Why is racial solidarity, especially, so important to black women? Margaret and I have lost count of the number of times black women have told us to our faces that race ‘mixing’ is wrong, and that black women should stay away from white men, due to slavery. In addition, Margaret, so I am told, has ‘abandoned’ her Yoruba Nigerian culture, purely by dint of her marriage to me.

I would love to see black women read the book. And whether you chose to crack up or curse me out, I don’t care. As long as it gives you a laugh and gets you a little closer to a good man, my work is done.