[zarf]

No protest from me. Bring on the sista's!!!!

[Sir Gawain]

'Let's go to the Red Lobster for all-you-can-eat crab legs on Monday.'

Haha!

[dennisw]

You talking ta me?

[Commie Basher]

This is new? I saw an episode on this same exact theme on Donahue -- 20 years ago!

[SamAdams76]

"I haven't found any black men trying to take me to the museum," she says. "I wish they would make an effort other than, 'Let's go and have a drink' or 'Let's go to the Red Lobster for all-you-can-eat crab legs on Monday.' "

Too funny. I guess I know where I'm going Monday night. I love crab legs.

There is definitely a double standard at work with interracial couples. A black man dates a white women and it doesn't even raise an eyebrow anymore. But if a white man dates a black woman, there is a lot of hostility from black men. Personally, I find black women just as attractive as white women. If I wasn't married, I'd consider a date with someone like Condi Rice in a heartbeat.

[Shermy]

He often attends reggae clubs with Bailey where he is the only white person in the room.

I guess Atlanta is different. The one's I've seen are full of white druggies and airheads, maybe a couple of Jamaicans amazed at the scene in the corner. Plus the Jamaicans bathe.

[Jhoffa_]

One of the nicest "activity partners" I ever had was a black woman.

Like someone posted above: "Bring on the sisters.. Yeah!"

[billhilly]

"colorism"

Now that is one ism that I have missed. In an otherwise interesting subject, this one came along and ruined it for me.

[chasio649]

I took a black co worker to lunch one time in Montgomery,Al and found out just what black men think. I was ridiculed by a group of black guys and so was she, a fight almost started. People don't hardly blink anymore at the sight of a black man with a white woman. Don't believe me...just try it...ask a black gal to lunch if you are a white guy and you will see curious stares from whites and hateful glares from blacks.

[Paul Atreides]

They should call it the Ike Turner Syndrome....after she left Ike, Tina was seen only in the company of white men.

[AngrySpud]

If black women are having a hard time finding eligible black men, they could try what many loveless white women have done ... marry visa-clutchin' guys from Pakistan and India.

[Don Myers]

Black folks don't like black women going out with white men. The only thing that I can say is that lots of black men go with white women. If black men have a problem with black women, they shouldn't complain when the black women go looking elsewhere.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

A very interesting article. I've read similar articles before, but they usually focus on black man/white woman couples.

As an interracial couple, one of our favorite activities is to count other interracial couples we see while we're out shopping. Our record is 8 couples, seen in a single 1 1/2 hour trip through the grocery store. But then, Austin is different from the rest of Texas in this regard, I suspect.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

At least 60 percent of blacks who get awarded college degrees are women, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

. . . and most women want to marry UP. This situation just doesn't compute very well.

[goldstategop]

Kevin Costner & Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard comes of age.

[JimRed]

I judge them as they come."

Her attitude is one that ALL of us should embrace.

[sonofron]

"Still, Smith sometimes questions if she's being true to her black identity. "

I understand this statement. I'm not in an interracial relationship because i want to be true to my white identity. I know some nice black wemon, but i don't think i'd ever hook up with any of them. I realize i'm unique in wanting to preserve my heritage and history, which includes passing the genes down. Am i a racist for this stance? well, i think of myself as more of a culture preservationist. This is just my own personal standard, and i realize alot of people don't feel this way, so i respect thier choice. My brother is married to a black woman, and we all get along great!

[Lincoln]

"White guys find us exotic," she says. "They want to know how we [have sex], but they aren't going to take us home."

"I judge them as they come."

If the former is true how can she do the latter?

[weikel]

Well me I like Blondes and Orentials.

[MinorityRepublican]

Could Mr. Right be white? [Black women choosing white men]

Yep, that's the case. I am the product of that relationship.