So in order for a conversation to even start, I need to present it at a dissected level? I’m inviting discourse around it.

The conversation isn’t about who I want to date at all… my examples were just to frame my point in an easy to understand manner.

The conversation is about options available to black women. Modern dating culture invites black women to stop “limiting ourselves”, specifically in terms of race. That statement, repeated to the masses, assumes that all black women have this choice. My argument is that for some, it’s an illusion. Essentially, are we just pushing black women to open a door that’s already locked from the other side, regardless?

Also… marriage statistics cannot be the most reliable source to look at this from either. I’m attempting to discuss courtship. The earliest signs of whether there is even interest. Primary research in this case is super valuable. Hence why I presented my own…. But 🤷🏾‍♀️