Title: Don't bring home a white boy : and other notions that keep black women from dating out /
Authors: Folan, Karyn Langhorne
Publisher: Gallery Books : Karen Hunter Pub.,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Interracial dating; Man-woman relationships; African American women Psychology; Black people Race identity
Abstract: Explores the cultural resistance to black women dating white men, drawing on true testimonials to explore such topics as black female sexuality, racial stereotypes and white male perspectives on black female beauty.
Contents: After slavery, I would never, ever date a white man -- I'm looking for my good black man -- My family would never accept him, and his would never accept me -- I don't find white men attractive -- White men don't find black women attractive, unless they look like Beyoncé -- What about the children? -- He must have money : black women as gold diggers -- You're a sellout : perception of black women who date white men -- We'd be too different -- It's the same story around the world.