Halle Berry Tried Black Men, Fell for a White One: No Need to Explain

Her March Interview with Essence Magazine

Nik Minor
In an interview in the March edition of Essence magazine, Halle Berry confesses:

"I tried Black men. I tried...I married two Black men. You know I tried."

Berry went on to say,

"I don't hold all Black males responsible because of the two bad eggs I got...I even dated Black men after my last divorce, but this is just where I found love."

Halle Berry's remarks have stirred up the hornet's nest, with some black folks labeling her the ever popular term "sell out", for having gone over to the white side. Never mind that Halle is also mixed, just as white as she is black. To some, Halle Berry is a traitor.

The two "bad eggs" that Halle Berry tried are David Justice and Eric Benet, former husbands who cheated on her. Berry also dated Wesley Snipes, who allegedly hit her hard enough to cause hearing loss in one ear. After 2 divorces and a decade of dating black men, Berry found love with Gabriel Aubry, a former model, but more importantly, a white guy.

Though I don't like or dislike Halle Berry, I felt an unexpected empathy for her when she happily announced that she was pregnant. Berry spent a large portion of her life with no good men and whether she was at fault or not, I thought it was great that she had found true love with a man who respected her and treated her right. The fact that he was white mattered little. Or so I thought.

The Essence interview reminds us all that plenty of folks never quite got over Halle Berry's latest choice in men. While there are plenty of folks, both white and black, who are happy for Berry, those that aren't are absurdly angry. What doesn't make sense is how Berry can betray her half black heritage when dating a white, but doesn't betray her half white heritage when dating a black.

Eric Holder believes we are a nation of cowards, afraid to talk about race. Yet race seems to be all we ever talk about. Halle Berry's preference in men shouldn't matter, yet because she somehow crossed the lines of what many folks find acceptable, it does.

Halle Berry, you don't need to explain anything.

Source:

BET, Halle talks black men, Clay Cane

Published by Nik Minor

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  • Ed Mayer 2/22/2011

    LOL
    Sooooooooo you have tried black men and it didn't go well. Don't look like the white thing is going too well. Maybe it's not a black or white thing. Maybe it's you. I don't date out of my race, but I think it's OK.

  • I Love Halle 1/12/2011

    Leonardo--go back to the trailer park and sleep with your sister. You're a sick piece of trash and a savage. Go eat Sarah Palin's feces and drink her urine. I'm sure you love her. All of the negative comments on here are coming from white redneck trailer park trash like Leonardo, and jealous envious black men. I get so sick of the ignorance in this country.

  • spanish pride08 12/22/2010

    I cant believe how ignorance consume people specially the bwhites and blacks! halle berry is free to date whoever she likes!!! am hispanic and i'm mistaken by indians all the time and my weakness are white american men!! so what am i A SELL-OUT?? PEOPLE GROW UP!! TIMES ARE CHANGING IN AMERICA!!! US HISPANICS WITH ARE STRONGLY MIXED SO WE DONT BELONG IN ANY GROUP BECAUSE WITH ARE BASICALLY THE SAME! IDIOCRACY IS CONSUMING THE US!! GO HALLE SHE'S A LEO

  • Get your hand out of my Face 11/16/2010

    Just because Halle Berry Married 2 african american men and wanted to marry anglo-american men does not make her a Race Traitor?? I do not see BLACK,WHITE,MEXICAN or ASIAN...I see People-Human's. There are Black woman and Black men who date/marry white men or Hispanic men only. does that make them a race traitor? what the heck is a Race Traitor anyways? Leave Halle alone!!! let her date whoever she wants. This is a Free country,we can pick and choose whoever we feel comfortable with. That's the problem with adults,they are Defensive,Manipulating,Malicious and Cruel. They Critizise every little thing that has nothing to do with them.

  • Rick 5/16/2010

    A movie all black women should watch before our race becomes something you read about in a history book. "Diary of a tried black man." Get it, watch it, learn from it. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001L67A46/?tag=hashemian-20

  • Krista Hudson 4/23/2010

    People expect Black women to just stick it out and put up with whatever Black men feed us. I beleive Black women need to start dating outside of our race, just like Black men date outside the race all the time. We need not to worry about this kind of judgemnet. I'm glad she found love. I just wish she would have married him. That would have been the icing on the cake.

  • Human-life 3/14/2010

    america sucks. Americans are utterly coward and intolerant to the core yet from outside they cover a coat of modesty. They have mastered the art of superficiality. What you are doing is absolutely wrong. Race is shittiest topic on earth. Blame the ultraviolet rays.

  • paylor 1/17/2010

    It does not matter anyway because most black people in the us are an admixture of african and european as well as native american descent. All blacks have some white grandparents in the family tree. Get over it people and learn to live together

  • paylor 1/17/2010

    Leonardo
    you are an idiot. and most black people in america are mixed, fool

  • jorge 9/23/2009

    The only people angry about this are black men and white women. White men have found better women in other cultures and black women have found better choices in other choices. White women are not wanted by most men anymore they have a nasty reputation as slutty.

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