Why white men view white women who have dated black men so negatively?

When many white women date black men it’s an attack against the masculinity and privilege of white men. That’s just not supposed to happen. White men have so much access in life their exclusive pick of women is or should be included in that access. It looks really bad in a lot of white guys minds when they see white women actually prefer black men. “I have a higher social status than he does, what’s she looking his way for?” says many white men.

The second reason is that the sexual prowess myth is out there and many white men feel that they just cannot compete with black men in this department. The stereotype is out there, we all “know it,” so there’s no sense in pretending it isn’t. Is it true? That doesn’t matter. Perception is everything.

And that makes many white men anxious. Out of the two reasons, this is probably the least important of the two. The attack on white masculinity and privilege is probably the far more damaging of the two.