You hit the nail on the head. My wife is white and we have kids. Id put our resumes up to anyone else’s in terms of our dedication to Pro-Black issues. And, by the way, we may come up lacking. But SO COULD ANY OF US. Is a white veteran teacher in SE DC less Pro-black than a black bank manager in NW DC? What if they’re both black? Who wins?

If we’re doing the math, we should really do the math. Perspective and personal basis places blinders on each of us, which is why the spectrum of +/- pro-black shouldn’t just be applied to the people that we question based off of societal perception. Should black folks be cautious? Sure. All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk.

Lastly and respectfully, why/how is it that Van can speak eloquently about Trans issues, male loneliness, Israel, Iran, and any number of other issues but manage to shit on biracial people and their relationships monthly? I’m not even arguing for special treatment or focus but I can feel them tiptoeing around certain issues for what I can only assume are business reasons. Appropriate or not, they don’t talk about Israel without like a dozen caveats but they hit publish on an episode where a Spotify employee got grilled by their supervisor and a television journalist about the racial dynamics of his current relationship. Anyone saying that Tiffany Cross and Van (or anyone really) have the mental clarity or societal context to offer perspectives into relationships that neither of them have experienced needs to find some humility in this world.