
Recently, Scott – a divorcee and single mother – started wearing a new hat; as a relationship columnist for Essence magazine.
In the April edition of the best-selling black women's monthly, the 'Hate On Me' singer tackles interracial love with a provocative entry titled 'The Wince.'
"In our past, if a black man even looked at a white woman, he would have been lynched," Scott wrote in the 'I'm Just Sayin'' column. Her thought-provoking entry has engaged a heated dialogue on the Time Inc.-owned magazine's website.
Black Voices caught up to Scott to ask her about the article -- while she was in New York City making the rounds promoting her new movie, 'Why Did I Get Married Too?' Here's a sneak peek of what Scott said prompted her to take on the hot topic.


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By: sheryl on 3/24/2010 6:05PM
Ellie, this is true, but on the flip side, I saw an episode of Phil Donohue (I know I am dating myself..LOL) but this white woman was madly in love with his black man, she said he treated her like a queen. She divorced her white husband because he was an alcoholic and beat her regularly. Do you know that her mother (the one person who is supposed to protect their child at all cost) had such a disdain for African Americans, said that she would rather see her daughter with the white man who beat her, than the black man who treated her w/ the respect she deserved?
Talk about hate!!
I wish I could say that it didn't bother me when I see interracial relationships, because it does annoy me a little. BUT, I am just one person w/ an opinion...I would HOPE that one would make their own decisions and base their actions off of someone else's opinion.
I love Jill, I think she is a musical genius, BUT even if I were married to a man outside my race, her opinion wouldn't bother me, because it's hers, if anything I would appreciate her candor. I would rather know up front how she felt, than having to find out later that she had been speaking ill of me behind my back.
She disagrees w/ Monique's "open marriage" but they are still close friends.
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By: Sam on 3/24/2010 9:08PM
Im white man that thinks all races of humans are beautiful..but give my beautiful my white woman anyday
cuz white is beautiful and it reigns anyday.
i dont understand why African AMERICANS in America are breeding the black out of themselves..Its almost like an epidemic and i think its so sad.
Don.t we have enough confused halfbreeds already?
or maybe its just self hatred .
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By: smittyt on 3/24/2010 9:15PM
Damn man i have to agree with you 100%.
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By: Duane A on 3/28/2010 12:21AM
Sam, i totally i agree with you as well.
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By: beulah on 3/29/2010 11:22PM
I am a Black Queen, and I think it is self hate on the black man's part to mix with other races.
But remember, the white race back in slavery time
did this to the Black male and he has not recovered
from this yet and never will. you got a nerve to talk about Blacks self hate. You bastard s never admit that you torn down the black man image ,and is still doing it. You hate the Black male because he is going after your women. That is the only way he can stand up to you and hurt you.
I love the black man but he can not love himself.
and you white boy did it by hanging, killing, and
selling our ancestors as animals on the block.
We Black women are stronger, and we love Jesus, and he helps us to hold on and still we rise.
So dig up the history of how we have been treated
since we have been on this earth. Walk a mile in our shoes. We are still strong, what other races
could endure what the Black race been thru and stil are being looked down on ,for instance look at
the President, he is half white, half Black and he
gets no respect and is treated worst than any other
white President in history, so tell me why would any one want to be Black in this world. I think
we black people as a whole do wonderful to survive
in this racist country. If you were me you would
probably hang yourself. Could you survive all this
mess. Our ancestors worked and slaved free for this country 300 or more years, but we never get any credit for this, free labor under whips and chains, you all treated your animals better. This
was passed down to every Color person, like your
wealth was passed down to all your children. You
did not work for your wealth. Slaves made your
people wealthy. So let be real and tell the true
story, give us some credit for that at least.
I am trying to practice Christianity but it is
hard in this land.
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By: HarlemLuV on 3/24/2010 1:25PM
I don't have a problem interracial dating. I get hit on by men of all races and have dated a few, but I prefer black men. I once watched an episode of Tyra about men and their Fantasy/Ideal woman and all of the men including the black men picked the white, hispanic, and asian women. The black woman was left there looking embarrassed. That to me was sad that even a black man wouldn't even think of a black woman as his ideal mate.
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By: smittyt on 3/24/2010 9:26PM
That,s not true and you know, it most black women are just to damn impossible to deal with you know foul big mouths,stank attitudes,sleazey dressers snoddy ways, liers,cheaters,and have big ego,s thinking they are GODS gift to life itself and, most of them will have sex with any race,any black person man or woman would be crazy to get with someone that slept around with another race,onless you,re both that way.
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By: BlackAmericanPrincess on 3/26/2010 9:11AM
"I once watched an episode of Tyra about men and their Fantasy/Ideal woman and all of the men including the black men picked the white, hispanic, and asian women. The black woman was left there looking embarrassed. That to me was sad that even a black man wouldn't even think of a black woman as his ideal mate."
I saw that show and could do nothing but shake my head. It was embarrassing for the sista that had to sit through it, and it was embarrassing for our people. The SAD thing is, I've seen that sort of thing play out on serveral talk shows down through the years, so.. black men have been doing that on television for the world to see for quite a while. It's also true to life.. black men are more often than not, running in behind white/asian/latino women. It's true. Don't see how anyone with eyes in their heads could deny it. The fact is black men have decided that being BLACK is an advantage, desirable, valuable, for THEM... but a disadvantage, not desirable nor valuable when it comes to black women. This is why you've heard and do hear black men mock and be so blatantly racist towards black women in the media.
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By: TYRANT626 on 3/26/2010 11:29AM
Not too long ago I watched an episode of NEXT on MTV and one of the women on the bus was a black woman. A white woman asked if she'd ever dated a white guy and the black woman said that white men are what she prefers because she hates black men.
I don't have a problem with interracial dating, but when you have to bash and display hatred for the opposite sex of your own race, then yes, you've got issues. I LOVE BLACK WOMEN and I can't see myself ever fixing my face to say that I HATE them. When black women and men engage in this behavior to prove how much they love non-black men/women they're not revealing how IGNORANT they are, they're revealing, for ALL the WORLD to see, just how STUPID they are.
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By: honeybee on 3/24/2010 1:33PM
@ Patty
You say it like she should feel privileged to be hit on by a white man. Obviously she prefers black men or else she wouldn't have said what she said. I don't get what your trying to say. Should one feel special if a white man was to hit on them? Jill is just saying what she feels, I don't see the problem.
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