[rogueless]

I live in a small southern town, where interracial dating is still pretty much taboo. I am white and an adorable black man at work has asked me out. In my town, once a woman dates a black man, they never get asked out by a white man again. They get called n***** lovers. Well, sadly, if this wasn't the case, I might date him. I've never been attracted to a black man before (other than Denzel Washington or Michael Jordan, etc.) How do I tell him this? It would make my life too complicated. What is the right thing to say? If I didn't have kids that would be treated unfairly by predjudice people, I just might grow balls and go anyway. My answer is a hesitant no. What is the best way to tell him no? Sighs