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** In "The Friends", a random person at Jay's ClassReunion calls J a murderer...of black love that is.

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** In "The Friends", a random person at Jay's ClassReunion calls J a murderer... of black love that is.
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** This is also invoked in the flashbacks to BJ's childhood, where his ArchnemesisDad goes ballistic at the idea of young William "being sweet" on a black girl, and it is indicated that the two had been caught kissing.
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* In ''{{Film/Belle}}'', fear of this trope is what leads Dido's adoptive parents to seek to dissuade her from marrying at all.

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* In ''{{Film/Belle}}'', ''Film/Belle2013'', fear of this trope is what leads Dido's adoptive parents to seek to dissuade her from marrying at all.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'': Initially, the Aterian people - who are predominantly black and implied to live in Northern Africa - didn't care about European Wymez settling down and having a child with one of their women, and welcomed him into community. Sadly, this didn't last, due to white tribes who had moved to the area competed with the Aterians for land and resources. Despite Wymez trying to help resolve things diplomatically, assholes on both sides kept provoking each other and pushing for violence. Many Aterians began to distrust even Wymez and made him and his family unwelcome; fearing for their safety, Wymez and his mate decided it was better to leave before things got worse.

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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'': Initially, the Aterian people - who are predominantly black and implied to live in Northern Africa - didn't care about European Wymez settling down and having a child with one of their women, and welcomed him into community. Sadly, this didn't last, due to white tribes who had moved to the area competed competing with the Aterians for land and resources. Despite Wymez trying to help resolve things diplomatically, assholes on both sides kept provoking each other and pushing for violence. Many Aterians began to distrust even Wymez and made him and his family unwelcome; fearing for their safety, Wymez and his mate decided it was better to leave before things got worse.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'': Initially, the Aterian people - who are predominantly black and implied to live in Northern Africa - didn't care about European Wymez settling down and having a child with one of their women, and welcomed him into community. Sadly, this didn't last, due to white tribes who had moved to the area competed with the Aterians for land and resources. Despite Wymez trying to help resolve things diplomatically, assholes on both sides kept provoking each other and pushing for violence. Many Aterians began to distrust even Wymez and made him and his family unwelcome; fearing for their safety, Wymez and his mate decided it was better to leave before things got worse.

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# A white man may also encounter derision. Black women are seen as less desirable outside of black communities, and he may not be accepted by his peers regardless of what she looks like or her economic status. So a white woman is a more socially acceptable option. In the worse case, he too will be derided for being a "Race traitor".

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# A white man may also encounter derision. Black women are seen as less desirable outside of black communities, and he may not be accepted by his peers regardless of what she looks like or her economic status. So a white woman is a more socially acceptable option. In the worse case, he too will be derided for being a "Race traitor".
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* In Creator/RalphBakshi's film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', Michael is dating Carole. His racist father is so enraged at this, he tries to get TheMafia to kill him. They refuse, [[PragmaticVillainy due to it being for personal reasons]], until the couple get involved in crime rackets. [[spoiler: Thankfully, it's AllJustADream, although the two really are dating.]]

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* In Creator/RalphBakshi's film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', Michael is dating Carole. His racist father is so enraged at this, he tries to get TheMafia to kill him. They refuse, [[PragmaticVillainy due to it being for personal reasons]], until the couple get involved in crime rackets. [[spoiler: Thankfully, it's AllJustADream, although the two really are dating.]]dating]].



* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': During Nicholas's stay in Uganda, he is hired as the personal physician of Idi Amin himself but becomes attracted to his youngest wife Kay. Despite realizing that Amin is becoming crazier and more bloodthirsty by the day, Nicolas decides to sleep with Kay in a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunken lapse of judgment]]. This causes her to become pregnant, and their attempt to cover it up results in [[spoiler: Amin finding out. Kay is tortured, killed, and mutilated, and the same would have happened to Nicolas if he hadn't been rescued mid-torture.]]

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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': During Nicholas's stay in Uganda, he is hired as the personal physician of Idi Amin himself but becomes attracted to his youngest wife Kay. Despite realizing that Amin is becoming crazier and more bloodthirsty by the day, Nicolas decides to sleep with Kay in a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunken lapse of judgment]]. This causes her to become pregnant, and their attempt to cover it up results in [[spoiler: Amin finding out. Kay is tortured, killed, and mutilated, and the same would have happened to Nicolas if he hadn't been rescued mid-torture.]]mid-torture]].



* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of conflict, but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins a relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler: She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]

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* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of conflict, but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins a relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler: She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]together]].



* An extreme example in ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'', which features a white German Hitler Youth member falling in love with a biracial German girl during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Given Nazi laws, they must keep their relationship a secret, and the former [[spoiler:is murdered.]]

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* An extreme example in ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'', which features a white German Hitler Youth member falling in love with a biracial German girl during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Given Nazi laws, they must keep their relationship a secret, and the former [[spoiler:is murdered.]]murdered]].



* ''Literature/NoughtsAndCrosses'' is set in an alternate universe [[PersecutionFlip where whites rather than blacks are treated as second class citizens.]] So when best friends Sephy (black) and Callum (white) fall in love, Sephy's wealthy black friends treat her with derision and Callum's poor, white family think he's selling out. Just to make things more difficult for them, there's also an UptownGirl element as Sephy comes from an exceedingly rich, well-connected family whose Callum's mother initially worked for. [[spoiler: Their relationship eventually results in Callum's death.]]

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* ''Literature/NoughtsAndCrosses'' is set in an alternate universe [[PersecutionFlip where whites rather than blacks are treated as second class citizens.]] citizens]]. So when best friends Sephy (black) and Callum (white) fall in love, Sephy's wealthy black friends treat her with derision and Callum's poor, white family think he's selling out. Just to make things more difficult for them, there's also an UptownGirl element as Sephy comes from an exceedingly rich, well-connected family whose Callum's mother initially worked for. [[spoiler: Their relationship eventually results in Callum's death.]] death]].



* The only interracial married couple to compete on the American version of the ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' [[note]] There have been several interracial dating couples, usually Latino/White. The only marriage that resulted from the show is an interracial one but they didn’t race together. Christina (Asian) and Azaria (black) from season 12 are now married but she ran with her dad and he ran with his sister [[/note]] was a white man/black woman couple, Brian and Erica of season 15. They said part of the reason they did the show was to prove to their still somewhat skeptical families (her mom in particular) that they were truly in love and committed to making their marriage work.

