(the next is an excerpt from Chapter Four of Divided Sisters .)
Interracial Lesbian Relationships
The price of interracial involvement that is sexual lesbians is also higher than it is among heterosexuals, although exact numbers are difficult in the future by. Possibly because lesbians have previously challenged certainly one of society’s fundamental taboos, they truly are more open to challenging other people. The interracial relationships formed by White and Black lesbians are often emotionally charged for whatever reason.
Like their heterosexual counterparts, lesbian ladies who cross battle lines for love and sex must contend with societal racism and sexual inequality. In addition, lesbians must deal with antigay also belief — what’s termed homophobia or, more recently, heterosexism. These sourced elements of discrimination uniquely challenge White and African lesbians that are american associated with one another.
Having been raised in a society that is pervasively heterosexual many lesbians, no matter race, must first over come their very own homophobia — the internalized fear and self-hatred leading them to wonder whether one thing is incorrect together with them to be drawn to people in their very own intercourse. African United states lesbians, in specific those that head out with White women, must also ask by themselves whether their interracial relationship reflects a manifestation of the very own racism that is internalized self-hatred, a thing that perhaps renders them incapable of loving an other woman that is Ebony. Having developed in a color-conscious, racially biased tradition, Black lesbians aren’t resistant from the prejudice that is usual lighter is somehow better, one step up. Such anxieties, in reality, are poignantly captured within the after excerpt from “does it matter if she’s white?” by Dajenya, a lesbian biracial African American-Jewish poet: does it make a difference if she’s white? does it matter if sistahs and brothahs look at me askance not just cause she actually is a she but cause she actually is white? Read more →
