I'd say Black men generally struggle more with the long term than the short term when it comes to IR dating though. Hooking up isn't a big issue for the average Black man provided he's not unusually ugly and/or short but we do have an obstacle of being taken seriously for long term relationships and marriages when it comes to IR relationships. A lot "pro-IR" Becky's and Marias see us as walking Dildo's or trendy fads more than viable partners who they want to build with.
That's exactly my point. It's not right to straight up ask, but society in-large is anti-black male. Which is why I don't really blame OP's friend for thinking about it. It's a natural thing to think, especially if you're under 25. It sounds outlandish to a lot of older black men, hence the comments ITT, because they act like they're too cool to let anything bother them but we live in reality where it's openly acceptable for anyone to treat black men worse than trash.
Right in those "would you date black guys" videos you mentioned, these people get demonized if they say no to Indian people, countless viral responses
about how these people are disgusting racists, but when it involves black men it's literally just "it's just her preference" and the comments are full of black women and the 4klan browsing racists and you can literally feel them geeking behind their screen.
Racism is literally everywhere, of course it'd be in dating. There was a black man that killed himself after approaching and then being rejected by over 1500 times by Asian women. Once again, people immediately tried to paint him as a villain, and he was, but I guarantee you he was more dateable than most of the men these women ended up being with