I had only ever dated black females until I met my first boyfriend-an attractive black dude who lived several blocks away from my mother's house.
This week, we're publishing some of those responses as part of a conversation about race and relationships. After Ernest Baker's essay about interracial relationships, 'The Reality of Dating White Women When You're Black,' ran on Gawker earlier this month we received hundreds of comments and emails objecting to, agreeing with, or otherwise responding to Baker.