I'm mostly black. Tiny bit white. Even tinier bit Cherokee. I don't generally explain all of that. This dude I'm seeing was the first to point out to me that my skin is rose gold under the right light. I told him it was make up. Then he pointed it out on my forearms. Where the sun touches, there is, a little rose gold glow. He's right. I never noticed before. It's sun damage, so I guess I haven't had it long. I told him it might be the Cherokee. I dunno. The one portrait I saw of those relatives, they looked coppery. It's certainly not the white folks. They looked... Irish. They weren't. But, on my father's side they were pasty redheads, by description. On my mother's side they had pale skin, thick bodies, very round, moony faces, and jet black hair. I've seen them. Though, there is a cousin of my grandmother's who had Sandy hair and blue eyes. I have never seen photos from his family album. I'm on a weird tagent. Sorry. I think I'm dehydrated. Moving on.
I just identify as black. My parents identified as black. My grandparents were coloured, even when negro, African American and Black came into popular use, my maternal grandparents, who were more white than any one other thing, identified as coloured. Spelled like that. That's Bajans for you.
I have never dated Asians, unless you count Yemeni as Asian. And he was half Brazilian anyway. Not for lack of trying, mind you. None ever liked me back.
I'm more attracted to black men. Really, I just love dark, brown skin, broad noses, thick eyebrows, dredlocks. These features just come up more among black men. Friends say I have a type, and that all my exes look alike to them, no matter that some were white, or Latino. Apparently, there is a jaw structure I like, and a mouth shape I keep choosing. If you ask me though, I just picked out geeks. The dude I see the most of right now is not a geek. He is a wide departure from my normal inany ways. He's thinner than I normally go for, and his manner is unrefined. He has the most interesting fashion sense of anyone I've dated before, but he's a barber, and I suppose he has to have a look. He's also got a gray tooth. Normally, that would disturb me, but I'm really drawn to him. I could listen to him laugh all night, and sometimes I do. He's black.
I see a few multi-ethnic families here, but they mostly aren't from here. I see lots of multi-ethnic couples, mostly black or Latin men with white women, always blondes, red-heads, or dyed an outrageous and enviable shade. I'm not sure all the blondes are natural. This is the Mid-Atlantic region of the east coast, south of the Mason-Dixon. Most people here are not from here, but got transplanted my the military. Some will leave, many will stay.