Noelle Konate's Freitag Essay Questions Interracial Dating
Noelle Konate, a mixed-race author with one white and one Black parent, reflects on a recent date with a white man in an essay for Freitag. She connects her personal experience to the lack of mixed-race couples in 1990s and 2000s films and TV shows. Konate notes that even in High School Musical (2006), white girls were paired with white men, Asian girls with Asian men, and Black girls with Black men. She also criticizes other dated tropes, such as friends reacting with shock when one of four women gains weight in Sex and the City, and older men flirting with much younger women in Lost in Translation. At age eleven, she became aware of these patterns. The full article appears in the current issue of Freitag.
Key facts
- Noelle Konate is a mixed-race author with one white and one Black parent.
- She went on a date with a white man and questions if it can work.
- She has a preference for 1990s and 2000s series and films.
- She cites Sex and the City for its storyline about a friend's weight gain.
- She cites Lost in Translation for older men flirting with much younger women.
- She points out that High School Musical (2006) showed racially matched couples.
- She became aware of these patterns at age eleven.
- The full article is in the current issue of Freitag.
Entities
Artists
- Noelle Konate
Institutions
- Freitag