White people prefer white people on dating apps — but that could be changed, study says

[OneHungLo]

WTF?!? How DARE white people want to date other white people. We must change this!!! More insanity from the left.

Dating applications can allow users to fall into their own racial biases while searching for a partner, a new study says.

But in their study, researchers from schools like Cornell University say the “sexual racism” that plagues apps like Grindr, Tinder and Bumble can be stamped out with a few simple changes. The end goal, the study says, is to promote more diverse pairings on the dating sites.

Jevan Hutson, lead author of the study, said in a press release from Cornell University that “it’s really an unprecedented time for dating and meeting online” — which requires a more thorough look at how we can prevent discrimination on these dating apps.

“More people are using these apps, and they’re critical infrastructures that don’t get a lot of attention when it comes to bias and discrimination,” he said in the press release. “Intimacy is very private, and rightly so, but our private lives have impacts on larger socioeconomic patterns that are systemic.”

So just how does this racial bias play out for the estimated 15 percent of adults who use the dating apps?

Take the case of Sinakhone Keodara for example. He threatened to sue Grindr, a dating app for gay, bi and trans men, because of “sexual racism” he faced on the site, NBC reported. More specifically, Keodara says some users on the site had captions like “Not interested in Asians.”

Phumlani Kango, from Johannesburg, South Africa, said in an interview with NBC that the racism is prevalent in his country, too.

“What happens in Los Angeles … where you have ‘no fats, no femmes,’ it happens [in South Africa] as well,” he told NBC. “... They will say ‘no rice, no chocolate, no curry’ — which means no Asian, no black and no Indian.”

As noted by the study — which compiled data from prior research — white people are ten times more likely to receive a message from a black person on a dating app than they are to message the black user themselves. That suggests a hierarchy of attention on racial lines.

The study found other examples of inequalty in dating apps, including:

Asian men and black women have the lowest chance of receiving a message or a response.
White people of “all ages” prefer to go on dates with other white people.
College students are most likely to avoid going on dates with black women.
Stephanie Yeboah, a blogger, said that she has experienced racism as a black woman on online dating apps even when people are open to meeting up, according to The Independent. She said that some people ask offensive questions like if they can “get a taste of jungle fever” — and say they want to see if black women are “as aggressive in bed as they’ve heard.”

“Comments such as these are extremely dehumanizing to myself and other black women who are only looking for companionship,” she told The Independent. “It seems to suggest that black women are only good for one thing, and cites back to previous ideologies of black people being compared to primates; as primal and feral, hyper-sexualized creatures. It’s very hurtful.”

Even Christian Rudder, founder of OK Cupid, said that “when you’re looking at how two American strangers behave in a romantic context, race is the ultimate confounding factor.”

But researchers behind the Cornell University study say they have some ways to push back against the racial biases of users.

The study’s authors noted that OK Cupid itself experimented with pairing up users and saying they were “highly compatible” — even though they weren’t considered good matches — and found that the conversation between the two people often went well.

In other words, it appeared that just the mere suggestion that two people were compatible made both users more likely to give the connection a chance. The study’s authors wrote in a press release that it proves “the strong power of suggestion” that can be used to bridge the gap between people of different races.

Another potential solution could come from 9Monsters, a gay dating app from Japan, that allows people to describe themselves without explicitly revealing their race, according to the study’s authors.

The app “groups every user into one of nine categories of fictional ‘monster’ according to a process that includes both the user’s own type preference and the community’s perception of them,” the study says. “While 9Monsters may still sort users into categories along established lines like body type or weight, it’s possible that this re-categorization may also help users look past other forms of difference, such as race, ethnicity, and ability.”

Another gay dating app, called Hornet, prevents people from using their profile to mention race at all.

And a final solution might come in the form of “Kindr,” a campaign from Grindr that seeks to stamp out prejudice on its app by promoting inclusion. The study’s authors said positive writing about diversity may help promote more diverse couples on the apps.

The new guidelines from Kindr, for example, suggest that users describe “what you’re into, not what you aren’t” to avoid offending others.

“These guidelines exist to let you express yourself freely while also helping us maintain the safe, authentic, and accepting environment we strive to cultivate,” the guidelines read. “Any violation of these guidelines may result in the removal of prohibited content or a permanent ban from Grindr.”

