Wiz, I have to respectfully disagree with you.
As a black man, you know that there's a lot of truth to what Jean said. As a black woman who has dated and married white men, I get the same crap from people telling me I'm not black enough, or I act like I want to be white or something equally stupid. They have no idea who I am, but make the accusations anyway. Anyone around this forum knows that I'm black and I'm proud; we have issues within our race that definitely need resolution, but I'm a black woman who loves being exactly who and what she is. No shame in my game folks!!
I've heard it out of the mouths of too many black men that white women are better because they know how to treat a man, that they're great in bed and are more submissive than black women. Care to elaborate what that statement actually means or would you like me to do it? Do I believe it's true? Well, let's just say everyone has their issues with stereotypes in the world today. I think women have issues period, regardless of color and we'd need another forum to even begin to address them!
I will say that generally speaking, black women have a different experience and thay can make us appear tough at times. But with patience and the correct approach, we just want to be loved like anyone else. It's just a rockier journey to get there.
I personally feel if every man brought his "A" game to the table in relationships, we wouldn't have this crap going on! And the same goes for women too; there was a time I only blamed relationship issues on the men--I no longer do that because women can be just as big of a trip to live with these days.
It goes back to the old "house and field" mentality, and you know exactly what I mean. We were trained generations ago to make differences within our own race. My Grandmother was half Chockta indian and half Irish and they were treated substantially better than darker complected blacks. Unfortunately these stereotypes still exist today and, generally speaking, it causes us to hate each other and ourselves over something some bigoted idiot whispered in our ancestors' years centuries ago. Other races do have similar problems, but ours is the worst with it IMO.
We are the only race of people that run just about every end of the complexion spectrum; we should celebrate and not hate over it.