Single Ladies star Lisa Raye is no stranger to hard work. And you can call her a lot of things but gold digger is not one of them. Of course she likes nice things, and even better, men who can afford those nice things; what woman would enjoy those two things put together. But does that make her a gold digger? Read her definition inside.
Jamie: What’s the biggest misconception about you?
LisaRaye:That I’m a gold digger.Jamie: That ain’t no misconception. What the hell is that? You just said that you want a billionaire. What’s the difference?
LisaRaye: Why is that considered a gold digger? Do we say that when the White girls say that? Do we say that when we take our kids to the Ivy League school and they go to bar mitzvahs and all of those social events? But when we’re Black, they got to be, “She’s a gold digger.” How is that?
I think that a gold digger is a woman that wants to be taken care of, but she’s not bringing anything to the table. She just wants you to do what you’re supposed to do for her and she’s not feeling she needs to do anything.
She also added:
I don’t feel that that’s right because, to me, as much as you want to receive you have to learn how to give as well and appreciate that gift of being able to give. That’s a blessing to be able to do that. So if you are being blessed by having this person in your life and vice versa, then you both are going to succeed together because he’s evenly yoked with you.
I believe that a woman has the right to choose the type of man that she would like to be with. There is nothing wrong with a woman preferring a man who is a great provider and who enjoys spoiling the woman that he chooses to love. People have absolutely worn the word gold-digger out in the African American community. People use the term gold-digger now days more so to brainwash black women into thinking that wanting to be treated like a queen by your man is wrong which is totally ridiculous. Any woman who understands her worth will always desire the best for herself.