Dear Damona: Dating outside your own race
L.A. love coach Damona Hoffman tackles dating and relationship questions on her weekly podcast, “Dates & Mates.” She said she receives many topical, thought-provoking relationship questions, but none has ever struck a chord with listeners like this one:
Dear Damona: Am I racist if I don’t want to date outside my race?
While being #woke is currently trending on Twitter as I write this, for the last 15 years I’ve contemplated the relationship between race and romance and coached my clients to be “race-open” when they date, because it expands our view of the world and increases your odds of meeting someone special. This practice has been met with many objections along the way.
The first objection I hear when I suggest this: “But Damona, isn’t it my choice who I date?”
Of course, you have freedom in your dating choices, yet there are systemic causes and effects to your decision that are worth examining.
