<p>"But the question is about FAMOUS and INFLUENTIAL white men married to black women. We see plenty of celebrity black males married to fairly ordinary white women, but I don't see a lot of ordinary black women married to celebrity white males. Indeed, I can't think of any."</p>
<p>Maybe it is that black girls don't waste their time chasing famous white men, and go for quality over hype? One can hope! All three of my children-boy and 2 girls- have dated black and mixed race children. The high school is 30% each black, white, hispanic. the rest mostly asian, filipino. I like to think that the kids don't see race as a major consideration, on way or the other.</p>
<p>The dating issues come up for me, in that I fear sending DD to a school that is 70% female. I worry that not only will there be less chance of dating, there might be too much competition/ego stuff going on.</p>
Not true. Josephine was the daughter of aristocratic French plantation owners in Martinique. Yes, she was born in Martinique, but she was not of African ancestry. FYI, even today there are some descendents of the French plantation owners in Martinique (for that matter in Guadeloupe as well) that have not intermarried with descendents of Africans, and they are known locally as "bekes".</p>
<p>MSMDAD, I'll admit that with regard to Josephine's heritage, historians debate it. Nevertheless, some have unequivocally said that she was not completely white. And yes, I have visited the ruins of her family's plantation in Martinique. Beautiful country, by the way. You're not suffering from 'Sally Hemmings fatigue', are you?</p>
<p>LakeWashington, I'm not sure what Sally Hemmings fatigue is? In any case, Martinique is, indeed, a beautiful island. Not sure if you know that Delta recently started flying there directly from Atlanta. BTW, it is not a country; it is a department (e.g. state) of France (akin to Hawaii being a state of the US).</p>
<p>Let's not forget about Strom Thurmond. And don't tell me W and Condi haven't given each other a little "comfort." I believe David Frost and Diane Carroll were an item for quite a while, before Vic Damone ended up with her.</p>
<p>Also, yes MSDAD Martinique and Guadalupe are departments of France. Not territories or dependents. Like Alaska and Hawaii, M&G have full voting representation in the national legislature. The political status of M&G is also why those islands have a high standard of living, compared not only to Haiti but also to some English-speaking Caribbeans islands. M&G are France. And yes, clearly there has been integration as regards marriage and family in Martinique, although perhaps not as widely among the ruling class. Let's not forget that the plantation system in the French Caribbean was quite oppressive, during and after slavery, as chronicled by Josef Zobel in his autobiographical novel, 'Sugar Cane Alley'.</p>
<p>Prince Maximilian
Robin Thicke
Peter Norton
Stone Phillips
Justin Chambers
paul Wall
Ron Pearlman
Wolfgang Puck
Mark Ecko
Edgar Bronfman
Ronald Betts
monte Lipman
Luc Besson
Shadow Stevens</p>
<p>Barack Obama is of mixed racial heritage, but his wife is black. I just read today that he deliberately chose a black wife, and ended a relationaship with a white woman because of her race (not that I approve of this; I was actually dismayed). Of course, Michelle Obama is certainly her husband’s equal in terms of intelligence, education, etc.</p>
<p>Don’t know whether the rumors are true (as I think they MIGHT be, judging by the way he sometimes looks at her), but if they are, and W & Condi do have a thing going, that does not mean she wasn’t chosen for her position based on education and experience.</p>
<p>I am not a W fan but it is extremely unfair to spread any rumor that involves adultry. He can have affection for Condi and still be a faithful and loving husband.</p>
<p>“But he notes that Obama’s abandonment by his African father at the age of 2 marked him. “Much of the excitement that surrounds him comes from the perception that he is only lightly tethered to race,” Steele writes. “Yet the very arc of his life — from Hawaii to the South Side of Chicago — has been shaped by an often conscious resolve to ‘belong’ irrefutably to the black identity.” (Obama wrote that he dropped a white girlfriend partly because of her race.)”</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any implication that he chose his wife for political reasons, just that he preferred to have a black identity. I don’t think it’s all that unusual for people to restrict their choice of spouse to a particular group. For example, many people in my extended family considered only Roman Catholics.</p>
<p>Maybe I’ve missed this, but if not I’m a bit surprised that no one has yet mentioned - as a possible reason why white women appear to be more sought after by black men as marriage partners than black women are by white men - the fact that, while things may have changed to some extent in this regard in recent years, it nonetheless remains the case that the images of female beauty and sexual attractiveness that permeate the media - and every other part of our culture - are overwhelmingly white. </p>
<p>“NSM you have hit upon a topic that concerns all parents of AfAm Ds. I am far more worried than H and it is making, finding the right college fit for D a major concern.”</p>
<p>Amen to that; D doesn’t make mention of it, and she may be right not to, but I have been there and done that ( feel free to interpret that as you like), granted quite awhile ago. I realize that I don’t have the same concerns about my son, who get’s plenty of attention from the…ahem…“fairer sex” if you will…my concerns for him are different.</p>
<p>“Some of this is statistics. A rich black man is not going to meet that many eligible black women at the country club.”</p>
<p>And the odds aren’t great for meeting a black man, rich or otherwise, in college.</p>
<p>Interesting article. I’d never heard of Alek Wek (don’t really keep up with the fashion industry!), but I was intrigued, so I did a search…amazing! So refreshing to see a black model who has found success without trying to look…white.</p>
<p>Not to say there haven’t been others, but Alek really does stand out.</p>