This Excerpt From Issa Rae’s Book From *Checks Notes* THREE Years Ago About Dating Asian Men Is Tearing Twitter Apart

An influential black woman (Issa rae) is telling black women to procreate with Asian men because they will intellectually suit black women in her book…. Christ what have we done as black men to be shitted on like this?

— DreTookHer🇬🇾 (@RealBeardedDre) April 29, 2018

Man if a black man said what Issa Rae said …… whew

— Domonique👩🏽‍🍳 (@ChefDomonique) April 29, 2018

What stands out to me is (1) how much more straight forward Issa Rae can be about Asian women (saying they are "ditching" Asian men for white) than Asian women themselves, and (2) how there is a similar, unspoken diss of black men here as less intellectual than Asian men. pic.twitter.com/9MBSGw9mhg

— Five Alive (@Mont_Jiang) April 29, 2018

I say if a black man said what Issa Rae said y’all would flip. Coming in my mentions telling me that black men do it too is showing how y’all would rather deflect Instead of admitting she was wrong

— Domonique👩🏽‍🍳 (@ChefDomonique) April 30, 2018

When black men state their preference we get killed for it and want people to respect it. So let Issa Rae want her little Asian man. She is in the vast minority

— Sam. (@_JackN4Tweetz_) April 30, 2018

If you think people are about to cancel Issa Rae cause of what she said, don’t wait on it.

It’s black men she’s speaking about; I wouldn’t even be surprised if people start endorsing what she said but revise it to mean “straight black men”.

Watch what I tell you.

— 📚👨🏾‍💻Michael Reny Taylor🗣 (@RenyTay) April 30, 2018

Issa Rae book has been out for 3 years and now y’all wanna cancel her. I can’t stand fake woke, Shea and Cocoa butter Twitter 🙄

— Tasha Jai (@Tashajai) April 30, 2018

It’s not like black men want black women anyway so why are we mad at Issa Rae???

— Persephone (@persephonevibe) April 30, 2018

the TL canceling Issa Rae? pic.twitter.com/C4odwi7ztv

— BIRTHDAY 4/30 💎👁 (@fuckyeajordan) April 30, 2018

All these angry black men mad at Issa Rae like they even want or care about black women. That’s the part that’s sending me. Like colorist, stereotypical and demeaning “jokes” about BW don’t make rounds on this hell site every minute. We ain’t cancelling nothing round here pic.twitter.com/XWiGZURfzB

— 🕷 (@cherryfizzcamo) April 30, 2018

Issa Rae when she logs in and sees how mad she’s got y’all niggas pic.twitter.com/dbDEub7ct8

— ً (@takethedives) April 30, 2018

All of a sudden black men are confused as to why black women would choose to shit on them like Issa Rae did and date outside their race after all the dirt that they’ve thrown at us. Issa was wrong for what she said but the fallout is beautiful pic.twitter.com/5gcNsWjp2I

— ً (@takethedives) April 30, 2018

Y’all canceling Issa Rae? I’m still watching insecure. That’s her opinion, her preference. I still love black men. The end

— JS ❤️ (@Lilself92_) April 30, 2018

“I’m rooting for everybody black.”
-Issa Rae

Make it make sense. https://t.co/l7GvAk1Y0Z

— King👑 (@brownies_tbc1) April 30, 2018

The same black men whining about Issa Rae have likely said far worse about black women. Issa likely made her proposal in jest, but you all tend to be serious.

Side note: Dave Chapelle, Terrence Howard and Donald Glover all have Asian mates. Nothing wrong with it. Relax. pic.twitter.com/TO7jBb2UUy

— Euphemia Curt (@Euphemia_Curt) April 30, 2018