I understood that, traditionally, the Brits regard a black cat as lucky and the US-ians as unlucky. But Monika's quite right and it's all utter hogwash. Sadly, however, all cat rescue organisations
do have a problem homing black cats and kittens because of this idiotic perception.
I sometimes wonder if the same fools who reject a black cat would reject a child because he had, say, red hair or green eyes ..