History Main / BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama

* ''Series/TheJeffersons''. The Willises get no end of derision from George, who calls their daughter a "zebra".
** Roxie Roker, who played Helen Willis, married a white man. Said marriage produced Lenny Kravitz.
* 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.]]
* The Creator/{{MTV}} telefilm ''Love Song'' starring singer Monica combines this and the UptownGirl trope.

* In a VerySpecialEpisode of ''Series/{{Moesha}}'' titled "Reunion," Moesha meets up with an old white friend (played by Andrew Keegan) and they really hit it off. Her father has a problem with the potential relationship and Moesha is accused of being "too good for the hood." In the end, they decide not to get together.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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]]]].
* 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.

* ''In Series/ADifferentWorld'', Kim briefly dates Freddie's (white) cousin Matthew. Kim has no problem being with him, she just doesn't want to be judged by her classmates at her all-black school so she avoids being affectionate with him in public. Matthew points out that they're going to get looks regardless of where they are or what they do so they should just focus on being together and not worry about what other people think.
* The ENTIRE point of ''The Feast of All Saints'', though in this case most of the women had white ancestry as well.
* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Mercedes and Sam date, and there is one episode with some drama. Mercedes isn't sure if she is ready to deal with the backlash of having a white boyfriend (especially since she's becoming more and more famous), and Sam doesn't understand the complexities of racial issues, which leads him to saying some mildly offensive things entirely by accident (and it's mostly endearing because [[TheDitz he's not too bright]]). They work through it in the end and decide they'll face any backlash together.

* 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.
* ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'': City Councilwoman Harriet [=DeLong=] (black) and Chief Bill Gillespie (white) date and eventually marry in season 6. Of course, [[JustifiedTrope this being small-town Mississippi less than thirty years after Jim Crow]], their union [[MalignedMixedMarriage brings a lot of disapproval, drama, and death threats]].
* ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008'': The immortal protagonist John Amsterdam had a relationship with a black woman in the 1940s and impregnated her. Due to the racial segregation of the period, they tried to keep it a secret until her father takes her back home, berating John for becoming involved with a woman he couldn't publicly provide for. After fighting in World War II, John returned to take care of her after she's delivered their son, who later grew up and keeps his father's immortality a secret while helping him figure out a way to lift his immortality curse.
* Alma and Kit from ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'' are forced to hide their relationship for fear of retribution from the neighbors. The show takes place in 1964, of course.
* A subplot in two separate episodes of ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' where Brandon dated a black girl. The first was the daughter of a black family who had recently moved to the neighborhood, resulting in some snide comments from several people--even ''Kelly'' needled him about how "hip" he was being. The second was a girl he met during a road trip with buddy Steve, resulting in some very negative reactions from her ex and his friends, as well as some stereotypical rednecks.
* On ''Series/{{Blackish}}'', the episode "Andre from Marseille" has Zoey dating a white French exchange student (also named Andre) that Dre disapproves of. Then he breaks up with her, at which point Dre assumes that Andre is racist and enlists Junior to find out information about him, only to find out that the "Becky" that Andre left Zoey for is in fact another black girl.
** The mother of the Johnson family, Rainbow, is the daughter of one such couple. Her parents are a [[HippieParents pair of hippies]] who were active in the 1960s Civil Rights movements. They get explored more in the prequel series ''Series/MixedIsh''.
* 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.

