Dec 7, 2009

Posted by LexiTalks in Featured Articles, Women | 15 comments

Black Men With $$$ + White Girls = Out Of Luck Sistas?

Black Men With $$$ + White Girls = Out Of Luck Sistas?

Brothers with money, Sista you ain’t got a chance!

Yep, I said it! I know some sista is cursing right about now, but the odds of a Sista ending up with a Brother with money, is Very Slim.  Interracial Dating is a touchy and controversial topic for both men and women of all races. Before you look at my picture and pass judgment on this article I’d like you to know that it is a collaboration of several women and men, of different races. Nothing here is absolute or 100%, but is based on what we see as the majority.

It seems that the vast majority of the time when you see a black professional male athlete or entertainer and their significant other, the chances are the significant other is not a black sista. It is usually any other race besides a sista.

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Why is that?

Some time ago there was a Jet Magazine article that profiled a professional NFL player having Thanksgiving dinner at his home. What stuck out as odd was that out of the 15 or so family members around the table, the only one that was black was the athlete himself. I remember thinking, “Wow that looks really strange, I wonder does it look strange to him also?” “Just where is his side of the family?” This family/relationship portrayal of the Rich & Famous, Athletes/Entertainers is still quite typical.  Again, Why is that?

We believe the main reason for the majority of black males who reach a higher status level is that he is now able to get what he ‘perceives’ is the ultimate in a mate.  This may be conscious or sub-conscious.  There is no question that society views Caucasian/European/Exotic women, hell anything other than a black more beautiful than a “Black Woman”. This doesn’t mean that black women are not beautiful. Society’s views are apparent by what is portrayed on T.V. and what is showcased in magazines.  Hence, the perception of the ultimate beauty. This perception did not just begin and to really get to the root of it one has to actually go back to “Roots”. Roots meaning way back to slavery days when white women were considered a gem; untouchable; forbidden; and better.  The Prize!

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White women were the cream of the crop, the protected species, especially protected from the Black Male. Everyone knows the history of the black male who crossed that line. This made the ‘look’ of the white woman to be something that was lusted and desired.  The ‘look’ meaning their white skin; long silky hair, cat colored eyes, etc.  Now just like Eve in the Garden of Eden, anything that is perceived as forbidden or more pleasing to the Eye, ‘you just have to have it; taste it; consume it’. This belief has been embedded in the minds of our forefathers and has continued to this day, whether it is spoken or unspoken; conscious or sub-conscious it’s there.  So when some black men say they are attracted to what is considered ‘fine’ or ‘hot’, it very well may be true. They are attracted to what society has deemed to be beautiful, the non-white woman.  Yet, there are some men who struggle with dating or marrying a white woman, for them they usually end of getting a mixed female or a black female of the lighter complexion.  And, Halleluiah, there are and always will be some black brothers who do love and are only attracted to the black sista. Some other reasons are laid out in the article Black Men+ White Women = Truth.

Therefore, when a lot of black men acquire fortune and/or fame they also get their ‘Prize’. That prize is not a ‘Sista’.

Years ago on the series Twilight Zone there was a episode called “Eye of the Beholder” which has to do with perception. Please take a look at this movie and let me know what you think, I encourage your dialogue on this touchy subject.


Watch 6. The Twilight Zone – Eye of the Beholder

Link to movie, http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v6316436GQ6CawaR

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  1. Christina says:

    I have a suggestion… why don't you actually do some research? Why not go get some numbers to back up your claim that: "It seems that the vast majority of the time when you see a black professional male athlete or entertainer and their significant other, the chances are the significant other is not a black sista." It was impossible for me to even take you seriously for the rest of your post about 'perception' that was based entirely on a 'perception' that isn't actually backed up by real numbers. Are there some high profile black men with white wives? Sure, and maybe it's at a higher rate than black man with more average income, I don't know. But it's also not the *majority* of highly paid black men as you say. We can make a list just as long, if not much longer, of high profile black men that are married to black women. I'm not discounting everything you're saying about what society deems beautiful, but I'm tired of people acting like there's some epidemic of black men going after white women or that it even comes close to outnumbering the number of black men in relationships or married to black women.

    • I have a link for you, hit me up at lexitalks on twitter. My article is not about the number of average black men, it was on the high profile/income/status black men. Also, this is my opinion and the opinion of a others. You can believe and have your own, that's okay.

  2. Christina says:

    I'd love to see the link, why not include it in the article? If there are valid, researched numbers to support your argument that the majority of high profile black men are not with black women, then fine, no complaint from me whatsoever. If factual support had been included with your post in the first place I wouldn't have even had a comment to make. That's the point I was challenging that I don't think is true. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect that, I just value people's opinions more when they can support them with actual facts, not just perceptions and assumptions, regardless of how many people share those same perceptions. If something is false, it's false, no matter who many people actually believe it to be true.

    • Opinions do not need to be supported by "fact", hence the term opinion. In that case if one disagrees then where is their "facts" to support the disagreement. I am looking for the link, it wasn't a link to support numbers, I never gave any numbers. It was a blog that I thought was interesting that provided a some names and photos of interracial couples. Did you hit me on twitter, because I didn't see it.

  3. What be blowin me is the hypocritical nature of the whole thing… trying to tell a black man that he's *supposed* to be with a black woman is no better than the white man saying how undesirable black women are. Black men don't owe black women anything just because of race, especially when most broads wouldn't want that man *unless* he had money, if at all. So now he's a black man with money and that means his black wife *has* to be on his side or he's a sellout? You don't know that man so miss me with that. His relationship is not yours, mind your business.

