Dating White

Navigating a racist world is difficult, burdensome and harmful to people of color. Implicit biases appear everywhere from partner selection to seeking healthcare and talking through issues with a partner. In this episode, Nkechi + Myisha talk about what implicit bias means, how it's tested and how it shows up in everyday life.

Myisha + Nkechi sit down to discuss the responses to the pod internally and externally so far. They cover how their ideas about interracial dating and their own identities and feelings of belonging have changed over the course of the last few months making the show. They also address listener feedback and plans for Season 2!

What exactly is an effective apology? And what do we do when we are on the receiving end of non-apology when we need one? In this episode of Dating White, Nkechi + Myisha discuss the importance of apologizing, why it's so difficult, and the components that merit an effective apology over a non-apology. They also talk about models of better behavior and what it means for PoCs to maintain their emotional boundaries, especially during conflict within interracial relationships.

What is a microaggression and what do we do when we are on the receiving end of one? In this episode of Dating White, Nkechi + Myisha discuss what happens when a well-intentioned DM causes harm to its receiver. They also talk about models of better behavior and what it means for PoCs to enforce their emotional boundaries, especially during a racial revolution.

It's the show that so many of us got to escape into in the early part of Shelter In Place! Too Hot to Handle is an exploration of what it means to focus less on sex and more on connection. But one area that the show doesn't address is race. Nkechi + Myisha talk about the pros and cons of a dating show that has a black female narrator, but doesn't address the racial complexities of some of the relationships that were formed.

This episode of Dating White examines what a grand public display of affection looks like when a partner is intolerant of bad behavior from a family or community— and in this case an entire country. Nkechi + Myisha discuss Meghan Markle and her husband Harry, their exit from the Crown and how radical of a choice it was for Prince Harry to remove himself from his family on behalf of a black woman.

This episode of Dating White explores what it's like to date during a pandemic, specifically as a woman of color. Nkechi + Myisha discuss why black women are more likely to be single right now, what virtual dating feels like on the apps and why we should all be conserving our dating energy.

Mentioned in the show is Myisha's dating project, COVIDeo Dating.

If you don't know who Lauren and Cameron are, you're missing out! Myisha + Nkechi discuss how Lauren and Cameron's love unfolded before their eyes on the Netflix show, "Love Is Blind". They also examine what it means to be equal partners in an interracial relationship and what Lauren and Cameron's relationship can teach us about assumptions of in/equality.

We can't talk about dating white without exploring what whiteness means. In this episode, Myisha + Nkechi discuss the complicated ways in which whiteness is assumed, acquired and enacted and the layers that must be unraveled to understand it.

In this episode of Dating White, Myisha + Nkechi discuss how growing up mixed race and within predominantly white spaces shaped their realities. They share their thoughts about racial inclusion and how definitions of what is "white" or "black" can limit and isolate people of color.