WHAT IS THE LURE OF THE SNOW BUNNIES?
A Comical Video, A Serious Truth
We saw a video on Instagram that made us laugh — a Black man running from his white girlfriend after hearing the voices of Malcolm X and other ancestors warning him. It was shared by Dr. Umar Johnson, the same man who calls white women "snow bunnies."
Funny on the surface, yes. But under the jokes, there’s a real message about how deep this issue goes.
The Historical Chains: Slavery and the Forbidden Fruit
Let’s go back. During slavery, the white woman was the forbidden fruit. Black men were murdered, whipped, and hung just for looking at a white woman the wrong way.
But in the slave master's mind, the white woman was seen as the prize — pure, delicate, powerful. The Black man was conditioned, generation after generation, to see her as something above him.
That conditioning didn’t die when slavery ended. It just changed its clothes.
The Power of the Subconscious
Today, even when a Black man thinks he’s resisting the white woman’s pull, he’s often still caught in the trap.
The mind works in layers. About 90% of our thinking is subconscious. Only 10% is conscious.
When a Black man runs away from the white woman and puts on a dashiki like in the video, he’s still giving her power. He's saying she’s so tempting, so dangerous, that he has to fight for his life just to stay away.
That’s still putting her above the Black woman.
When You Fight Something Too Hard, You Worship It
It’s like a commercial for ice cream.
If you show people a big juicy ice cream cone and yell, "DON'T EAT THIS! STAY AWAY!" — what happens?
People will think about the ice cream even more. They’ll crave it.
Same thing here. Telling Black men, "Run from the snow bunny! She’s gonna get you!" just makes her seem even more powerful and desirable.
It’s backward psychology — and it’s working against us.
The Normal Should Be Normal
We should not have to make loving a Black woman some exotic, rare event.
Black women are not supposed to be seen as "special" or "different" — they should be the standard, the norm, the everyday beauty.
Instead, too many Black men act like loving a Black woman is some political statement, while chasing white women is "normal life."
That’s backwards, and it shows how deep the mental programming goes.
How Hollywood and Media Tricked Us
Movies, TV shows, magazines — they have been pushing the image of the white woman as the top prize for centuries.
The white woman was always the trophy the hero got at the end of the story.
Meanwhile, Black women were either not shown at all or shown as loud, ugly, bitter, and undesirable.
If you feed a community enough images like that, generation after generation, you poison their desires.
Dr. Umar's Good Intentions — But A Bad Message
Dr. Umar Johnson wants to protect Black love.
He wants Black men to stop chasing snow bunnies.
But when he makes the white woman seem like some supernatural trap — some unbeatable force — he’s actually making her even bigger in the Black man's mind.
You can’t fight white supremacy by putting it on a pedestal.
You can’t build Black pride by making the white woman the ultimate temptation.
The Way Forward: Normalize Black Love
If we want Black love to survive, we have to make it normal again.
No more acting like dating a Black woman is an act of rebellion.
No more treating the white woman like she’s the final boss in a video game that we have to "resist."
Just love Black women. Loudly. Proudly. Naturally.
No slogans needed. No marches needed.
Normalize it until it’s boring. Until it’s just the way it is.
Final Words: Set Your Own Standard
We have to set our own standard for beauty, love, and life.
Black women are not second place. They are not a "consolation prize."
They are the beginning and the end.
Until Black men feel that deep in their bones — without needing a dashiki, a Malcolm X voice, or a skit on Instagram — we will keep giving away our power.
It’s time to take it back.
