I’ve read alot on the internet about Black women being angry at Tiger Woods for having white mistresses. Only thing is, I can’t find any proof that this is true.
I’m a Black woman myself, and I wasn’t mad when I found out that all of Tiger Woods’ mistresses (well, the ones we know about so far) are white. And I wasn’t mad when he married a white woman either. Nor was I surprised. Didn’t even think about it. Oh I’m sure that there are some Black women whose feelings were hurt when he married the Swedish blonde. But it’s been five years. I’m pretty certain those women have had time to get over it.
I frankly have never followed Tiger Woods’ career. I do remember when he won his first Master’s Tournament many years ago. And I understand that he has won it five or six times since. I’ve always seen him as being a huge sports star, and I admired his success and his wholesome image. I even had a crush on him back in the day when TigerMania first began. But I’ve never been a “fan”.
Truthfully, I’ve never even seen him as “Black”. He said he wasn’t Black, years ago. And he described himself as “Cablanasian”. And I respected that. I do understand that he’s half-Black, but I’ve never acknowledged him as one of my “own” because I didn’t think he wanted me to.
Some people on the internet (none of them Black women) have said that Black women will feel “slighted” by Woods because none of his mistresses are Black. I guess I can’t speak for all American Black women on this, but I don’t feel “slighted”. Although the money these women have made is tempting, I wouldn’t want to be one of Tiger’s mistresses. I wouldn’t want to be used for sex , and I wouldn’t want to be responsible for invading and possibly helping to destory a woman’s marriage.
One of the popular T. Woods questions on the internet is, “Why didn’t Tiger Woods’ cheat with Black women” (maybe not in those words). One woman made a good point when she said, “How do you know he didn’t? Maybe he had Black mistresses and they just decided to keep quiet and accept the payoff?” (Oh yeah, by the way. I hope and pray to God that none of his mistresses is Black. It would be embarrassing!) Peoople have also asked “How come Tiger Woods didn’t date Black women”. Like they know any and every little detail about Woods’ love life prior to his marriage. They didn’t even know about all of the white women that he had.
The fact is, if Tiger Woods had married a Black woman, she probably would have been the most hated woman in the country. While dating Woods, she would have been continuously accused by many people of only being with him for his money. After their marriage, those “many” would still be going on and on about what a gold-digger she and all other American Black women are. Matter of fact, many people would still be blogging, posting and tweeting about it to this day. Five years later.
And I’m not jealous of Tiger’s white wife either. Yeah, like I said before, the money is tempting, but I wouldn’t want to be that poor woman. Having your husband and father of your children cheat on you with numerous booty calls, and then having your love life smeared all over the tv and the papers.
Honestly, this whole Tiger Woods debacle has been more amusing than embittering. Not the debacle itself, but all the stuff that came about as a result of it. The You Tube video that took Tiger’s voice mail and turned it into a romantic slow jam (haven’t watched it, but it was a part of a news piece on tv). The “news article” about Tiger Wood’s mistresses marching on Washington and demanding health care benefits. And Tiger Woods’ reportedly saying that his wife went “ghetto” on him when she found out he’d been cheating. I even laughed at Tiger Woods ‘wear you out’ voice mail. That just did not seem like something he would say. I mean honestly. Tiger Woods seems like an even bigger geek than myself! And the only thing I know how to wear out is pens and pencils!
Of course, the so-called Tiger Woods debacle has also been unnerving. To find out that America’s Boy Next Door is an avid adulterer and a heartless playboy . . . that really hurt. I was disappointed, and I’m not even a fan. I’ve only watched tiny bits of the stories on tv because I just find it too disturbing.
My mother said that “Tiger Woods needs to go home so he can work on his wife and his family, I don’t care what color she is”.
I say, “Here here”.
That means I agree. 
