Online interracial dating trends: sociological question.

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I was browsing the internet, bored, and saw something called "OKtrends", dating trends provided by OKCupid from their site.

It focused on interracial dating, and a few things stood out to me:

* Asian women and men were far less interested in black people of the opposite sex than other races.

* Black men showed the least preference for races, and both straight and gay black men were the least likely of the straight and gay men to say they would strongly prefer to date someone of their race. Bi black men were also very unlikely to say they would prefer their own race. They had high reply rates to everyone except for, oddly, black women.

* Black women got a very low rating, again, by even black men, despite the latter having little racial preference and being the same race.

* Lesbians really like Asian women.

* Should an Indian woman send a Pacific Islander woman a message, their rate of reply is the lowest of lesbian data tables. But should a Pacific Islander woman send an Indian woman a message, there is the highest reply rate.

Why do you think these trends are? Not trying to start anything political.

All this comports with my experiences. I have dated and been partners with black, Asian, Arab and Latino men along with white men of Irish, Hungarian, Scottish, Danish and German descent. They each have differing social norms. I can't explain it, though.

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Yeah, this has been, pretty much, my experience, in observing people in-person.

I've seen several Black men with Asian woman. It seems fairly common of older men----as in, of "war age"----like, when they were stationed in Vietnam, they brought an Asian wife, home.

It has been my experience that black women are the least "desired"----but, not because of "looks", but because of personality. There seems to be an "angry black woman" trend, or something----and, nobody wants to be with them. In the city, you see way more white women with black men----conversely, it's RARE to see a white man, with a black woman----and, if you do, it seems like they're usually either non-American black, and / or, highly-educated (BOTH, are highly-educated, often).

As for lesbians liking Asians: Though I've known several lesbians, I've only heard this a couple of times. Also, I've rarely seen an Asian lesbian (NOT that an Asian has to be a lesbian, for a lesbian to be attracted to them).

I'm married to a black woman.

I think statistics often are over-rated.

I go by my experience more than the results of studies.

Is she a WrongPlanet.net member, too?

Nope...she's an NT nurse.

She half-believes in the premise of Asperger's.

"Hellooo Nurse!" --Animaniacs (1993-1998)

I am of mixed heritage (the PC term is biracial I believe these days) but my husband is white. It was always expected by society that I would/should end up with a black or mixed male, perhaps because I am darker skinned. People struggled to understand why I would be attracted to a white man. Why? I never figured it out.

I have received the most negative attitude to my choice from the black community, nobody white has every been derogatory towards me. I suppose some see it as a racial betrayal. How I don't know, since my own mother is white...

People like who they like. I also believe statistics are overrated. Someone will always buck a trend or blow it out of the water completely.

I'm caucasian, my crush is Asian. (we met IRL, though)

From a black women or hispanic women's point of view. I would seem white to them, although my ancestry would show otherwise.

I seem to have a preference for black women, that I never knew. I guess I tried suppressing for what I thought was shameful. Why that shame is there, I do not know... yet.

The constant bickering is just that of an angry woman, not necessarily that of the racial stereotype. Breaking it down, one step at a time, with patience. My patience also runs thin at some times, but so we make it work.

By "trend" do you me stereotypes? Stereotypes that where put into place the moment they were forced on the boat. Angry blacks, stupid blacks, souless blacks and smaller brains, lazy blacks.... the list goes on (all racist stereotypes). All created from the same people that took them against their will, raped them, beat them, forced them into slavery in another country, and now the stereotypes continue 100s of years later. But no one has said anything about the generations of barbaric treatment passed down from generation to generation of hate and all that goes with it.

By the way; I know people of different races and one of my very good friends is black. So stating a stereotype and then clinging to it... Well... proves ignorance.