Why is this often the case with blondes?

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I am 5ft7 with skin that can actually go a good deal brown in the summer. I have hazel-brown eyes with brown hair and natural blonde highlights. A famous person I look the most like is Lionel messi.

Guess I am not the ideal huh?

http://oktrends.okcupid.com has some neat, albeit slightly depressing, data on relative attraction between racial groups. Seems like there is a strong trend for people to prefer their own race. It doesn't single out arab or blonde, but I figure blondes are pretty much all white.

I think it's entirely normal for people to want to only date their own race. People are likely going to find more in common with those of the same ethnic and cultural background, for one. Some people may also not believe in racial mixing, for various reasons.

One reason could be that they want to preserve their racial and cultural heritage and keep it from being diluted. Having children with one from another ethnic group will eventually water down the cultural ties over generations. Like somebody who is one quarter Chinese, one quarter English, and one half "mixed European heritage" will likely not have strong cultural ties to any of his/her ethnic groups. It's natural, I think, for people to want to maintain their ethnic and cultural identity for the future generations.

Another reason, which probably nobody but nerds like me thinks about, is that by mixing racial populations, we could be losing our evolutionary specializations for the different climates.

I personally would date a man of any race, and I don't think I have any major racial preferences that I'm aware of.

I went to a open public forum in San Francisco on Valentine's Day in the evening where the CEO of OkCupid and Match was available to answer questions. Yes, there is racism in the numbers, but there are so many other factors on OkCupid that make for successful 'likes' or 'contacts', such as profile detail, and opening statements (mostly men's first emails to women) that affect matches to a greater degree than race factors in.

Also, 'often' is used very subjectively. If you're going just on the data about race for successful contact, +10% from baseline just means that if contact is successful 10 out of 20 emails for example, being white might grant you 11 out of 20 emails that are responded to instead. That's a passive factor you cannot change, but I bet there are a lot of ways you can update a profile and craft a good email that is much more effective than a +10% racial bonus (DnD reference).

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I have one interesting observation concerning blondes...every time I see a couple where the female is white and the male is black, its always a blonde female. Of course this is anecdotal, just based on what I see walking around in public so can't say if its any kind of trend or just a coincidence.

Europeans' skins are more adapted to produce vitamin D even with dim sunlight.

We current generation of darker people suffer from a significant Vitamin deficiency after shifting to a more indoor lifestyle.

People from very hot climates tend to have different body types than those from colder climates. Those of sub-Saharan African descent, for instance, have much longer limbs proportionate to their body than Europeans or East Asians. They also have the ability to stay lean more easily. Plus the facial features, type of hair, etc, are all adapted for that climate.

If I were to go to most places in Africa, I would instantly suffer from the sun and heat. Even sunscreen would not protect my skin. My body type is not adapted to dissipate heat, and it never will be no matter what I do.

If all those of sub-Saharan African descent married into other races, they'd lose some of that ability to withstand the harsh climate in many areas.

I could come up with many more examples.

So the only chance for the survival of the darker skin is an outdoor nudity revolution!

Crikey, people are more diverse than their hair or skin color, or even what's in their pants.

If you find a AS-friendly person of whatever variety that you like, just get to know 'em... Every pot has a lid, as they say.

This is a great reminder for me to stay out of the Love/Dating threads, so why am I here now?

ISIS wouldn't like my revolution idea though.