# Weldon Taylor — The Blacker the Berry character guide

> Weldon Taylor in The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Weldon

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-emma-lou

## Snapshot

A college man whose attentions give Emma Lou her first taste of being wanted, though his interest may cost more than it gives.

## Who they are

Weldon Taylor moves through campus life with the ease of someone who has never had to apologize for his complexion, and his notice of Emma Lou feels like sunlight after years of shade. For a young woman taught to read her darkness as liability, his attention becomes a test of whether desire can ever be trusted when it arrives so suddenly. He matters because he crystallizes the question the novel keeps asking: what does Emma Lou mistake for love, and what does she settle for?

## Relationships

### [Emma Lou Morgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blacker_the_berry_se/characters/emma_lou_morgan)

_romantic_

Weldon is a suitor who shows interest in Emma Lou but ultimately rejects her due to her dark skin.

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