  4. Stank Booty says:

    You have given some good insight into the black white relationships. There is also a point to be made that black women have gotten very few parts in ads for perfume, hair, shampoo, or clothing. Matter of fact it is alwasy white women and there are no Asians, Native Americans, Mexicans or other women of ethnicity. This has put the idea in our head that white women are the most adored and desireable. Another questions to be asked is why don't more black women want to date out of thier race? Why do so many black women after divorce or raising children spend so much time in casinos or have their heads stuck in bibles all day instead getting out and dating?

  5. Just my 2 cent. I think if there are black men who think like that they should be burned at the stakes. With that being said I don't think you can just assume because dude has a white chick that he has something against black females he might just prefer white girls.

    Now the question is what is the "true" % no one will ever know because only the person knows

  6. Interesting… I was just having this conversation with a girlfriend of mine today. It does appear that for certain black men, they feel that once they have attained a certain status, they need to have a prize on their arm…preferably blond and blue eyed.

    It is most definitely societal…for so many years, white women where off limits…and the only fact you need is Emmet Till…lost his life for whistling (so it was thought) at a white woman.

    I come from a background of mixed heritage…and it's really interesting how much color plays a part of our race…I cringe every time I hear a guy refer to a woman as a fine yellow or red bone…and these are the ones that typically move down the spectrum to Caucasian.

    I think for those that chose to date exclusively outside of their race (whatever race it may be) based on stereotypes…they are exhibiting self hate.

  7. Well the question i'm always MORE struck by is why more black women don't date outside of their race. Ladies, there is a whole world of men out there. LOL. As a black woman (a foreign one at that.) I have no loyalty whatsoever to "dating black." So who a black man "with money" chooses to date and why is none of my concern and it really shouldn't be any other black woman's (or anyone else's for that matter). No offense, but this article didn't bring up anything new or provoke any new thoughts. It's rehashing the same debate over and over. I understand though, that that may not have been the point, but I'm just saying. LOL. Also, you believing it is the majority and it actually being the majority are two completely different things. Obviously, people are going to want numbers with this kind of thing.

  8. P.S. Why are we so occupied with what (and who lol) other black people are doing? And I mean that beyond the tabloid sensationalism. "He only dates white girls," "You talk white," "S/he only has white friends," "They live in a mostly Asian neighborhood,") Why do we care? LOL. Okay I'm done now LOL I think. lol.

  9. LexiTalks: "There is no question that society views Caucasian/European/Exotic women, hell anything other than a black more beautiful than a “Black Woman”."

    LexiTalks:"They are attracted to what society has deemed to be beautiful, the non-white woman. Yet, there are some men who struggle with dating or marrying a white woman, for them they usually end of getting a mixed female or a black female of the lighter complexion. "

    WHAT? I'm confused here. First you say how society says white women are more attractive, then you say "what society has deemed to be beautiful, the non-white woman." You completely contradict yourself in the above two statements.

    Anyways, I just wanted to say that it is human nature to be attracted to that which we see as beautiful. You and others make these blanket statements that "society" has this huge control over what we think is beautiful. I think it's just a matter of personal taste which is ingrained since birth, and then we see it in adolesence. I have friends that like dark girls, friends that like light-skinned girls, asian girls, white girls, tan girls, big girls and small girls. It really is just a matter of personal taste.I've ALWAYS liked white girls. My first grade crush was a white girl and I grew up in a black neighboorhood. I like some black girls but usually the lighter ones with softer facial features that I am more attracted too.

    Society says that men should like women, and yet there have always been gay men. What do you say to that? People are attracted to healthy, symmetrical faces. In women, men tend to prefer soft feminine features. Nothing against Somoan women, but in my experience they tend to have sharper, more masculine features than most other women I have seen and yet they have lighter skin and straighter hair than Black women, so why aren't Black men flocking to them?

    It's all about personal taste AND human nature and more White women have those soft feminine features that most men of all races tend to look for than Black women do. It's not something that we are trained to like, it's instinctual. It's the same reason that women go for more masculine looking guys. It isn't because they are black or white or whatever. Women have almost ALWAYS gone for darker skinned males (tanned males among Whites), and strong jaw lines and strong arms. Black men tend to have the strong jaw, muscled body and confident swagger that women are attracted to. That's why white girls love us. Unless we act too ghetto and they get scared. 1

    A bit of a tangent…An experiment was done where female lions were introduced to fake male lions with blonde, red and brown manes. Also they had one with no mane at all. The female lions showed more interest in the one with a dark, full mane. It has been associated with potential for more strength and power so it influences her decision. Humans are no different. White women flock to black males because of their confidence, and potential for physical prowess which they associate with safety and well-being.

    Society hasn't brain-washed black men. Men just find women with certain features more attractive than those without those features. IT just so happens that a lot of white women fit the look, and less black women do. This is not to say that black women are not AS BEAUTIFUL as white women, just that the numbers in a concentrated area are going to be less than the number or white women. I am attracted to all races of women that I find have the soft, feminine beauty that I am looking for. Look at Vivica A FOx, Serena WIlliams and Alex Wek as examples of Black women with those features that I'd consider beautiful and they aren't super-mixed or something, like Halle Berry.

    Damn, this post is all over the place but I think my point is clear.

    • LexiTalks says:

      Wow your point is what was ALL OVER THE PLACE. I could not follow you at all. You start off by lying about what I stated and it's in black and white. My first SENTENCE named "Caucasian/European/Exotic women, hell ANYTHING OTHER than a black more beautiful than a “Black Woman” and you change it to say I'm naming only white women in the first sentence then go to non-white in the second sentence. You did not read or understand what you read well.

      You hit on another subject that I was not talking about and did not pertain to this one. Could not follow you at all.

  10. Marcus, you're confusing.

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