Originally Posted by
Chesterfield
The race of one's LI shouldn't matter in general but it does. Many people claim not to see colour, this especially goes for white people but the reality is such a viewpoint is ignorant. You have to take a critical look at the way the world is shaped. One of my degrees is in media and communications and the level of racial coding linked to facilitating and perpetual moral panics is a disgrace. To be black is to be feared and vilified, have your good deeds ignored or downplayed, there's an expectation of fulfilling stereotypes and to remotely speak on the topic of race is tantamount to "making everything about race"...and that's just the media which they've been doing since day one. When your normalise this, the subliminals and undercurrent of racism and bigotry becomes so ingrained in one's psyche they can't distinguish what racism is and think their behaviour and thinking is acceptable even when challenged and havectgeir attitudes pointed out. One doesn't need to only blow up a church full of black kids to be a racist. The last several years alone more than proves this and highlights just how disgusting things were prior to camera phones and social media.
T'Challa is a proud black man, the king of the most advanced country in the world that was never colonised and never been defeated by government forces of any other country. It makes zero sense for him. As much as T'Challa is his own character he's also a cypher for black excellence. We live in a society where black excellence is constantly attacked, trying to be erased and the minds of many melenated skinfolk are rewired to believe that having a white partner is some sort of glow up. It's not.
We see too many white characters in same race relationships or having their pick of non white LIs and black characters not being afforded the same. T'Challa was created to show the world where black people came from, what they can do and what they can strive to be. T'Challa was black excellence before black excellence became a soundbite. Personally I don't mind T'Challa dating non black women just so long as there are plenty of black women in his dating lineup and if he does remarry (Royalty needs a spouse) she better be a black woman.