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* Contrary to accepted wisdom, the very first onscreen TV kiss between a black woman and a white man happened in British hospital soap opera ''Emergency Ward Ten'' in 1964, between Dr. Louise Mahler (Joan Dooley) and Giles Farmer (John White).[[note]]This predated Kirk and Uhura by a good two years.[[/note]] Dr. Mahler was, for the time, an extremely strong central role for a black actress. But British audience reactions to her having a relationship with a white co-star were hostile and she was written out of the show.
* The only interracial married couple to compete on the American version of the ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' [[note]] There have been several interracial dating couples, usually Latino/White. The only marriage that resulted from the show is an interracial one but they didn’t race together. Christina (Asian) and Azaria (black) from season 12 are now married but she ran with her dad and he ran with his sister [[/note]] was a white man/black woman couple, Brian and Erica of season 15. They said part of the reason they did the show was to prove to their still somewhat skeptical families (her mom in particular) that they were truly in love and committed to making their marriage work.



* Contrary to accepted wisdom, the very first onscreen TV kiss between a black woman and a white man happened in British hospital soap opera ''Emergency Ward Ten'' in 1964, between Dr. Louise Mahler (Joan Dooley) and Giles Farmer (John White).[[note]]This predated Kirk and Uhura by a good two years.[[/note]] Dr. Mahler was, for the time, an extremely strong central role for a black actress. But British audience reactions to her having a relationship with a white co-star were hostile and she was written out of the show.
* On one episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Robert is assumed to be dating his black coworker Judy. When he brings her home to meet his parents, his mother Marie is speechless, especially when he starts acting PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy. Ultimately, it's subverted - Robert and Judy were JustFriends, and Judy calls Robert out on his "white rapper" act being annoying.



* The ENTIRE point of ''The Feast of All Saints'', though in this case most of the women had white ancestry as well.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Will's aunt marries a [[UnusualEuphemism "tall"]] man in a VerySpecialEpisode. Most of the family is surprised, but don't know quite how to approach the issue; Will's mother is directly against it. This was the reason why Will's aunt didn't mention his skin color before. Although, the black cab driver whom the family first assumed was the fiancé didn't seem bothered by it at all ([[ItMakesSenseInContext he thought the family was gonna give him his own girl]]).

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* On one episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Robert is assumed to be dating his black coworker Judy. When he brings her home to meet his parents, his mother Marie is speechless, especially when he starts acting PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy. Ultimately, it's subverted - Robert and Judy were JustFriends, and Judy calls Robert out on his "white rapper" act being annoying.
* The ENTIRE '''''entire''''' point of ''The Feast of All Saints'', though in this case most of the women had white ancestry as well.
* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Will's aunt marries a [[UnusualEuphemism "tall"]] "[[UnusualEuphemism tall]]" man in a VerySpecialEpisode. Most of the family is surprised, but don't know quite how to approach the issue; Will's mother is directly against it. This was the reason why Will's aunt didn't mention his skin color before. Although, the black cab driver whom the family first assumed was the fiancé didn't seem bothered by it at all ([[ItMakesSenseInContext he thought the family was gonna give him his own girl]]).



* In ''Series/{{House}}'', an interracial couple faced opposition from the (white) male's father and they interpreted this as the dad being a racist jerk. He was, sort of; [[SubvertedTrope just not in the way they thought]]. [[spoiler:He didn't want him to date this ''particular'' black girl. House deduces that they share a rare genetic illness, meaning that they're actually [[BrotherSisterIncest half-siblings]], resulting from an affair the father had with the woman's mother. It's implied that the relationship doesn't survive this revelation.]]

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* In ''Series/{{House}}'', an interracial couple faced opposition from the (white) male's father and they interpreted this as the dad being a racist jerk. He was, sort of; [[SubvertedTrope just not in the way they thought]]. [[spoiler:He didn't want him to date this ''particular'' black girl. House deduces that they share a rare genetic illness, meaning that they're actually [[BrotherSisterIncest half-siblings]], resulting from an affair the father had with the woman's mother. It's implied that the relationship doesn't survive this revelation.]]revelation]].
* [[BasedOnATrueStory Reenacted]] on ''I Married A Mobster'', where despite no previous attraction to White men, [[SassyBlackWoman Dion]] falls for Italian-American Angelo Nicosia, who's a mob hitman and married, with the latter case obviously being the bigger issue. After his divorce, they marry and initially live a good life with a daughter until he's caught, leaving them in debt, [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they stay together and she still waits for him to come out of jail as a reformed man]].



* [[BasedOnATrueStory Reenacted]] on ''I Married A Mobster,'' where despite no previous attraction to White men, [[SassyBlackWoman Dion]] falls for Italian-American Angelo Nicosia, who's a mob hitman and married, with the latter case obviously being the bigger issue. After his divorce, they marry and initially live a good life with a daughter until he's caught, leaving them in debt, [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they stay together and she still waits for him to come out of jail as a reformed man.]]
* ''Series/TheJeffersons''. The Willises get no end of derision from George, who calls their daughter a "zebra".

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* [[BasedOnATrueStory Reenacted]] on ''I Married A Mobster,'' where despite no previous attraction to White men, [[SassyBlackWoman Dion]] falls for Italian-American Angelo Nicosia, who's a mob hitman and married, with the latter case obviously being the bigger issue. After his divorce, they marry and initially live a good life with a daughter until he's caught, leaving them in debt, [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they stay together and she still waits for him to come out of jail as a reformed man.]]
* ''Series/TheJeffersons''. The Willises get no end of derision from George, who calls their daughter a "zebra"."zebra."



* ''Series/NoughtsAndCrosses'': In an alternate history where Africa colonized Britain instead of the other way around, Sephy and Callum can't even be together publicly, since interracial relationships are still illegal. Although their mothers don't appear to disapprove, this is utterly taboo to Sephy's father. [[spoiler:The two run off together after Sephy gets pregnant despite what anyone else thinks.]]

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* ''Series/NoughtsAndCrosses'': In an alternate history where Africa colonized Britain instead of the other way around, Sephy and Callum can't even be together publicly, since interracial relationships are still illegal. Although their mothers don't appear to disapprove, this is utterly taboo to Sephy's father. [[spoiler:The two run off together after Sephy gets pregnant despite what anyone else thinks.]]thinks]].



* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': One sketch in the Creator/EddieMurphy-hosted Season 45 episode involved a Christmas dinner where Murphy's black patriarch welcomes his daughter's white fiance to the family...before a flashback reveals their engagement was met with screaming on both sides because the parents didn't like that he was white.
-->'''Daughter:''' You guys are being ''so'' racist!\\
'''Mother:''' Damn right we are!
* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': Discussed by several different characters regarding Olivia and President Fitzgerald's relationship, but ultimately averted. Olivia at one point likens herself to [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson Sally Hemmings]] during a particularly heated confrontation between the two and Fitz rightfully asserts that she is not a victim with no agency here; she's as willing a participant in their affair as he is. There are a million other reasons other than Olivia or Fitz's race, not least of which being Fitz is the married, sitting president, that other characters disapprove of and outright try to stop them from being together, publicly or in private.
* In ''Series/{{Soap}}'' Danny begins dating Polly and both families accept the relationship but Danny becomes extremely paranoid that everybody is judging them when nobody is.
* In one episode of the [[CandidCameraPrank hidden camera]] show ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo'', two actors pose as a white male/black female couple in a bar. A black couple, also actors, come up to them and criticize their relationship, accusing the black woman of being insecure for dating a white man. The onlookers are not amused.
* Not exactly a "lust," but in an episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Venus is interviewed by a reporter from a black magazine, who it turns out is white (and played by Tim Reid's former comedy partner Tom Dreeson). They commiserate over being the only person of X color in an otherwise all-Y company, including wanting to ask out some female coworkers but being gun-shy because of how the women might react due to their race.
* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Series/{{Xica da Silva}}'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her, interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this is allegedly based on a true story.



* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': One sketch in the Creator/EddieMurphy-hosted Season 45 episode involved a Christmas dinner where Murphy's black patriarch welcomes his daughter's white fiance to the family...before a flashback reveals their engagement was met with screaming on both sides because the parents didn't like that he was white.
-->'''Daughter:''' You guys are being ''so'' racist!\\
'''Mother:''' Damn right we are!
* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': Discussed by several different characters regarding Olivia and President Fitzgerald's relationship, but ultimately averted. Olivia at one point likens herself to [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson Sally Hemmings]] during a particularly heated confrontation between the two and Fitz rightfully asserts that she is not a victim with no agency here; she's as willing a participant in their affair as he is. There are a million other reasons other than Olivia or Fitz's race, not least of which being Fitz is the married, sitting president, that other characters disapprove of and outright try to stop them from being together, publicly or in private.
* In ''Series/{{Soap}}'' Danny begins dating Polly and both families accept the relationship but Danny becomes extremely paranoid that everybody is judging them when nobody is.
* In one episode of the [[CandidCameraPrank hidden camera]] show ''Series/WhatWouldYouDo'', two actors pose as a white male/black female couple in a bar. A black couple, also actors, come up to them and criticize their relationship, accusing the black woman of being insecure for dating a white man. The onlookers are not amused.
* Not exactly a "lust," but in an episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Venus is interviewed by a reporter from a black magazine, who it turns out is white (and played by Tim Reid's former comedy partner Tom Dreeson). They commiserate over being the only person of X color in an otherwise all-Y company, including wanting to ask out some female coworkers but being gun-shy because of how the women might react due to their race.
* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Series/{{Xica da Silva}}'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her, interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this is allegedly based on a true story.



* Music/{{Everclear}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Pop985sJQ "Heartspark Dollarsign".]]
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* Ophelia Banksly and Simon Emmett in the CityNoir webcomic ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. Since they're on opposing sides of a gang war, their relationship [[BelligerentSexualTension isn't exactly healthy]], but Simon is actually a pretty good partner as far as racism is concerned. Ophelia is the only black woman in her all-female but majority-white gang the Roses, and even her white friends can be a little clueless. It's implied that Simon's wisdom is hard-won from [[spoiler:knowing his brother abusing Ophelia in the past and doing nothing]]. Meanwhile, associates of Simon's all-male gang The Ink vary between [[RaceFetish fetishizing Ophelia]] and thinking Simon is a "race traitor".

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* Ophelia Banksly and Simon Emmett in the CityNoir webcomic ''Webcomic/RiversideExtras''. Since they're on opposing sides of a gang war, their relationship [[BelligerentSexualTension isn't exactly healthy]], but Simon is actually a pretty good partner as far as racism is concerned. Ophelia is the only black woman in her all-female but majority-white gang the Roses, and even her white friends can be a little clueless. It's implied that Simon's wisdom is hard-won from [[spoiler:knowing his brother abusing Ophelia in the past and doing nothing]]. Meanwhile, associates of Simon's all-male gang The Ink vary between [[RaceFetish fetishizing Ophelia]] and thinking Simon is a "race traitor".traitor."



'''Pam''': [[BaitAndSwitch Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.]]

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'''Pam''': [[BaitAndSwitch Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.]]that]].
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* Part of the basic premise of ''Fanfic/{{Valerie}}'' is that African-American Sophia Hess (AKA the vigilante-turned-superheroine Shadow Stalker) is romantically intimate with [[spoiler: Theo Anders, son of the Neo-Nazi supervillain known as Kaiser]]. When Sophia gets pregnant, she [[MySecretPregnancy hides her pregnancy from everyone]] right up until going into labor, then lies about the baby's paternity and claims it was a ChildByRape by an anonymous assailant, to protect her baby-daddy from reprisal. [[spoiler: Theo]], meanwhile, is willing to [[spoiler: murder the supervillain Hookwolf in cold blood]] to protect his girlfriend and their baby.
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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': During Nicholas' stay in Uganda he is hired as the personal physician of Idi Amin himself but becomes attracted to his youngest wife Kay. Despite realizing that Amin is becoming crazier and more bloodthirsty by the day, Nicolas decides to sleep with Kay in a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunken lapse of judgment]]. This causes her to become pregnant, and their attempt to cover it up results in [[spoiler:Amin finding out. Kay is tortured, killed and mutilated, and the same would have happened to Nicolas if he hadn't been rescued mid-torture.]]

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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': During Nicholas' Nicholas's stay in Uganda Uganda, he is hired as the personal physician of Idi Amin himself but becomes attracted to his youngest wife Kay. Despite realizing that Amin is becoming crazier and more bloodthirsty by the day, Nicolas decides to sleep with Kay in a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunken lapse of judgment]]. This causes her to become pregnant, and their attempt to cover it up results in [[spoiler:Amin [[spoiler: Amin finding out. Kay is tortured, killed killed, and mutilated, and the same would have happened to Nicolas if he hadn't been rescued mid-torture.]]



* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of conflict, but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins a relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler:She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/NationalSecurity'', where Hank (Creator/SteveZahn), a former cop, and Earl (Creator/MartinLawrence), a security guard, team up (reluctantly in the former's case) to take down the bad guys. Their rivalry stems from the fact that, the first time they met, Hank thought that Earl was a car thief (Earl locked his keys in the car), which resulted in Hank being falsely accused of beating Earl (he was swatting a bumblebee, and Earl's swelling was due to his allergies). Earl agrees to help Hank get his ex-girlfriend back, who broke up with him because of this. However, when Earl finds out that Hank's ex is black, he immediately goes back on his deal. When Hank confronts him, Earl explains that he is strictly against interracial relationships. A little later, Hank witnesses Earl hitting on a white woman, causing Earl to amend his earlier statement to this trope (i.e. [[DoubleStandard it's okay for a black man to date a white woman, but not the reverse]]). In the end, though, Hank ends up proving to his ex that he's innocent (well, Earl does by freaking out over a bumblebee in her presence) and gets back with her.

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* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of conflict, but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins a relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler:She [[spoiler: She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/NationalSecurity'', where Hank (Creator/SteveZahn), a former cop, and Earl (Creator/MartinLawrence), a security guard, team up (reluctantly in the former's case) to take down the bad guys. Their rivalry stems from the fact that, that the first time they met, Hank thought that Earl was a car thief (Earl locked his keys in the car), which resulted in Hank being falsely accused of beating Earl (he was swatting a bumblebee, and Earl's swelling was due to his allergies). Earl agrees to help Hank get his ex-girlfriend back, who broke up with him because of this. However, when Earl finds out that Hank's ex is black, he immediately goes back on his deal. When Hank confronts him, Earl explains that he is strictly against interracial relationships. A little later, Hank witnesses Earl hitting on a white woman, causing Earl to amend his earlier statement to this trope (i.e. [[DoubleStandard it's okay for a black man to date a white woman, but not the reverse]]). In the end, though, Hank ends up proving to his ex that he's innocent (well, Earl does by freaking out over a bumblebee in her presence) and gets back with her.



* In one of the ''Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.

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* In one of the ''Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly Sadly, this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.



* Elle Varner's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AygETHUAZY "I Don't Care"]] music video depicts 3 couples likes this.

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* Invoked by Creator/PatrickStewart, who played ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' as a white man, with the rest of the cast being black.
* ''Theatre/{{Showboat}}''. A white man is married to a mixed race woman who is considered black by the "one drop rule," so he pricks her with a pin and swallows a drop of her blood, making him black too [[ExactWords by that standard]].

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* Invoked by Creator/PatrickStewart, who played ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' as a white man, man with the rest of the cast being black.
* ''Theatre/{{Showboat}}''. A white man is married to a mixed race mixed-race woman who is considered black by the "one drop rule," so he pricks her with a pin and swallows a drop of her blood, making him black too [[ExactWords by that standard]].



* In the first level of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', you witness a black woman and white man be led onto a stage to be publicly stoned. Their crime? [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Being romantically involved]]. Luckily, if you attempt to throw the baseball at Fink, and you defeat the guards around the stage once you are revealed to be the "False Shepard", they will be spared. They appear at a later level to thank the protagonist for his heroism. Attempting to throw the ball at the couple however will have Fink's assistant at the later level thank you instead, [[FridgeHorror leaving the couple's fate unknown]].

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* In the first level of ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'', you witness a black woman and white man be being led onto a stage to be publicly stoned. Their crime? [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Being romantically involved]]. Luckily, if you attempt to throw the baseball at Fink, and you defeat the guards around the stage once you are revealed to be the "False Shepard", they will be spared. They appear at a later level to thank the protagonist for his heroism. Attempting to throw the ball at the couple however couple, however, will have Fink's assistant at the later level thank you instead, [[FridgeHorror leaving the couple's fate unknown]].
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* Referenced in beginning of the ''God Inc.'' series by Creator/JackChalker. The protagonists are a white man and black woman married couple, and discusses some of the problems they had finding anyone to socialize with. Quickly becomes a moot point in the stories, although not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect from a Jack Chalker story.

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* Referenced in beginning of the ''God Inc.'' ''Literature/GodInc'' series by Creator/JackChalker. The protagonists are a white man and black woman married couple, and discusses some of the problems they had finding anyone to socialize with. Quickly becomes a moot point in the stories, although not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect from a Jack Chalker story.



* In one of the ''Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.

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* In one of the ''Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' ''Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.



* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be with a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.

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* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' ''Literature/WhiteLightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be with a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.
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[[WhiteGalOnBlackGuyDrama Black Man/White Woman couples]], as portrayed in the media, are going to face taboo and historical connotations, whether played for comedy or drama. This trope, the inversion of the above situation, is connected to the idea a white woman should never date a black man. This bias bleeds into the personal lives of any black woman dating a white man by choice, as thanks to the history of sexual abuse of black women by slave owners, it's assumed any white man black woman pairing is detrimental to her instead of a genuine loving relationship. This can be seen in antebellum and slavery films such as ''Series/{{Queen}}'' and ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''.

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[[WhiteGalOnBlackGuyDrama Black Man/White Woman couples]], as portrayed in the media, are going to face taboo and historical connotations, whether played for comedy or drama. This trope, the inversion of the above situation, is connected to the idea a white black woman should never date a black white man. This bias bleeds into the personal lives of any black woman dating a white man by choice, as thanks to the history of sexual abuse of black women by slave owners, it's assumed any white man black woman pairing is detrimental to her instead of a genuine loving relationship. This can be seen in antebellum and slavery films such as ''Series/{{Queen}}'' and ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''.

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** ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Tom and Livia dealt with this. While most of their problems were typical soap problems, they seemed to be exacerbated by the racial difference--when her son's father resurfaced, Tom feared she would end their relationship, not just to rekindle an old romance, but because she might prefer to be with a black man.

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** ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Tom and Livia dealt with this. While most of their problems were typical soap problems, they seemed to be exacerbated by the racial difference--when her Livia's son's father resurfaced, Tom feared she would end their relationship, not just to rekindle an old romance, but because she might prefer to be with a black man.



* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': Discussed by several different characters regarding Olivia and President Fitzgerald's relationship, but ultimately averted. Olivia at one point likens herself to [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson Sally Hemmings]] during a particularly heated confrontation between the two and Fitz rightfully asserts that she is not a victim with no agency here; she's as willing a participant in their affair as he is. There are a million other reasons other than Olivia or Fitz's race, not least of which being Fitz is the married sitting president, that other characters disapprove of and outright try to stop them from being together, publicly or in private.

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* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'': Discussed by several different characters regarding Olivia and President Fitzgerald's relationship, but ultimately averted. Olivia at one point likens herself to [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson Sally Hemmings]] during a particularly heated confrontation between the two and Fitz rightfully asserts that she is not a victim with no agency here; she's as willing a participant in their affair as he is. There are a million other reasons other than Olivia or Fitz's race, not least of which being Fitz is the married married, sitting president, that other characters disapprove of and outright try to stop them from being together, publicly or in private.



* Not exactly a "lust," but in an episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Venus is interviewed by a reporter from a black magazine, who it turns out is white (and played by Tim Reid's former comedy partner Tom Dreeson). They commiserate over being the only person of X color in an otherwise all-Y company, including wanting to ask out some female coworkers but being gunshy because of how the women might react due to their race.
* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Series/{{Xica da Silva}}'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this allegedly based in a true story.

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* Not exactly a "lust," but in an episode of ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' Venus is interviewed by a reporter from a black magazine, who it turns out is white (and played by Tim Reid's former comedy partner Tom Dreeson). They commiserate over being the only person of X color in an otherwise all-Y company, including wanting to ask out some female coworkers but being gunshy gun-shy because of how the women might react due to their race.
* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Series/{{Xica da Silva}}'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her her, interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this is allegedly based in on a true story.
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* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.

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* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be with a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.
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* This at the heart of ''Film/{{Sapphire}}''. When the Superintendent Hazard that the murdered woman Sapphire Robbins was a fair-skinned black woman [[PassFail passing herself off as white]], the murder case becomes a lot more complicated. She was a dating a white man--who knew she was black--and was pregnant with his child, and the suspect pool now includes him; his racist family, who could of murdered her if the discovered she was black, or if they believed she was pulling a BabyTrap on him; random racist thugs who objected to a black girl dating a white boy; or various members of the black community who didn't like either pretending to be white or dating a white man.

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* This is an important subplot of ''Film/ABronxTale''. Calogero, a teenager from an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx falls in love with Jane, a black girl from his high school. Their relationship remains a difficult topic because of the tumultuous 1960s setting; C keeps it a secret from his friends because they're all viciously racist, and he gets a bottle thrown at his head by a black teenager when he ventures too far into Jane's neighbourhood. C's father is a ''lot'' less racist than C's friends, though he says he doesn't believe in interracial relationships. Interestingly, C's mentor Sonny (a mob boss) actively encourages C to pursue it. Jane later rejects him when she discovers C's friends beat up her brother, though he didn't join in. They reconcile by the end.

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* Referenced in beginning of the ''God Inc.'' series by Creator/JackChalker. The protagonists are a white man and black woman married couple, and discusses some of the problems they had finding anyone to socialize with. Quickly becomes a moot point in the stories, although not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect from a [[InvoluntaryTransformation Jack Chalker]] story.
* ''Literature/NoughtsAndCrosses'' is set in an alternate universe [[{{PersecutionFlip}} where whites rather than blacks are treated as second class citizens.]] So when best friends Sephy (black) and Callum (white) fall in love, Sephy's wealthy black friends treat her with derision and Callum's poor, white family think he's selling out. Just to make things more difficult for them, there's also an UptownGirl element as Sephy comes from an exceedingly rich, well-connected family whose Callum's mother initially worked for. [[spoiler: Their relationship eventually results in Callum's death.]]

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* ''Literature/NoughtsAndCrosses'' is set in an alternate universe [[{{PersecutionFlip}} [[PersecutionFlip where whites rather than blacks are treated as second class citizens.]] So when best friends Sephy (black) and Callum (white) fall in love, Sephy's wealthy black friends treat her with derision and Callum's poor, white family think he's selling out. Just to make things more difficult for them, there's also an UptownGirl element as Sephy comes from an exceedingly rich, well-connected family whose Callum's mother initially worked for. [[spoiler: Their relationship eventually results in Callum's death.]]
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* ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'': During his stay in Uganda, Nicolas experiences mutual attraction to two different women: Sarah, an American doctor he works with at the medical outpost; and Kay, a local Ugandan woman. Both are also married, the latter to Idi Amin himself. The former is quickly torpedoed since Sarah has to [[RunForTheBorder flee the country]] when Amin's regime worsens, but Nicolas (who stays by Amin's side) impulsively decides to sleep with Kay in a [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunken lapse of judgment]]. This causes her to become pregnant, and their attempt to cover it up results in [[spoiler:Amin finding out. Kay is tortured, killed and mutilated, and the same would have happened to Nicolas if he hadn't been rescued mid-torture.]]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' episodes based on [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse The Age of Apocalypse]], Wolverine and Storm are a couple in the alternate timeline. When they travel back to [[TheFifties the 50's]], they face persecution over their relationship. Coming from a future where all discrimination is based on whether a person is human or mutant, they find discrimination based on simple race to be ridiculous.

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* Liberty and Ray-Ray on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. They seem to be [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Joy and Darnell, which makes sense considering that [[spoiler: Liberty is Joy's half-sister, due to their father's philandering [[RaceFetish with black women]]]].

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* {{Inverted}} in ''Film/WhiteMansBurden''. In the race-flipped society, Thaddeus' wife shows obvious discomfort when her son brings home a white date.
* The 2005 remake of ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' (titled ''Guess Who'') reversed the roles with a young black woman surprising her family by marrying a white man.