* Nova and Calvin from ''Series/QueenSugar''. She's a black journalist investigating bias in the local police department and he's a white married cop working for that very department. Their relationship is a secret due to the scandal it would cause. [[spoiler: When they finally do go out together in public, they're assaulted by a white man who's angry about Nova's work and thinks Calvin is a traitor for dating her]].
* ''Series/DearWhitePeople'': Sam is secretly having sex with a white guy, Gabe, at the beginning of the series. After she's outed, this doesn't go down well with her friends, especially since she wrote an article against "dating the oppressor", making her come across like a huge {{hypocrite}}. Gabe receives a less than warm welcome when she brings him to TV night with the black students.
* On ''Series/{{Blossom}}'', a waiter makes a snide comment to Tony and his wife Shelly when they're out to dinner. Later, he sadly notes, "He broke the spell.", indicating that they ''hadn't'' had to deal with this yet. She on the other hand, is more cynical, stating that she knew it would happen eventually and that people probably ''have'' said nasty things, just not to their faces.
* This is the entire premise of ''Series/BobHeartsAbishola''. At first, all of Abishola's friends and family are in favor of a relationship due to Bob being a wealthy businessman and Abishola supposedly not having a better option. However, once Abishola is introduced to Chukwuemeka, the son of her aunt's friend (who is younger, better looking and Nigerian) everyone changes their mind about Bob except Abishola's uncle. Bob's family have their reservations, but ultimately approve of him pursuing an African woman, even if his mother is fond of spouting casual racism. The couple also get quite a few looks on their first official date, which results in much trolling on their part.
* ''Series/MadMen'': When Lane Pryce introduces his father to Toni, the black Playboy bunny he's dating, the old man is civil enough to her but beats Lane into submission as soon as she leaves.
* ''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.]]
* 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.

* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Olivia and President Fitzgerald in ''Series/{{Scandal}}''. There are a million other reasons other than Olivia or Fitz's race for other people to frown upon them.

* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Mercedes and Sam date, and there is one episode with some drama. Mercedes isn't sure if she is ready to deal with the backlash of having a white boyfriend (especially since she's becoming more and more famous), and Sam doesn't understand the complexities of racial issues, which leads him to saying some mildly offensive things entirely by accident (and it's mostly endearing because he's not too bright). They work through it in the end and decide they'll face any backlash together.

* [[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 [[MixedAncestry daughter, Gia]] 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 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]].
* Invoked in ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus'': when you first reach the headquarters of the American Resistance in New York, Super Spesh, the only present white man, notes that only black people and "deviants" still fight the Nazi rule of America. Whilst the player is initially set up to believe that Super Spesh is gay, [[DiscriminateAndSwitch it is then revealed]] that his "deviancy" is loving SassyBlackWoman Grace Walker and fathering their mixed-race daughter, Abby.
* 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.
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-->'''Roberta:''' Do I ''look'' [[WhereDaWhiteWomenAt white]] or [[TokenMinorityCouple Asian]]?

-->'''Music/EnVogue''', "Free Your Mind"

->''"LET'S GO HAVE INTERRACIAL SEX!"''
-->-- '''[[Creator/WillFerrell Ron Burgundy]]''', ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''

* The whole storyline of the musical ''Theatre/{{Memphis}}'' revolves around a white man falling in love with a black singer. Being set in a period racial segregation, this is played for [[TearJerker drama]].

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' when Rollo (who's going through a [[MalcolmXerox black supremacist]] phase) asks his sister why she's going out with a white guy.

* 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 kinda racist and [[MyBelovedSmother uncomfortably possessive of her son]], may not approve of their match.

* 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.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/NationalSecurity'', where Hank (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.

[[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 ''Queen'' and ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''.

* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Mercedes and Sam date, and there is one episode with some drama. Mercedes isn't sure if she is ready to deal with the backlash of having a white boyfriend (especially since she's becoming more and more famous), and Sam doesn't understand the complexities of racial issues, which leads him to saying some midly offensive things entirely by accident (and it's mostly endearing because he's not too bright). They work through it in the end and decide they'll face any backlash together.

* This is the entire premise of ''Series/BobHeartsAbishola''. At first, All of Abishola's friends and family are in favor of a relationship due to Bob being a wealthy businessman and Abishola supposedly not having a better option. However, once Abishola is introduced to Chukwuemeka, the son of her aunt's friend (who is younger, better looking and Nigerian) everyone changes their mind about Bob except Abishola's uncle. Bob's family have their reservations, but ultimately approve of him pursuing an African woman, even if his mother is fond of spouting casual racism. The couple also get quite a few looks on their first official date, which results in much trolling on their part.

