Dating Coach Anwar White Explains Why Black Women Should Be Cautious When Dating Some Light-Skinned & Biracial Men

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Dating Coach Anwar White Explains Why Black Women Should Be Cautious When Dating Some Light-Skinned & Biracial Men

Dating coach Anwar White is explaining why he believes Black women should be cautious when dating certain light-skinned and biracial men.

During an interview with theJasmineBrand founder Jasmine Brand, he clarified, “I didn’t necessarily say stay clear of them. What I did say was you want to be cautious.”

He explained that some men, because of their upbringing and conditioning, may struggle with certain behaviors.

“Oftentimes they have the entitlement of a white man, but the trauma of a Black man. And I think sometimes that is a really hard combination to overcome.”

Anwar also suggested that some lighter-skinned men pursue darker-skinned Black women to validate their racial identity.

“A lot of lighter-skinned men will actually get with darker-skinned women to actually kind of justify their own Blackness,” he claimed, adding that they may want to “feel like they’re blacker than maybe they come off as.”

However, he emphasized that his comments don’t apply to every light-skinned or biracial man, noting that several women in his relationship program are dating lighter-skinned men.

His advice? “You want to be just careful for that and try to understand a man’s intention.”