You're a fukking adult. Date who you want. Open your horizons, experience new things. I've learned a lot and experienced interesting things while dating outside my race. That being said I wouldn't tell someone they should do it. Do you brehs and brehettes. If you're open and meet interesting people, you'll probably end up interested in someone outside your race. That's just life.
I don't put any race of women on a pedestal. I love women, period. I've dated an Asian chick, a few Hispanic chicks, white chicks, black chicks, etc.