Thoughts on class pt. 3

Everyone is finally settled in with their listening posts and the discussions are moving along more smoothly.
Soraya is still my saving grace because as long as she entertains us with personal accounts of inter-racial/inter-cultural dating then the rest of us can sit calmly and enjoy the class period without having to share anything about our own listening posts.

Let me explain the whole "inter-racial/inter-cultural" thing. Soraya is a black girl who doesn't have a hang up about being "genuinely black" nor does she have a hang up about being "too black". She doesn't see her color as something that limits her to any role. The reason color plays a non-existant role for this particular intelligent young woman is because she is culturally mixed. She has lived amidst Hispanics and upper-class white people for different parts of her life which gives her perspective on their cultures and that perspective is what defines her to any "role". That perspective allows her to date a down-to-earth white guy just as easily as a down-to-earth black guy and it is also what makes it impossible for her to date a black guy or a white guy who have cultural hang ups. One description she gave was that she must have a big ass and dance well. I really was amused hearing the story of her date that ended when the boy expected such another woman to come out of this girl!