Just finished Queenie and I loved it! And it really hit the majority of my fears of dating outside of my race smh. I grew up in a decent part of Boston with a bunch of my best white friends who lived near me and on my neighborhood soccer team lol while I had my other bestfriends at my all-black school. I guess you can say I had the best of both worlds. But to this day, I have never been attracted to a white man.. fearing there will be way too many things he just doesn’t understand. And that i’ll probably be offended majority of the relationship lol. Just not worth the hassle.

A big part of why we don't start our own ventures or take risks is because we have that fear of failing and losing everything. I don't believe this fear should stop us, but I do feel strongly about doing the best that I can to prepare for possible outcomes, good and bad. I feel that if I'm a step ahead of the obstacles that may come my way, I can develop strategies to overcome or even avoid them. RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH! And consistency, I think is the best protection.