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    Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
    Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
    Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
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    Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities

    Written by Kevin Patterson

    Narrated by Kevin Patterson

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    The issues that make monogamous dating daunting for people of color—shaming and exclusion by white partners, being fetishized, having realities of everyday racism ignored—occur in polyamorous relationships too, and trying “not to see race” only makes it worse. To make polyamorous communities inclusive, we must all acknowledge our part in perpetuating racism and listen to people of color. Love's Not Color Blind puts forward the framework—through research, anecdotal testimony, and analogy—for understanding, identifying, and confronting racism within polyamorous communities.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThornapple Press
    Release dateMar 30, 2018
    ISBN9781952125164
    Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
    Author

    Kevin Patterson

    Kevin Patterson is an active member of the Philadelphia polyamory community. He's been practicing ethical nonmonogamy since August of 2002 after opening up a relationship that eventually became his marriage. In April of 2015, Kevin was inspired to start Poly Role Models, an interview series for people describing their experiences with polyamory. Poly Role Models is part of a drive and a desire to change the way our lives and communities are viewed. It is currently the most diverse and inclusive platform for polyamory available. To continue the discussion of polyamorous representation, Kevin has extended the blog's work into nationwide speaking engagements about how race and polyamory intersect. This has led to the writing of the book, Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities. Along with co-writer Alana Phelan, Kevin launched a sci-fi novel series, For Hire. The series centers characters of color and as well as other marginalized identities.

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    • 5/5
      Wonderful, very insightful into how to actively be a better ally to black people, POC, and other minorities- particularly in alternative lifestyles (as the title suggets). As a white nonbinary individual attempting to learn more about polyamory, this book really helped fill in a lot of missing perspectives from other polyamorous books and genuinely taught me a lot. I highly recommend giving this book a read or listen!
    • 4/5
      great book covering polyamory from many excellent examples. it does this with examples that include mentions of neurodiversity, disability, class, kink. it details community building that can be used beyond the specific examples.