Comments on: Racial Preferences in Dating

By: Robert A Blakley

Robert A Blakley — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 21:01:30 +0000

I completely agree with all your points. In the black community, black women tend to feel ostracized when as black men we feel a certain level of hierarchy in the world for dating and/or marrying white or lighter skinned women.

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By: Bisexual Visibility Day 2018 | Tiffany Sostar

Bisexual Visibility Day 2018 | Tiffany Sostar — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:06:39 +0000

[…] trans people” is inherently transantagonistic, just like having racial dating preferences is inherently racist, and we also need to validate the experiences of folks who have been excluded in these ways. We can […]

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By: To Swipe Or Not To Swipe? – Sex at the Intersections

To Swipe Or Not To Swipe? – Sex at the Intersections — Fri, 04 May 2018 20:57:11 +0000

[…] [4] Zevallos, D. Z. (2018, February 9). Racial Preferences in Dating. Retrieved April 30, 2018, from https://othersociologist.com/2018/02/10/racial-preferences-dating/ […]

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By: Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 14:02:24 +0000

In reply to Abraham Matthews.

Abraham Matthews Interracial marriage is different than racial preferences. People who are respectful of their partners’ differences are different than people who are either: A) excluding people due to their race; B) only interested in hooking up with people due to their race. Options A & B are both about reinforcing racial hierarchies along a continuum of racial superiority. Option A is about thinking other racial groups are inferior and undesirable. Option B is about only being interested in fetishing racial minorities based on damaging stereotypes.

People who are simply attracted to others, without fixating on race, without exclusion, without biases and prejudices, are not reinforcing racial inequalities.

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By: Abraham Matthews

Abraham Matthews — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 06:22:41 +0000

I have no idea of how common interracial marriage is in Australia. It’s fairly common in the San Francisco Bay area. I myself am in a interracial marriage.

I think that even here it would not be considered racist to have a racial preference in dating.

It feels like that is a taboo.

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By: Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Dr Zuleyka Zevallos — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:08:28 +0000

In reply to The Pink Agendist.

Absolutely! Colourism shapes how attraction and desirability function across all cultures.

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By: The Pink Agendist

The Pink Agendist — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 21:42:56 +0000

Regarding James’ point: “I think that you would expect to find that if you went to an African country or an Asian country, you’d find that the major ethnic group there would be thought of as the beauty standard.” – in my experience that doesn’t really pan out. I was born in a place where over 80% of the population is Black, and characteristics of that group are derided. The desired traits are those prevalent in the ruling class which is of European ancestry.

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