I don't think there's anything wrong with saying us white girls like rap n' hip hop music and it could be a race thing, or a culture thing, Nathan - to be totally honest - I don't know if many of you guys even know that so many of us became attracted to black guys by listening to that music early in our lives - before we even met our first black guy! Me n' my friends began listening to rap n' hip hope in JHS and earlier too! Seeing black guys in vids and hearing their attitudes as they show off their masculinity really did it for me, like so many of us, prolly cus' they were so different from the 'meelie' white guys in our schools. Growing up, it really did (and does) put the idea of black guys in our minds- and also them being more alpha males and in control of things, and all that. Plus we like to dance, of course! lol. Seriously, the music and (lots of) the black man's music culture being so 'out there' and 'mainstream' really brings the attention of the black man into our thoughts - our minds - and of course all the rest too. I know it still does. All ya' have to do is look around more to see this is true! xoxx, Dana