DonH - seems like all back men over 40 have shaved heads (it's like someone sent out a memo or something) so that part is the least unusual.
In my 20's I dated mostly white men but did have a serious relationship with a black man. That relationship was about our shared love of science, not race. I also dated a very tall biracial grad student in my 20's (the one that got away - still have a crush on him but he's happily married for years to the tall blonde Christie Brinkley rocket scientist he dated after me. He'll win the Nobel prize one day). Since my divorce, I do seem to have been attracted to very tall men (likely because my first boyfriend after the divorce was white, 6'6" and sexy as all getout).
When I was dating Marcus (who is also 6'6") I was really into him but he's a love avoidant guy who doesn't "do" relationships and at the time I thought I was really ready for a more serious relationship, so I moved on pretty quickly. Perhaps I initially clicked on Mark's profile because he reminded me a bit of Marcus.
Now I'm really NOT interested in a long term relationship, at least not at present, so I'm seeing Marcus again occasionally, knowing he won't want anything more from me and I can put my focus on my adult kids who need me most now.
I will say, one pleasant thing about dating black men at this age is that they generally appreciate my curves more than my (white, 5'10") ex-husband ever did. Still I'm more interested in the person than the superficial looks. I once had a mad crush on my 5'3" sailing instructor who was also a physicist. Marcus is really into music and film and great company to watch those things with. Mark was less of an intellectual but very intuitive, attentive and caring (except, as it turns out, for the whole secret life he was hiding from me, lol.)
I don't know where you live that interracial dating seems so unusual. Here in California it's not that big a deal anymore (although it WAS in the 1970's when I dated a black man - we didn't get openly harassed at home but once on a trip to Washington D.C. some rednecks yelled at us on the street). Still I told Mark I wouldn't travel to New Orleans with him - he's from L.A. and has never traveled in the south, he has no idea what it is like and would have gotten in trouble for sure if someone hassled us.
Still I'm more interested in the person than the superficial looks. I once had a mad crush on my 5'3" sailing instructor who was also a physicist. Marcus is really into music and film and great company to watch those things with. Mark was less of an intellectual but very intuitive, attentive and caring (except, as it turns out, for the whole secret life he was hiding from me, lol.)