First, a little background. My father was about as hardcore as a white man could get. Construction worker, hard drinker, and a fighter. He had black acquaintances, but never considered them to be equal to him, and quite freqently spoke the word "nigger" in public without even a hitch.
I grew up having several friends, of which two were black, and incidentally turned out to be some of the best friends I've ever had. We had some good times together, and I trusted them a great deal. We also played alot of roundball, of which I attribute my "noncaucasian" style of basketball to. And these guys would back me up in situations where I was the only white guy there.
That's a bond you don't just forget.
But, what does everyone think here about having your daughter potentially date a black man? And there again, as I've explained, it's not really color that depicts a man's character. But, are you willing to give up your "blood line" that easily? And kids today have enough confusion, now they have to live with being rejected by the whites AND the blacks?
It's a tough call.