Gaynor Hughes 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.

Gaynor Hughes I asked the same question and the answer for me Is "I don't know". Coming from a white perspective, choosing only black partners might seem like any o…moreI asked the same question and the answer for me Is "I don't know". Coming from a white perspective, choosing only black partners might seem like any other preference but when race comes into it, I do wonder what motivation is behind the preference. I'd like to hear from black women on their experience as I'm not qualified to know or say. (less)

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