Hi Oxford Kondō. I haven’t received a lot of pushback, probably because I haven’t delved as analytically and insightfully as the author Nylah Burton has. I don’t think you shouldn’t fall in love with white people, obviously, but I think that it’s important to decolonize our minds and question our attraction to make sure that it’s coming from a healthy place. Many people in my community have openly told me they want fair-skinned or light-eyed mates so their kids can look a certain way and have certain privileges. With brown men, I’ve seen them want to fit in so badly they think that dating white women is a sign that they’ve assimilated successfully. From my perspective, there are some problems with that motivation. It reinforces the current racist power structure. I think the problem is that women of color don’t have the access to “love” and acceptance that white women are so easily given by some men of color. When this is what’s perpetuated on screen, it contributes to the erasure of our stories. Love is love, but why can’t it include us?