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This is a subject that has come full circle, Troy, a situation where "art imitates life". For so long when it came to interracial pairing, it was black men with status pursuing white woman whereas black women were relegated to the ranks of sex objects coveted by lascivious white men, looking for a hot time. In the real world, Black men and white women are no longer a big thing, but a white man with a black woman can still raise eyebrows. In the past, breaking tradition, a few movies allowed super negro characters to successfully woo white leading ladies and, lately, black actresses are getting their chance to play romantic leads against white actors but, agreed, the scenarios are questionable. Apparently, a couple of any race in a happy, normal relationship is too boring to make a movie about; no conflict. But, that's show biz! Frederick Douglass did, indeed, lead an extraordinary life. He was a trail blazer. Particualrly when it came to how black men treat their women. He brought a white wife to live in the home he shared with his first wife, a black woman he'd left for this white one. tsk-tsk. We need, people like you, Troy, to remind us of how things should be. Me, I'm jaded.

Excellent observations! It appears that Hollywood is producing Black women/White men relationships on television and in the movies far out of proportion with reality, and I don't think this is an accident. For a long time in America, conquering the Black woman mentally and gaining her "love" (as opposed to the outright rape and sexual exploitation of Black women that had been going on for centuries) has been considered the last frontier for White men. They got the White woman, the Asian woman (infact, the most common interracial relationships I see in America today are White men with Asian women, lol) and even the Latina woman to a certain extent....but the Black woman has been quite elusive. Perhaps this is an attempt to show her what she's been missing out on, lol. I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed that "news" organizations like like CNN and ABC have actually done entire shows asking Black women why they have remained so loyal to Black men and why don't they explore their options. I haven't seen shows like this targeted to any other racial group of women.