Being with the white woman is not enough; he has to show youthat she is his woman. And in order to prove that, he will nevertake his hands off of her. (See the April 2002 Bryant Gumbel interview with Barbara Walters; it has to be one of the most blatantdisplays of this-is-my-white-woman psychosis ever broadcasted.)Normally, if{a white woman is just next to a Brother, it could bea friend or colleague. But he will eliminate all doubts once he ©makes a physical connection that undeniably says, Yeah, this ismy bitch. He does not have to do this with a black woman because he does not have to socially announce that he is with her.It’s often better that he does not divulge that, because it opens thedoor to the possibility with another. This is the major reason thatBrothers won’t hold the hands of their black girlfriends. It wouldestablish too much of a connection in the eyes of the public andruin the possibility for extra interactions.
