I've had a special place in my heart too for overlooked black kitties. Doing a lot of trapping, and trying to foster, and find fosters, shelters etc. to take on the never ending tidal wave of kittens, one of the comments I hear constantly is "I hope they aren't black"..."we have so many black ones already". I wouldn't trade my Skippy & Chip for any amount of money as they are such priceless characters.