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* {{Inverted}} in ''Film/WhiteMansBurden''. In Creator/RalphBakshi's film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', Michael is dating Carole. His racist father is so enraged at this, he tries to get TheMafia to kill him. They refuse, [[PragmaticVillainy due to it being for personal reasons]], until the race-flipped society, Thaddeus' wife shows obvious discomfort couple get involved in crime rackets. [[spoiler: Thankfully, it's AllJustADream, although the two really are dating.]]
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* In ''{{Film/Belle}}'', fear of this trope is what leads Dido's adoptive parents to seek to dissuade her from marrying at all.
* This is an important subplot of ''Film/ABronxTale''. Calogero, a teenager from an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx falls in love with Jane, a black girl from his high school. Their relationship remains a difficult topic because of the tumultuous 1960s setting; C keeps it a secret from his friends because they're all viciously racist, and he gets a bottle thrown at his head by a black teenager
when he ventures too far into Jane's neighbourhood. C's father is a ''lot'' less racist than C's friends, though he says he doesn't believe in interracial relationships. Interestingly, C's mentor Sonny (a mob boss) actively encourages C to pursue it. Jane later rejects him when she discovers C's friends beat up her son brings home brother, though he didn't join in. They reconcile by the end.
* In ''Film/DarkBlue'', police officer Bobby Keough strikes up
a white date.
relationship with Beth (unbeknownst to him, also a cop), which his racist partner Eldon Perry harasses him over.
* {{Played straight}} in ''Film/DearWhitePeople'' between [[spoiler: Sam]] and Gabe.
* The 2005 remake of ''Film/GuessWhosComingToDinner'' (titled ''Guess Who'') ''Film/GuessWho'') reversed the roles with a young black woman surprising her family by marrying a white man.



* ''Film/SomethingNew'' starring Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker also has this as a main plot point with the woman's family looking down on the relationship. It's also a case of class distinctions with (ironically enough) the wealthy black family looking down on the blue collar white man.
* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of conflict, but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins a relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler:She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]

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* ''Film/SomethingNew'' starring Sanaa Lathan ''Film/TheHateUGive'': Starr doesn't tell her father about her white boyfriend Chris because she knows he'll react badly. When she does eventually introduce him to her parents prior to a school dance, her father at first assumes he must be the limo driver. Then he's upset that she chose not to date a black boy because he thinks it means he didn't set a good example of what a black man should be. He finally comes around in the end.
* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/HiddenFigures'', as it's mere "[[EatingTheEyeCandy appreciation]]" rather than an interracial couple, but Mary Jackson blatantly ogles John Glenn
and Simon Baker also has this as the other (all white) astronauts when they come visit the facility. Katherine scolds her for it, but Mary asserts her "right to see fine in every color."
* A lesser known aspect of ''Film/JungleFever''. As
a result of the main plot point with couple's WhereDaWhiteWomenAt relationship, the white woman's family looking down former boyfriend is left single. He wants to date a black woman but is beaten up by a group of white men for it. He still goes on the relationship. It's also a case of class distinctions with (ironically enough) date anyway, though. The trope is discussed at length after the wealthy black family looking down on the blue collar woman in question leaves a store full of white man.
* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which by the way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source
men and one of conflict, them says that she's attractive and he'd definitely have sex with her but the main one at that. A white death row guard begins he would NEVER be in a public relationship with a black woman after he walked her husband to the electric chair, which he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler:She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]woman.



* ''The Wedding'', a 1998 Oprah Winfrey presented movie, also features a wealthy black (well, mixed) family on Martha's vineyard strongly objecting to their daughter marrying a white man, especially since he's a struggling musician.
* This is an important subplot of ''Film/ABronxTale''. Calogero, a teenager from an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx falls in love with Jane, a black girl from his high school. Their relationship remains a difficult topic because of the tumultuous 1960s setting; C keeps it a secret from his friends because they're all viciously racist, and he gets a bottle thrown at his head by a black teenager when he ventures too far into Jane's neighbourhood. C's father is a ''lot'' less racist than C's friends, though he says he doesn't believe in interracial relationships. Interestingly, C's mentor Sonny (a mob boss) actively encourages C to pursue it. Jane later rejects him when she discovers C's friends beat up her brother, though he didn't join in. They reconcile by the end.
* A lesser known aspect of ''Film/JungleFever''. As a result of the main couple's WhereDaWhiteWomenAt relationship, the white woman's former boyfriend is left single. He wants to date a black woman but is beaten up by a group of white men for it. He still goes on the date anyway, though. The trope is discussed at length after the black woman in question leaves a store full of white men and one of them says that she's attractive and he'd definitely have sex with her but he would NEVER be in a public relationship with a black woman.
* In ''Film/DarkBlue'', police officer Bobby Keough strikes up a relationship with Beth (unbeknownst to him, also a cop), which his racist partner Eldon Perry harasses him over.

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* ''The Wedding'', a 1998 Oprah Winfrey presented movie, also features a wealthy black (well, mixed) family The movie ''Film/{{Loving}}'' which is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on Martha's vineyard strongly objecting to their daughter marrying a white man, especially since he's a struggling musician.
* This is an important subplot of ''Film/ABronxTale''. Calogero, a teenager from an Italian neighborhood in
the Bronx falls in love with Jane, a black girl from his high school. Their relationship remains a difficult topic because of events leading up to the tumultuous 1960s setting; C keeps it a secret from his friends because they're all viciously racist, ''Loving V. Virginia'' trial]], shows the hardship that Mr. and he gets Mrs. Loving had to endure while being married during a bottle thrown at his head by a black teenager time when he ventures too far into Jane's neighbourhood. C's father is a ''lot'' less racist than C's friends, though he says he doesn't believe in interracial relationships. Interestingly, C's mentor Sonny (a mob boss) actively encourages C to pursue it. Jane later rejects him when she discovers C's friends beat up her brother, though he didn't join in. They reconcile marriage was illegal in numerous U.S. states.
* In ''Film/MonstersBall''[[note]]Which
by the end.
* A lesser known aspect
way marks the first time an African American won the ''Best Actress'' Oscar, in 2002(!)[[/note]], this is not only a source of ''Film/JungleFever''. As a result of conflict, but the main couple's WhereDaWhiteWomenAt relationship, the one at that. A white woman's former boyfriend is left single. He wants to date death row guard begins a black woman but is beaten up by a group of white men for it. He still goes on the date anyway, though. The trope is discussed at length after the black woman in question leaves a store full of white men and one of them says that she's attractive and he'd definitely have sex with her but he would NEVER be in a public relationship with a black woman.
* In ''Film/DarkBlue'', police officer Bobby Keough strikes up a relationship with Beth (unbeknownst
woman after he walked her husband to him, also a cop), the electric chair, which his racist partner Eldon Perry harasses him over.he keeps hidden from her. [[spoiler:She finds out the truth by the end, but it's left open if they'll remain together.]]



