Mehreen 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.

Mehreen Having a "type" of ONLY people of color, and not just to date, but to be friends with, is a fetish. It is not possible that a normal human would not f…moreHaving a "type" of ONLY people of color, and not just to date, but to be friends with, is a fetish. It is not possible that a normal human would not find other races to interact with or be friendly with, even if he only dated women of color. Even if you are attracted to a type, when that type is a particular race, and a particular race that is not your own, it typically comes from a stereotypical place where you don't seem as a human and just interchangeable dolls or placeholders.(less)

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