‘Meet Your First Black Girlfriend’ Video Nears 1 Million Views

The Brooklyn-based comedian has a message about interracial dating and plenty of folks are listening.

By Jamilah King Feb 06, 2014

It’s been just over a month since Brooklyn-based comedian Akilah Hughes released the video "Meet Your First Black Girlfriend," which takes a funny look at black-white interracial romance. 

Hughes spoke to the Huffington Post about why she decided to make the video:

I think Black women are exoticized in interracial relationships because the media only portrays Black women in a few ways, while other races tend to get more options. The media mold for a young Black woman is very limited–must be extremely aggressive, commandeering, unintelligent, etc.–while that has not been the case with the overwhelming majority of Black women I’ve met from all different backgrounds. Truthfully, I think more Black women would feel comfortable dating outside of their race if that wasn’t the case, because it’s one thing to have a TV show or movie that doesn’t know you see you in that negative light–it’s quite another to find out that your significant other does as well. When media starts to reflect the actual world we inhabit instead of aiming to create it, I’m sure there will be greater understanding in interracial relationships.

Looks like the message resonates with plenty of viewers.