* In ''{{Film/Belle}}'', fear of this trope is what leads Dido's adoptive parents to seek to dissuade her from marrying at all.
* {{Played straight}} in ''Film/DearWhitePeople'' between [[spoiler: Sam]] and Gabe.

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* In ''{{Film/Belle}}'', fear of ''Film/SomethingNew'' starring Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker also has this trope is what leads Dido's adoptive parents to seek to dissuade her from marrying at all.
* {{Played straight}} in ''Film/DearWhitePeople'' between [[spoiler: Sam]] and Gabe.
as a main plot point with the woman's family looking down on the relationship. It's also a case of class distinctions with (ironically enough) the wealthy black family looking down on the blue collar white man.



* The movie ''Film/{{Loving}}'' which is [[BasedOnATrueStory based on the events leading up to the ''Loving V. Virginia'' trial]], shows the hardship that Mr. and Mrs. Loving had to endure while being married during a time when interracial marriage was illegal in numerous U.S. states.
* An extreme example in ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'', which features a white German Hitler Youth member falling in love with a biracial German girl during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Given Nazi laws, they must keep their relationship a secret, and the former [[spoiler:is murdered.]]



* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/HiddenFigures'', as it's mere "[[EatingTheEyeCandy appreciation]]" rather than an interracial couple, but Mary Jackson blatantly ogles John Glenn and the other (all white) astronauts when they come visit the facility. Katherine scolds her for it, but Mary asserts her "right to see fine in every color."
* ''Film/TheHateUGive'': Starr doesn't tell her father about her white boyfriend Chris because she knows he'll react badly. When she does eventually introduce him to her parents prior to a school dance, her father at first assumes he must be the limo driver. Then he's upset that she chose not to date a black boy because he thinks it means he didn't set a good example of what a black man should be. He finally comes around in the end.

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* {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Film/HiddenFigures'', as it's mere "[[EatingTheEyeCandy appreciation]]" rather than an interracial couple, but Mary Jackson blatantly ogles John Glenn and the other (all white) astronauts when they come visit the facility. Katherine scolds her for it, but Mary asserts her "right ''Film/TheWedding'', a 1998 Oprah Winfrey presented movie, also features a wealthy black (well, mixed) family on Martha's vineyard strongly objecting to see fine in every color."
* ''Film/TheHateUGive'': Starr doesn't tell her father about her
their daughter marrying a white boyfriend Chris because she knows he'll react badly. When she does eventually introduce him to her parents prior to a school dance, her father at first assumes he must be the limo driver. Then man, especially since he's upset that she chose not to date a black boy because he thinks it means he didn't set a good struggling musician.
* An extreme
example of what a black man should be. He finally comes around in ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'', which features a white German Hitler Youth member falling in love with a biracial German girl during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Given Nazi laws, they must keep their relationship a secret, and the end.former [[spoiler:is murdered.]]
* {{Inverted}} in ''Film/WhiteMansBurden''. In the race-flipped society, Thaddeus' wife shows obvious discomfort when her son brings home a white date.



* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'': Dolphus Raymond is a white man who has children with a black woman - although he has to [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretend to be the town drunk]] so that the town can deal with it. Note that, as the trope description says, a white man fathering children with a black woman was unremarkable (although this was less the case as slavery shrank further into the past and near-total segregation of the races became the ideal scenario as far as genteel white society was concerned). What the other white residents couldn't forgive him for was actually acknowledging his children and living with his family in the black part of town.
* In one of the ''Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.



* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.
* Referenced in beginning of the God Inc. series by Creator/JackChalker. The protagonists are a white man and black woman married couple, and discusses some of the problems they had finding anyone to socialize with. Quickly becomes a moot point in the stories, although not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect from a [[InvoluntaryTransformation Jack Chalker]] story.

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* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.
* Referenced in beginning of the God Inc. ''God Inc.'' series by Creator/JackChalker. The protagonists are a white man and black woman married couple, and discusses some of the problems they had finding anyone to socialize with. Quickly becomes a moot point in the stories, although not necessarily for the reasons you'd expect from a [[InvoluntaryTransformation Jack Chalker]] story.



* In one of the ''Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' novels, the protagonist (a young black girl) gets a little bit of ShipTease with a white boy in town, culminating in the boy giving her a picture. The girl's father flips out and destroys the picture when he finds it, telling her it will put the whole family in danger if anyone finds out. Sadly this happened to be true, given that the novels were set in the South during Jim Crow.




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* ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'': Dolphus Raymond is a white man who has children with a black woman - although he has to [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretend to be the town drunk]] so that the town can deal with it. Note that, as the trope description says, a white man fathering children with a black woman was unremarkable (although this was less the case as slavery shrank further into the past and near-total segregation of the races became the ideal scenario as far as genteel white society was concerned). What the other white residents couldn't forgive him for was actually acknowledging his children and living with his family in the black part of town.
* Detective Andrews ends up with this dynamic with Rosalie in ''White Lightning'' since he's successful at passing for white after years of practice at it. When her family learns he's half-Korean and he's built his reputation and friendships on a 'bedrock of lies', they go from telling her she shouldn't be with a white man to telling her she shouldn't be a liar of that caliber, which he himself admits is 'much sturdier ground to stand on' when they next voice their objections. Bearing in mind that it was the RoaringTwenties, Andrews encounters this from his colleagues when word gets around the precinct he's dating 'downwards'. Since they think he's white, he views their reactions as a way to gauge their possible reactions if they knew about his mixed ancestry.



* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Xica da Silva'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this allegedly based in a true story.

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* The main plot of Brazilian soap opera ''Xica ''Series/{{Xica da Silva'' Silva}}'' was the affair between the white Governor of the region and the titular slave girl. Even more scandalous because the guy broke up with his white fiancée to stay steady with Xica (the only thing he could do, as even when he could free her interracial marriage was forbidden at the time). All of this allegedly based in a true story.



* Fefe Dobson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJ9Nvzp8VY "Take Me Away"]] is arguably about an interracial relationship between herself and a white man, and the negative attitudes that the couple receives from others.
* Music/EnVogue's "Free Your Mind" dismisses this trope - "I might date another race or color / It doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers!"
* Music/{{Everclear}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Pop985sJQ "Heartspark Dollarsign".]]



