Audiences can now see Black women at the forefront of many of these relationships, and they are often paired with other people of color.
Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton played two characters in the throes of young love while dealing with cultural differences in 2019’s The Sun Is Also a Star, Yvonne Orji‘s Molly is currently unpacking the highs and lows of interracial dating in her relationship with Alexander Hodge‘s Andrew on Insecure and Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani showed off the humor of their unique pairing in 2020’s The Lovebirds.
theGrio sat down with two Black women who are dealing with the realities of interracial dating between people of color and defining what love looks like for them.
Seeing different pairings on screen gets people used to this idea that when we say interracial, we don’t always mean she’s dating a white man, right, as a Black person.
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Alex would do his best to fight for his relationship with April but was met with constant resistance.
