Black people like to be adequately lit too. I don't see anything wrong with this one. She looks wonderful.

I found it to be quite provocative. It was on my mind for days.

Well, it looks like the group shot was a test run. Then, when men everywhere didn't burn their eyes out after seeing it, they gave her a solo the following year. Then, like a decade later, Beyonce got one.

Oh ok. NVM.

Your comment reeks of privilege. No "lower middle class person" can pay their kid's rent in NYC.

Hm. Kinda liked it.

I have never met a black woman like that. I don't know what to tell you. We must run in different circles. Sounds like you were pursuing superficial people. Never a good idea.

I actually have only heard it used to point out that people who are superficially thin are actually unhealthy with high fat ratios. They aren't toned and they might jiggle alot — even though they wear a size four. I find the term weirdly progressive in so far as it points out that thin doesnt equal fit. While this…

You should have said:

I could barely watch that.

Why and how could you possibly question this man's total right, legal and moral, to marry a person of whatever colour he chooses.

This is exactly why I quit Match.com. The site would even suggest "matches" for me that had explicitly noted in the "preferences" section that they would date every race of woman except for black. What the heck kind of filters were they using if a person like that was a "match?"

You can disagree with our valuation of money, but humanity has had some sort of barter/trade/currency system since the dawn of civilization. This can obviously be uncoupled from race. Aztecs didn't want to obtain wealth because it was somehow "white." If you don't think that's the case then we have to agree to…

Because not having a criminal record and being successful in life are good things. Period. They are not intrinsically related to race. We live in a racist society which makes it more difficult for certain racial groups to achieve said good things, but they aren't good because they are white. They are good because…

Lol. You from NY?

Just be careful not to conflate "white" with good. What is "white" resume? If someone is smart that's white? If someone has a good job that's a "white thing?" You complain that black women are assuming black guys are no good off the bat, but you seem to be making similar associations between blackness and lack of…

Thanks NinjaCate. I love so much of what you write, so I especially appreciate your comment.

Thanks JPT. Sure, I don't see any problem with that.

I meant not just because she might be a single mom, but because most mothers of any race don't have men who are this supportive. That is why this picture went viral in the first place. The phenomenon is just particularly pronounced in the black community (largely due to economics, not culture).

Absolutely. Just as I always try to be extra polite to white girlfriends of black men I know — regardless of how I might feel in the abstract.