But Landen Zumwalt, head of communications at Grindr, cautioned against hoping for a cure-all solution.

“Kindr is not going to solve racism by any means,” Zumwalt said, according to GQ. “These issues have been present in our community long before Grindr, but we hope to increase conversations around it and have a dialogue about what constitutes sexual racism.”

The study’s authors concede that sexual racism is a hard thing to conquer — but Keodara, who threatened to sue Grindr, said fixing the problem would improve the mental well-being of people of color looking for a chance at love on dating apps, according to The Guardian.


“Over the years I’ve had some pretty harrowing experiences,” Keodara told The Guardian. “You run across these profiles that say ‘no Asians’ or ‘I’m not attracted to Asians’. Seeing that all the time is grating; it affects your self-esteem.”

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[Phoenix]

lolz...they know nothing

[Bladewire]

Take your meds man you need a new hobby, this hating non whites, xenophobia & extreme paranoia is toxic chemicals in your bloodstream for you heart, brain, liver & kidneys bro.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Take your meds man you need a new hobby, this hating non whites, xenophobia & extreme paranoia is toxic chemicals in your bloodstream for you heart, brain, liver & kidneys bro.

How am I hating on anyone? Just calling out you lefties trying to kill off whitey.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

How am I hating on anyone? Just calling out you lefties trying to kill off whitey.

You're doing that lefty thing again. Ugh. Evolve dude

[onwebcam]

Poor Bladey is going to have to choke down some BBC more often to be less racist now I guess.

[huey]

Birds of a feather.

Ali is on point as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1-JWNeIEMY

[Matt 26z]

You hear this bladewire? If you don't take a black dick, you are a fucking racist!!!

[P_RABID]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

WTF?!? How DARE white people want to date other white people. We must change this!!! More insanity from the left.

This whole White People thing has to stop, If a Irish dude dates a Italian chick, he aint dating his own kind, both are totally different races but they the same skin color.

Just cause both have a similar skin color doesn't mean they the same.

Most Asian people such as Koreans or Chinese also share the same skin color with a Irish and a Italian.

Labeling your self as being WHITE is just Globalism in disguise.

A bit off topic but fuck being WHITE.

[bronco67]

I don't like this shit either. There's nothing wrong with being white and liking white pussy. Latinas are the best, but that's beside the point.

[pimpmaster9000]

oh nooooooo....a study was done in college...noooooo....

and they do not plant to tell others what to do at all but some will open their own apps...noooooooooo


this is terrible OP...

[SIK]

It has been some years since I first said that at some point, it will become illegal to turn down sexual or romantic advance from a minority.

We're getting there, slowly but safely.

[celandina]

Nothing wrong with trying to breed with our own race....

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by celandina

Nothing wrong with trying to breed with our own race....

Correct

But there's a difference between who you're attracted to and who you breed with, if you're being strategic. I.e. if you're short and attracted to short people but want your offspring tall you breed with a tall Amazonian chick to accomplish that.

[CaptainHowdy]

[MakeMeGrrrrowl]

Originally Posted by P_RABID

This whole White People thing has to stop, If a Irish dude dates a Italian chick, he aint dating his own kind, both are totally different races but they the same skin color.

Just cause both have a similar skin color doesn't mean they the same.

Most Asian people such as Koreans or Chinese also share the same skin color with a Irish and a Italian.

Labeling your self as being WHITE is just Globalism in disguise.

A bit off topic but fuck being WHITE.

Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. Ethnicity, however, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language. ... You can have more than one ethnicities but you are said to have one race, even if it's "mixed race".

Just to confuse you a little more.

[P_RABID]

If we use the same principles that are applied to calling your self white and switch them to call someone black you will see how ridiculous it is.

Here is a Old Picture of a African Bantu Tribe



And here is a remote Philippine tribe of the Negrito people



Both have the same skin color hair type and eye color, but both are genetically completely different people and are not genetically related what so ever.

If they where white skinned some of you would say that they are the same race, even though they are genetically different.

So what i'm getting at here is Just cause you have a similar skin tone with someone doesnt mean your the same.

The "White" term was invented in the US when the original colonizers (Anglo Saxons) after many hundreds of years became broadly a mixed people due to immigration. Some where along the line people stopped identifying as British Colonists and started interbreeding with migrants from all around the world.

