I don\'t know that I put a premium on a relationship with a white man, I\'ve dated A LOT more black men. My numbers are pretty high because I\'ll move on rather than stay with anyone so I\'m not \"alone.\" I\'ve posted this before, and I\'m almost afraid to do so again, for fear of another history lesson, but here it goes. When I was 13 I had a HUGE crush on a guy (black). Fine didn\'t describe him. He was 16 and so fine that he was dating college women, well given that he wasn\'t going to give me a second look, I know that now. Someone very close to me (adult) broke it down: any black man worth having wants a white woman, and a white man will never want you. For a while I had a history of relationships with real losers (black). Then I realized I was fulfilling the prophecy. I made up my mind that I could date men who were worth something, black or white. It was meant as well meaning advice, it was not. But maybe other people have heard those words directly or subliminally. I am not turned off by black men at all. They are completely sexy, seductive, luscious, intelligent, ok, let me stop now. So I\'d proudly be on the arm of a black man as well as a white one. I\'m protective of my IR because I take so much heat over it, that\'s never been a problem with relationships I have with men of the same race.