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I have been to both countries, and let me tell you - the USA is far more tolerant to interracial relations than the UK. One of my colleagues in the UK dated a black woman from Ghana, and the people were making such fun about him behind his back.

In contrast, many of the people I have met in the USA are very tolerant about mixed relationships. The difference between the British and the Americans is the fact that the British are very silent about their prejudices (they do it behind closed doors) while the Americans are not afraid to view their opinions.

MARK - Well it is your opinion. Evaluate the answers, not the avatar, it is the mature thing to do. You don't even have an avatar, but we still take your question serious enough to make an effort to answer. Grow up.

Racism plays a big role but class issues and simple lack of openness are other obstacles to these relationships.

People think of all Black women as "low classed" even when we have money and education.

And many White men think the only way a woman can be beautiful is if she has White or light skin and straight hair. I must also add that many Black women think the only way a man can be a man is if he is Black (or possibly Latino).

Please do not think that it is simply a "social" problem. White men pursuing major careers get flack from their colleagues and superiors and Black women get heat from the Black community as a whole, generally people over 45 who had more experiences with overt racism.

White women do not like these relationships and despite the heat Black women take for some of the feelings toward others dating/married to Black men, it should be noted that OTHER RACES/CULTURES of women give Black women a hard time. It can be the petty stares but White women will sometimes try to convince their sons, brothers, etc. not to date Black women...much more actively than a Black mother or sister or coworker might.

Until people accept that there are many forms of beauty and masculinity, and until people leave the men and women involved in these relationships ALONE there will be this problem.

I would not say it was ACCEPTED in the UK but merely tolerated.

You say this as there are two couples on my street that are interracial and no one minds at all and their kids and families are just as accepted in our neighborhood. I also had a friend growing up whose mother was white and father was black; it never made a difference. They were even there at church every Sunday (I'm Catholic) and no one ever really noticed or cared, since in the UK you seem to think that Americans are all religious bigots.

When I was dating a White girl we went the US and we did not look like the 'norm'... I live in Brixton, London and here it pretty much is the 'norm'. I saw someone say something about dating a guy from Ghana and to be honest, that's probably down to the country... I think a lot of Brits Black and White judge Africans dating Brits- regardless of the race (and wrongly so by the way).

It was only 1964 when black people gained the vote in the US. The racism is still in living memory, it will be another generation untill it disappears.

The weird thing is that most Americans don't see themselves as racist, evens the culture accepts and supports it.

Take the film 'White Chicks' where two black men dress up as white girls and abuse the stereotype. If that were reversed, they would be an outcry. They simply don't quite see the issues they have at the moment.

Yes there's racism but there are white men that date black women. I mean I don't date white men as much (like 2 or3 times) but I wouldn't mind.

It's nothing to do with being "taboo", it's purely to do with most White men not finding Black women as attractive as White. I would give the average White woman a score of 7/10, Black woman -4/10 (yes i really mean -4) for physical attractiveness.

I agree on the judgemental and racist note. But in my opinion, and a lot of other people that I know with a brain (and trust me the group with the brain is not the majority) its not taboo at all. Highly uncommon, but not taboo.

although, i don't care about who is dating or marrying who, i do know that this is still a very racist country. but you tell people they are racist and they take offense and accuse you of playing the race card. such hypocrites.

for some reason this question keeps popping up

they arent taboo but most bw and wm arent attracted to each other