Last week, rapper Eve made headlines after she shared that she and her husband, Max Cooper, a White man, were having some uncomfortable conversations in the midst of the uprising currently taking place in this country.
In a tweet, Sumpter wrote, “Dear Black interracial couples with a significant other who is white (raises hand), we DO NOT need to protect them.
And the least they can do in this moment is feel uncomfortable or challenged as Black people fight for the rights and equality they have been denied for so long.
White people who are partnered with Black people—and especially those who have Black children, need to constantly be doing the work of unlearning, with and without the assistance of their Black partner and child.
Love to see White partners looking for ways to support the people who look like the people they love.
