For many black women in America, finding love has become a serious issue.

Census data show that roughly 40 percent of black adult single girls women in the U.S. have never been married. That's nearly twice the percentage of white women.

One entrepreneur in Los Angeles is fighting the odds. Her mission: move black girl women from no man's land to a diverse dating world.

Black Girl's Guide To Interracial Dating

More than 100 black girl pack a small Italian restaurant near West Los Angeles. It's standing-room only. They're not there for the food; they're there for a seminar called "Free Your Mind: The Black Girl's Guide to Interracial Dating."

Fleace Weaver, an L.A. socialite and the organizer of the night's event, got the idea after noticing that many of her black friends had it all a career, house, independence but no man.

Weaver is black. She dates men of all colors black, white, brown and wants more black women to do the same. "I am an international dating club lover. All right; I am an equal opportunity lover," Weaver says. "That means I love who is good to me. I don't want anybody just because they're a certain color."

Some black professional women say it's harder to find a black man at their same education and income level. You can see the trend on college campuses. According to the Department of Education, in the fall of 2007, 64 percent of black students enrolled in college were women.

Crossing Racial Lines For Love

Interracial sex dating is a sensitive issue in the black community. Blacks have a brutal history with race relations; some blacks see dating club outside the race as betraying the culture.

Source: http://www.npr.org/