Hardwired Attraction

Hardwired Attraction

“I’ve just never found a dark-skinned woman to be attractive.” During my early years of high school, I remember being a young, impressionable Black girl sitting in my math class at my PWI. I can’t recall which math class it was exactly, but I remember working on an in-class activity while I overheard three boys talking about their types. As I scribbled down numbers to look like I knew what I was doing, I found myself paying more attention to their conversation than my work. One of them – a blon


Mariya Dempsey

Mariya Dempsey

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