I am further north but I have lived in just as close a proximity or even more than you.
By the way, I never mentioned ‘marriage’ when I gave my opinion of interracial relationships.
Where I live I see some really pretty white girls that go for not so attractive black guys. Have no idea why that is. Maybe we just don't have as many dog ugly white girls here. The children that are the result of these relationships are really cute. Don't know who is raising them. Since out of wedlock births in the black community is 75%, it's sure not a two parent home regardless of the color of the parents.
some think it's cool...some think it's the ultimate sacrifice towards racial healing...nuts