The bolded is literally the answer.
You can absolutely be "corny" assuming you mean like Carlton from Fresh prince and still get a attractive black woman but you usually have to be attractive yourself or as you said successful in some form.
And even then you need to have a personality that people want to be around, being mad/miserable all the time is a major turn off to any kind of girl and having no confidence as some of the posters in this topic exude can be a major turn off aswell, even if you are attractive and/or well-off.
As other posters have mentioned, this topic shows the posters who are broke/ugly/weird/creepy just by reading the responses and you can tell that they are still holding on to unresolved issues that need to be dealt with via therapy.
The ones who say that "all black women want thugs" probably want this type of girl:
Those types usually want guys similar to this:
And there's nothing wrong with that.
But don't expect to get those kind of girls if you look like this lmao:
in which case yes you are more than likely not gonna attract hood girls unless you are very attractive and/or don't mind being a trick lol
But if you have a similar style to this then you can get either type as long as you are attractive and have some type of personality:
, non-hood but still fashionable.
Yes there are outliers but you can still find plenty of black women who do not look like the 2 examples above that do not "only go for thugs" though y'all are probably overlooking them for obvious hood girls.
If you look like the nerd example or have a style similar to the 2nd guy you should try going for girls with a similar aesthetic to this:
These are based off relationships I have seen in person and people that I personally know btw, yes there are still non-hood girls who like hood guys but that's
not all black women, I personally am not attracted to that type though I can admit that I used to when I was in HS but quickly grew out of it once I realized that they are not fit for long-term relationships or building with.