I'm not so sure it's artificial, I have worked real hard to get an education and advance my career. Same with my wife, she is very intelligent and got good grades in school and has a great job. All that being said, based on what I have witnessed personally and from talking to my wife she seems to be attracted to the tough, rugged, thuggish kind of black man and not necessarily educated, gentlemanly or refined. When Amie was in college she dated some college guys but preferred to frequently picked up "locals" at nightclubs for one night stands. They might be construction workers or whatever and were usually not highly educated. The common denominator was they were strong masculine types who were very confident.
I have witnessed that with the men she has screwed when I have watched her with them. No matter what their financial or overall "status" was they were all very confident in bed and physical with Amie and took what they wanted and in the process satisfied her deeply. It strikes a chord on a very personal level I guess. It has been amazingly erotic to see even when I am a bit disturbed so you are at least partially correct in you assessment.