This mixing caused the majority of the population to lose there cultural roots and so if someone was asked what there background was they couldnt say because they where so mixed that they didn't know.

For example instead of someone just being of Irish descent they may have been Irish/Dutch/French/Spanish/italian.

Basically a bastard race was formed in the US and people couldn't any longer identify as being any of there mixed races so they would just say they are white.

[Look Chang]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

Diplomacy is a long and difficult process ...

[Tasty1]

The dating apps suck. When i want black pussy, i can't select 'african'. When i want Latina, i don't have that option. And now some apps want you to stop mentioning your race.... crazy. I keep swiping to the left.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by bronco67

There's nothing wrong with being white and liking white pussy. Latinas are the best, but that's beside the point.

and then there is this!

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by CaptainHowdy

What the fuck? Is that the French President?? What the hell is going on with that picture? Is it photoshopped? Someone needs to put a brazzers logon there.

[Matt-ADX]

Originally Posted by bronco67

I don't like this shit either. There's nothing wrong with being white and liking white pussy. Latinas are the best, but that's beside the point.

Attraction is such a weird thing. I would love to really know how that works, I mean take any pre-conceived notions or stereotypes out of it, just straight up carnal attraction at sight. Wonder what is behind it for everyone.

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by Matt-ADX

Attraction is such a weird thing. I would love to really know how that works, I mean take any pre-conceived notions or stereotypes out of it, just straight up carnal attraction at sight. Wonder what is behind it for everyone.

There is a reason you love sniffing ballsacks and someday science might find the answers.

[Matt-ADX]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

There is a reason you love sniffing ballsacks and someday science might find the answers.

Actually you were one of the people I thought would be able to have an insightful conversation with.

How much do you think attraction has to do with Nurture? I mean it must be that, there has to be something at one point that made it click for us? Though I sometimes think it is an ever changing spectrum in some ways, what are your thoughts?

[P_RABID]

Originally Posted by Grapesoda

and then there is this!

Good old Papuans

[Google Expert]

Originally Posted by Matt 26z

You hear this bladewire? If you don't take a black dick, you are a fucking racist!!!

[astronaut x]

Stoke the fire OP.

Stoke it.

[astronaut x]

Originally Posted by Matt 26z

You hear this bladewire? If you don't take a black dick, you are a fucking racist!!!

If you don't show us a picture of you with a black dick in your mouth, 2 days from now.... you are a racist, Matt with an affiliate program.

[astronaut x]

Originally Posted by Matt 26z

You hear this bladewire? If you don't take a black dick, you are a fucking racist!!!

You should have plenty of black dicks laying around sir. Someone told me you have some skeletons in your closet.

[celandina]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Correct

But there's a difference between who you're attracted to and who you breed with, if you're being strategic. I.e. if you're short and attracted to short people but want your offspring tall you breed with a tall Amazonian chick to accomplish that.

Dating = potential breeding....

I may be attracted to pettite Asian women but would not have children with them...

[The Porn Nerd]

Whatever happened to preference? Why is it 'racist' if I don't want to fuck a black chick, or an Asian chick, etc? Why can't it just be a preference based on attraction, taste, smell, looks, etc?

Forced interracial breeding is not the answer folks. LOL

[Bladewire]

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Whatever happened to preference? Why is it 'racist' if I don't want to fuck a black chick, or an Asian chick, etc? Why can't it just be a preference based on attraction, taste, smell, looks, etc?

Forced interracial breeding is not the answer folks. LOL

Agreed 100%

Also, you straight studs are overpopulating the planet. The pickier you are, the less you'll breed

[DBS.US]

DateRoulette

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

What the fuck? Is that the French President?? What the hell is going on with that picture? Is it photoshopped? Someone needs to put a brazzers logon there.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ean-visit.html

[The Porn Nerd]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Agreed 100%

Also, you straight studs are overpopulating the planet. The pickier you are, the less you'll breed

Excellent point.
Me no want no babies. :D

[celandina]

Originally Posted by Bladewire

Agreed 100%

Also, you straight studs are overpopulating the planet. The pickier you are, the less you'll breed

Yes but quality is better then quantity..