I made my first white women friends in college; they loved me and were loyal to our friendship, but I understood, as they did, that they were white women and that whiteness mattered.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
White women love me 'cause of my edge. And I love white women.
I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.
And I can relate to that, because I went to an all white school, so I knew what that was like. And it was hard at the time, but anything that's difficult you learn from, don't you?
While it is desirable to build up the colored race, we must not sacrifice our best and purest white friends.
I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.
In elite, primarily white institutions, there are many blacks who have white wives. So much so that sometimes there is almost the assumption that I would be married to a white woman.
My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends.
I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women.
I grew up in an all-white community.
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