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Comment on Same Ole, Same Ole by Velma

Velma — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:29:09 +0000

I understand! I’m also in a reading slump and everytime I walk by the book isle, I pick up another new book to add to the pile. LOL. The pile is almost tall enough to serve as a small table!

Comment on Same Ole, Same Ole by Angela

Angela — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:13:48 +0000

Oh, thanks Sci-Fi Chick! I’m in a reading slump right now, so I’ll try my best to be a consistent blogger.

Comment on Religion & Interracial Romance by Renee

Renee — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:03:09 +0000

I wouldn’t say religion is prohibiting IR relationships, i would say the church is. Religion in its pure state promotes nothing but love. Then people use it as a soap box to for their own agenda. It’s safe to say that it’s women and not men who are controlled or swayed by the church, since the men hold 95% of the leadership positions. So for the self-centered white or a black male leaders, it is in his best interest to denounce marriage outside of their race or to not speak of it at all in order to maintain the illusion that they are highly valuable. The women of the church, always devoted and self sacrificing, will follow the teachings of the church even though it is not truly the words of their religion, nor conducive to their own happiness. But in the end, we have free will. We choose to open our minds and hearts or keep them closed. There are more and more examples in the media and every day life of black women deciding to live and love wider than most black men (and women) are comfortable with. I started my website ReneeRomance.com to add to those examples. Thanks, this was a good topic.

Comment on Same Ole, Same Ole by Sci-Fi Chic

Sci-Fi Chic — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:16:12 +0000

The only IR I spotted was Eve Vaughn’s threesome erotica, Rivals For Love. Other than that, yep, no IR to be seen.

I’m a lurker but I still missed your posts!

Comment on Religion & Interracial Romance by barbara smith

barbara smith — Mon, 17 May 2010 09:30:15 +0000

Inter racial romance is similar to inter religion romance. Both are not easy but if there is true love and true respect a perfect union can be had.Inter racial dating is looked at so differently from many people. As a black women I am open to dating white men and think white women should date black men.btw found a site in which you can post your opinons..http://opinion.ezwingame.com

Comment on Dorothy Koomson, Race, and Culture by Links Galore!

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Comment on Dorothy Koomson, Race, and Culture by Angela

Angela — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:35:56 +0000

Hi Sarah, Karen–I don’t know if I’m explaining this correctly, but as a black American, race is something I’m hit with everyday. While I don’t walk about with a chip on my shoulder, or “hate whitey”, it’s something that’s ever present, and as a result, is part of the texture of black literature. I can’t say that black Britons don’t have their own history of oppression and racism apparent in their literature, but Race in general is part and parcel with American culture. So when I pick up a book written by a black author with black characters, my first expectation is to sink into a story populated with people who grew up against the same context in which I did–whether this black person be of the Jack&Jill/AKA/Boule social set or raised on the South Side of Chicago.

Koomson’s books hit me with a dose of cold water because here were black characters whose frame of reference was that of being black in Britain, without any of the cultural and racial baggage Americans of every stripe live with, and I couldn’t fully connect to the characters or story because I was forced to readjust every cultural filter that lay over my reading experience rather than enjoying the book for what it was–a book. But as I said, I want to read more fiction written by black Britons, and will probably re-read the Koomson books to enjoy them, because I am very curious about what it is like to live in a society where you are a minority, but there is no history of slavery, segregation and Jim Crow that has shaped black culture.

Comment on Dorothy Koomson, Race, and Culture by SarahT

SarahT — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:35:06 +0000

I love Dorothy Koomson’s books!

One of the constant refrains I’ve heard with regard to white readers being reluctant to try black romance/chick lit is that they are afraid they won’t be able to relate to the characters. Well, I’m white, and I have no problem relating to the black characters in Koomson’s books.

I think they’re multi-faceted characters who just happen to be black, rather than the colour of their skin defining who they are and how they behave. I realise this might not represent the experience of every black person, but it certainly fits the sort of fiction Koomson writes. Her books might allude to issues which are part and parcel of being black in a predominantly white society, but her stories don’t focus on racism.

Have you read ‘Small Island’ by Andrea Levy? Set in London during and after WWII, it’s about a romance between a married white woman and her black lodger. Very good.

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Comment on Dorothy Koomson, Race, and Culture by Karen Scott

Karen Scott — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:14:05 +0000

I think that was one of the best things about the book. That Kamryn’s blackness wasn’t a huge focus. I live my life everyday without the colour of my skin being a huge issue for me, so I don’t have that burning need for black characters to ‘act’ black for me to feel connected to them.