The Taye Diggs Syndrome

Over at liberal BlackProf.com, Robyn McGee asks: do black women hate him for his marriage choice? "Now that Diggs’ second television series in a row, a show called 'Day Break' has gotten the axe (Diggs’ other show 'Kevin Hill' was dumped by UPN last year), the buzz on various Internet gab sites is Black women have once again turned against the guy who gave Stella her groove back and are staying away from anything Taye-related in droves. It has been [downhill] for Taye among black women since it was discovered that he was happily married to a white actress. Tony award winner Idina Menzel, the original Elsapha, the wicked witch from the much acclaimed Broadway musical 'Wicked' is Mrs. Taye Diggs. Lots of folks (black women) don’t like that pairing one damn bit.....A high and mighty Hollywood actor brought to his knees by the ratings gods whose minions are black women, television’s most reliable and fickle audience. Could it be Taye like Wesley Snipes before him has raised the ire of black women by flaunting their desire for non black women while expecting to be accepted and loved and watched by sistas? Or is it a case of reality rudely interrupting our celluloid fantasies?"

My response: Taye Diggs is entitled to his marriage choice. However, he should not be surprised that black women - who were his core audience - have rejected his acting projects after he made said choice. And obviously he is not popular enough with non-blacks either to make up for it. C'est la vie.