Although I do in fact find lots of African-American women beautiful... I find myself not all that attracted to them.
Internet dating site data appeared to suggest that the whiter one's skin, the more attention they got. But I wouldn't trust dating site trends further than I could throw my PC, so...
First I thought about this question. Then I thought "nah, you guys are
overthinking things." If you see something you like, do you have to think about what it is that you like or that you'd look for? No, you'd see it and then you'd like it. And if you did think about it you'd start thinking "gee why do I like him/her, I'm pretty sure that's not what I said about..."
So that said, my idea of a beautiful woman is somebody with warmth. Who, unlike so many youth these days, isn't cynical and self-entitled, somebody who hasn't 'given up on the world' and consigned it to a giant pile of crap. Who has thought about (however deeply they find it necessary) whatever place they might have in this world, where they do or don't want to go, and more importantly are at peace with that.
It's surpassingly rare, or so it seems. I don't know many girls (or guys for that matter) who weren't either confused, lost, pathologically indecisive, hung-up, cynical and negative, bitter, hated their situation and their own unwillingness to fix it, insecure about her eligibility, or had self-esteem issues due to some aberrance from an accepted norm, particularly since there are
no norms when it comes to being female and juggling career and relationships. Something that started before the time of
Sex and the City (gosh that was a while ago), and has turned into Lily Allen's song
22.
In short, I find optimism beautiful. Optimism and conviction.