Woke while dating white: Can artists be ‘down’ while dating outside of their race?

Donald Glover has ignited a conversation. No, I am not speaking on the This Is America video.

Only mere days after a blowout Saturday Night Live performance and the visual drop for his new single, a photo of Glover emerged. He is seen with two small children and his long time girlfriend and mother of his children, Michelle, out and about living life.

For me, it’s nothing. Just Donald, out and about with his family.

But for other women in the Black community, it feels like some sort of offense or deep betrayal. In fact, Glover’s choice in a non black partner has ignited a discussion in the Black Community: can you be Woke while dating White?

For me the answer is quite obvious. Admittedly, where I can see the argument becoming a problem is if Glover was using this White Woman as some sort of trophy along with some sort of language implying his choosing a white partner was because of some deficiency in Black Woman (here’s looking at you Tiger Woods). But if Glover is with Michelle because, I don’t know, he loves her, then what is the problem?

Just because Glover has chosen a white romantic partner doesn’t negate his ability to create Black art. In fact, I would dare to say one has nothing to do with the…