Feb 8
5 min read
My Husband is Either Too Black or Not Black Enough
Black Americans are all too often denied their complexity
In my 20s, I dated a man who grew up Mormon in Salt Lake City. He was in the Boy Scouts, adored Star Wars, and played football in high school. When he came of age in the 1990s, he loved listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers. His mother worked for the state and his stepdad, a retired…
