That phrase, "Once you go black, you never go back" is all about the feeling of the skin. I craved it more strongly than Carrie Bradshaw craved Manolo Blahnik shoes. The first time I caressed black skin, it felt like a luxury I shouldn't be able to afford. There's only one patch of skin on a white man's body that remotely compares to nearly every inch of a black man's skin. Black skin is thick and lush, sensuous to the touch, like satin and velvet made flesh.