* The music video to Music/AliciaKeys' "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" uses this trope in various eras, from the 1950s to 2000s.
* The first verse of Music/PublicEnemy's "Pollywannacracka" from ''Music/FearOfABlackPlanet'' deals with the backlash that a black woman gets for dating a white man.
* The 70's pop song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exl0oSfTSoY ''Brother Louie'']] sung by, among others, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_(band) Stories]], a song about a white guy bringing his black girlfriend home to much wailing and gnashing of teeth. And yet it's the black family that ends up being the most evil about it...
%%* Music/{{Suede}}'s "Black or Blue".



%%* Music/{{Suede}}'s "Black or Blue".
* The 70's pop song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exl0oSfTSoY ''Brother Louie'']] sung by, among others, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_(band) Stories]], a song about a white guy bringing his black girlfriend home to much wailing and gnashing of teeth. And yet it's the black family that ends up being the most evil about it......
* Music/{{Everclear}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Pop985sJQ "Heartspark Dollarsign".]]
* Fefe Dobson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJ9Nvzp8VY "Take Me Away"]] is arguably about an interracial relationship between herself and a white man, and the negative attitudes that the couple receives from others.



* The first verse of Music/PublicEnemy's "Pollywannacracka" from ''Music/FearOfABlackPlanet'' deals with the backlash that a black woman gets for dating a white man.
* The music video to Music/AliciaKeys' "Un-thinkable (I'm Ready)" uses this trope in various eras, from the 1950s to 2000s.
* Music/EnVogue's "Free Your Mind" dismisses this trope - "I might date another race or color / It doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers!"



* Invoked by Creator/PatrickStewart, who played Theatre/{{Othello}} as a white man, with the rest of the cast being black.



* The Dion Boucicault play ''Theatre/TheOctoroon'' explores the challenges an interracial couple encounter in the pre-Civil War American south.
* Invoked by Creator/PatrickStewart, who played ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' as a white man, with the rest of the cast being black.



* The Dion Boucicault play ''The Octoroon'' explores the challenges an interracial couple encounter in the pre-Civil War American south.



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* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', as Cesar Vialpando is Hispanic, but his relationship with Kendl Johnson has shade of this : both her brothers (but mostly Sweet) aren't too thrilled about it and the fact that Cesar is the leader of a rival gang certainly doesn't help. Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] after CJ meets Cesar in person, the two of them becoming good friends and CJ fully supporting Cesar's decision to propose to Kendl near the end of the game.



* Downplayed in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', as Cesar Vialpando is Hispanic, but his relationship with Kendl Johnson has shade of this : both her brothers (but mostly Sweet) aren't too thrilled about it and the fact that Cesar is the leader of a rival gang certainly doesn't help. Ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] after CJ meets Cesar in person, the two of them becoming good friends and CJ fully supporting Cesar's decision to propose to Kendl near the end of the game.



* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', where most of the racial tension getting in the way of Sterling's relationship with Lana comes from his own tendency to say [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero ignorant]] and [[JerkAss insensitive]] things. It's also occasionally implied that Sterling's mother, Malory, who is repeatedly shown to be both somewhat prejudiced and [[MyBelovedSmother uncomfortably possessive of her son]], may not approve of their match.
-->'''Malory''': Because I don't want Sterling to end up with a woman like Lana Kane? My god, a black [pause] ops field agent!\\
'''Pam''': [[BaitAndSwitch Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.]]



* In Creator/RalphBakshi's film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyTraffic'', Michael is dating Carole. His racist father is so enraged at this, he tries to get TheMafia to kill him. They refuse, [[PragmaticVillainy due to it being for personal reasons]], until the couple get involved in crime rackets. [[spoiler: Thankfully, it's AllJustADream, although the two really are dating.]]
* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', where most of the racial tension getting in the way of Sterling's relationship with Lana comes from his own tendency to say [[PoliticallyIncorrectHero ignorant]] and [[JerkAss insensitive]] things. It's also occasionally implied that Sterling's mother, Malory, who is repeatedly shown to be both somewhat prejudiced and [[MyBelovedSmother uncomfortably possessive of her son]], may not approve of their match.
-->'''Malory''': Because I don't want Sterling to end up with a woman like Lana Kane? My god, a black [pause] ops field agent!\\
'''Pam''': [[BaitAndSwitch Thought she was going in a whole other direction with that.]]
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* [[BasedOnATrueStory Reenacted]] on ''I Married A Mobster,'' where despite no previous attraction to White men, [[SassyBlackWoman Dion]] falls for Italian-American Angelo Nicosia, who's a mob hitman and married with the latter case obviously being the bigger issue before and after his divorce as they marry and initially live the good life with a daughter until he's caught, leaving them in debt, [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they stay together and she still waits for him to come out of jail as a reformed man.]]

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* [[BasedOnATrueStory Reenacted]] on ''I Married A Mobster,'' where despite no previous attraction to White men, [[SassyBlackWoman Dion]] falls for Italian-American Angelo Nicosia, who's a mob hitman and married married, with the latter case obviously being the bigger issue before and after issue. After his divorce as divorce, they marry and initially live the a good life with a daughter until he's caught, leaving them in debt, [[EarnYourHappyEnding but they stay together and she still waits for him to come out of jail as a reformed man.]]
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* In the ''Series/{{Masterpiece}} MiniSeries ''The Long Song'', the white overseer of a Jamaican sugar cane plantation falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the white mistress' maid. However, after several years of genuine bliss--during which he even declares "''You'' are my true wife", he does a complete FaceHeelTurn following a slave rebellion, ultimately not only returning to his white wife, but ''kidnapping their child'' when they decide to return to England.

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* In the ''Series/{{Masterpiece}} ''Series/{{Masterpiece}}'' MiniSeries ''The Long Song'', the white overseer of a Jamaican sugar cane plantation falls in LoveAtFirstSight with the white mistress' maid. However, after several years of genuine bliss--during which he even declares "''You'' are my true wife", he does a complete FaceHeelTurn following a slave rebellion, ultimately not only returning to his white wife, but ''kidnapping their child'' when they decide to return to England.
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': One sketch in the Creator/EddieMurphy-hosted Season 45 episode involved a Christmas dinner where Murphy's black patriarch welcomes his daughter's white fiance to the family...before a flashback reveals their engagement was met with screaming on both sides because the parents didn't like that he was white.
-->'''Daughter:''' You guys are being ''so'' racist!\\
'''Mother:''' Damn right we are!

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