Namibia has a fairly large white and 'coloured' (mixed race) minority and has gone through similar (if to a lesser extent) situation as South Africa with regards to white political dominance.
Many of the guest houses/lodges are owned by whites (of German or Afrikaaner origin) and in one of them, we sat and had a few drinks with the owner's 21 year old son. I asked him whether it would be okay for him to date a black girl. He said no, not at all. The reason he could not, he said, is that he would face a lot of taunts and disapproval from his (white and coloured*) friends and his (white) family**.
I asked if he could date a coloured girl. Sure, he said, no problem. Although when I questioned him more, he thought that 10 years ago, it would have been difficult. It would be easy to take a negative from this but for me, I see progress (albeit from a bad situation). I hope that in the future, things get even better.
* Interestingly, he said that mixed race and Indians were the same to him and actually went as far as claiming not to be able to distinguish between them (which surprised me somewhat).
** It would make no difference, apparently, if she were 'really hot' (economists have to cover all the angles:)).
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