I love this so much. I'm often having to confront and counteract these misconceptions about my Black husband, who has to navigate many white spaces as a college-educated professional in "America's whitest city" (Portland, Oregon). So many white people think they can put him in a box -- oh yeah, he likes hip-hop and was raised by a single mom! -- and any subsequent contradictions to their narrative are completely confounding. Wait... he was raised Mormon? He also likes Aimee Mann? Does not compute!! Thanks for this wonderfully written and honest story.