MsRo14 answers “I don't understand why Alix thinks that...”

Susan asked this question about Such a Fun Age:

I don't understand why Alix thinks that Kelley has a "fetish" about Black women. Can't he just have a type - a type of woman that he is attracted to? Just as some one is attracted to brunettes or redheads, or attracted to tall women or women who are like scotch or women who golf doesn't make it a fetish.

MsRo14 I didn't understand that either. He just had a preference for black women. I thought the author was really stretching by calling it a fetish. He seeme…moreI didn't understand that either. He just had a preference for black women. I thought the author was really stretching by calling it a fetish. He seemed like a pretty nice guy and he seemed to be in love with Emira. (less)

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Jeanne And not ALL his girlfriends were black. It seemed like some may have been Spanish, or Asian, or some other ethnic group.
Mar 03, 2021 03:56PM · flag

Gaynor Hughes I don't think he accepted her as she was. He was always pushing her to improve herself, her status in the world and release the video without regard f ...more
Apr 20, 2021 01:26PM · flag

Catherine And don't forget, it wasn't the *author* calling it a fetish; that was Alix's characterization of it. ...more
Jun 15, 2021 06:16AM · flag

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