* ''Series/NoughtsAndCrosses'': 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.]]

* One story arc in ''Manga/BillyBat'' revolves around a kindly taxi driver trying to reunite a black girl and her white fiancee who've been driven apart by racial strife between their families and civil rights protesters and counter-protesters on their wedding day.

* On an episode of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Dorothy's son announced his surprise engagement to a black woman, who also happened to be much older. A lot of comedy was mined from DiscriminateAndSwitch - it at first appeared Dorothy might take issue with the interracial aspect, but she was upset at the age difference. Dorothy assumed the fiancee's family would have a similar problem with the age difference, but nope, they were more upset their daughter's fiance was white.

* 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 fiancee 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.

* 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 [[YourCheatingHeart philandering]] [[RaceFetish with black women]]]]

* [[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 [[YourCheatingHeart 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 [[MixedAncestry daughter, Gia]] 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.]]

-->'''Bolt''': Your smoldering, hot sexiness that never fails to get my juices flowing. There's just something about my white fur on your black fur that seems so primal, so animalistic, so steamy.

* ''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.
** Also a case of class distinctions with the wealthy black family looking down on the blue collar white man.

* An extreme example in ''Film/WhereHandsTouch'', which features a white German Nazi falling in love with a biracial girl during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

[[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 ''Queen'' and ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}''.

* ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008'': The immortal protagonist John Amsterdam had a relationship with a black woman in the 1940s and impregnated her. Due to the racial segregation of the period, they tried to keep it a secret until her father takes her back home, berating John for becoming involved with a woman he couldn't publicly provide for. After fighting in World War II, John returned to take care of her after she's delivered their son, who later grew up and keeps his father's immortality a secret while helping him figure out a way to

* ''Series/NewAmsterdam2008'': There's an episode where the immortal John Amsterdam had a relationship with a black woman in the 1940s and impregnates her with his latest child. Due to the racial segregation of the period, they try to keep it a secret until her father takes her back home, berating John for becoming involved with a woman he couldn't publicly provide for. After fighting in World War II, John returns to take care of her after she's delivered their child.

* On one episode of ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'', Robert starts dating his black coworker. When he brings her home to meet his parents, his mother Marie is speechless. Later on his family is annoyed because he starts acting PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy.
** Actually, Robert and his police partner, Judy, were just hanging out, though it initially fit the trope when Marie assumed they were dating. And Robert's family weren't the only ones his new 'tude irritated; Judy had to break it to him gently that although she and her friends at first enjoyed his company, his new "ethnic" attitude was annoying. So it ended up a subversion, playing out as black gal (platonically) on white, wanna-be-black guy comedy.

* On ''Series/{{Blackish}}'', the episode "Andre from Marseille" has Zoey dating a white French guy (also named Andre) that Dre disapproves of. Until he breaks up with her, that is, at which point he assumes that Andre is racist and enlists Junior to find out information about him, only to find out that the "Becky" that he left Zoey for is in fact black.

* ''Series/DearWhitePeople'': Sam is secretly having sex with a white guy, Gabe, at the beginning of the series. After she's outed, this doesn't go down well with her friends, particularly since she wrote against "dating the oppressor". Gabe receives a less than warm welcome when she brings him to TV night with the black students.

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

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' when Rollo (during a black supremacist phase) asks his sister why she's going out with a white guy.

* This is the entire premise of ''Series/BobHeartsAbishola''. At first, All of Abishola's friends and family are in favor of a relationship due to Bob being a wealthy businessman and Abishola supposedly not having a better option. However, once Abishola is introduced to Chukwuemeka, the son of her aunt's friend (who is younger, better looking and Nigerian) everyone changes their mind about Bob except Abishola's uncle. Bob's family also approve of him pursuing an African woman and his mother is fond of spouting casual racism. The couple also get quite a few looks on their first official date.