She Won’t Date Black Men. The Internet AGREES???

Amala Ekpunobi

Education

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A black woman went viral on TIkTok for explaining that she is no longer willing to date black men because they expect her commitment ‘until they get their sh*t together’ which they seem never to do. Could you not say the same about men of other races, or is there a real cultural problem she’s speaking to here? Let’s get into it.

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0:00.0	I am so at the end of the amount of emotional labor that comes with dating black men.
0:05.1	A woman is going viral for saying she's not going to date black men anymore, and she's
0:08.5	actually getting support for saying it.
0:10.6	Let's talk about it.
0:11.6	Young Apollo with the Belly!
0:13.4	So this TikTok video from Akala Elise has gone viral with nearly 200,000 likes, but
0:21.3	before we get into it, please like and subscribe if you want as many people to find this channel
0:24.9	as possible, so you know what to do.
0:27.0	Holy aware that I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but I am so effing tired of the
0:33.0	amount of emotional labor that comes with dating black men.
0:36.4	I am so tired of the lack of commitment, the lack of support, the lack of encouragement,
0:42.4	the lack of money.
0:44.0	Like I don't know what to do from this point on, but I can tell you one thing.
0:49.4	My interest in dating another black man is like 1% at this point.
0:54.7	They want us to be right or die until they get their shit together, and then they don't
0:59.2	want to support us in return.
1:01.3	They don't want to commit to us.
1:03.0	They don't want to marry us, but then they want all the benefits of being a husband without
1:07.5	actually proposing to us.
1:09.4	I need someone who's intentional in every single aspect.
1:12.8	Okay, so she had a lot to say, a lot to unpack there.
1:17.4	She talks about a lack of emotional support, a lack of commitment, a lack of money, and
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