At one point I had thoughts on the subject. The day the article was released. I still do. Saving up the remainder for a panel discussion I’ll be participating in. 

In the interim opinions have been aired on all sides. 

The Atlantic has chimed in. Philadelphia Inquirer covered a panel discussion at the National Constitution Center Monday evening. There’s another with the local National Association of Black Journalists tonight. Ebony had a bone to pick, as well as Philadelphia Magazine’s contemporaries City Paper and The Daily News. 

Even JUMP, my go-to freelance host entered the fray for the win. 

Oh, race. Such the drams. 

This article is magnificent. A testament to modern love.  Not once did I consider the author’s age. Her prose is fluid. I imagined a young fox-hunting debutante whose colonial New York ancestors were lords of the manor of Pelham; not a 70 year old woman recounting anecdotes of times past.

She’s lived well.