@X,Y,"and Z" "Don’t-even-know, if you’re black" - guess that phrase sums up the difference in where we're coming from - to me it doesn't matter - actually I'm a blue-eyed blonde-haired girl with a half black dad and an italian mum - no idea what that'd be called in the US. But it does effect the way I think I guess - to me a mixed relationship is normal so if Kelly wants to date a black man, a white man, someone mixed I'm not bothered - more important she finds a GOOD man whatever. Re the music - I'm certain the R&B / Rap world will survive just the lone white rapper doing his stuff - the fact that you can call him that and everyone knows who you mean shows he's still pretty much on his own.