opposite she's exploring her options? i had to do a social paper in class about interracial dating , between black men and the habits of black women . And i found out that when ever a black man dates a non black woman its called self hating , or he hates the black women in his life ,. But when a black woman does it it is her exploring her options . Why is there a double standard when it comes to this. If you know history . black women have been able to date interracial , ( and during slavery some went willingly) but the black man could not . Since the early 1900's there has been a boom black men being sought after by non black women . so how could black men have self hate in them . i think that we are just catching up. And I can prove this