Online Avoidance

I have discovered that dating online is pretty simple. If you don't like the guy, you don't have to reply to his email. Yesterday someone contacted me, whose attitude is pretty cool, but you can't tell what he looks like in his picture. I don't want to be racist and not date him because he is black. However, I'm not feeling like it is safe to get in a car with someone you met online on a first date and that is where my biggest obstacle lies. I no longer live near public transportation or a mecca of meeting places. I'm out in the suburbs with my family again. I haven't told my parents that I do online dating. I don't know that they would approve, so I have avoided the subject altogether.