by him and his friends unconscious racism, she still decided to marry this man and in her words "spend her life" with him. Not she just decided to keep dating him and learn more. No, she decided to lock herself in with this man and sign a legal contract binding herself to him. At the end of the day, no white man is white supremacist enough to turn down a marriage proposal for a NBW. Step 4 to being a NBW.
5. Even with him continuing his white supremacist attitudes in the marriage and confirming that he sides with killing unarmed black teens for committing the crime of being outside, she still decided to let him "learn and grow" about his racism and why it's affecting their marriage. She says that it nearly ended their marriage, but she makes no reference to ever seeking a divorce, getting divorce papers drawn up or even mentioning legal separation.
Once a NBW has a white husband, there is nothing white supremacist enough to actually leave the marriage. Unless HE decides to leave the marriage. Step 5 to being a NBW.
Reading this article reminded me of this:
Peace