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By: Eathan

Eathan — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:09:27 +0000

I’m positive that a man’s financial position has a lot to do with interracial dating. I’ve watched women accept more if a man is “financially stable” and known as a provider. I’m not sure if that is genetics. It’s possible that women deep down are wanting someone who provides and protects. But when it comes to men, we keep things basic. We know an attractive woman when we see one. And will pursue her over the unattractive woman on the same race.

Either way, I’m sure women will make an exception to interracial dating if the man was wealthy.

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By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:17:54 +0000

I completely understand that a good, randomized sample can allow us to make decent generalizations.

However the simple fact is that the people who sign up for dating sites are self selecting, as in they are looking for people with specific traits.

So to assume that these people are representative of our population is ridiculous. All this tells us is the general preference of Americans who sign up for dating sites.

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:26:38 +0000

right. i think introducing irrelevant data is moronic. e.g., on reddit people have been refuting the findings by asserting that they’re a white women who prefers black men. that’s moronic on a more clear ground, but this is only a more sophisticated type of idiocy.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:15:24 +0000

He never claimed that Asian Americans are 10% of the total population. Read his post again, more carefully.

He only said that Asian Americans are 10% of the population of San Diego. Actually, in checking that number, Wikipedia suggests that it’s closer to 15%.

Irrelevant, perhaps, but not moronic.

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:05:44 +0000

The data used in the post is clearly not reflective of the main population. For example, out of the 22k online dating sample, only 5% was asian. Yet San Diego is over 10% Asian. There’s some clear self selection in the sample of online daters.

well, it’s true that it isn’t representative. but you’re a moron. asian americans are ~5% of the population, not 10.

By: MNA

MNA — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:52:55 +0000

Also, the data is flawed if it doesn’t take into account specific groups. An indian person will not consider a Japanese person to be within the bounds their ‘own racial group’ even though they’re both categorized as Asian. I suspect this dynamic is also much more prevalent in the Asian communities than elsewhere. For example, a Korean person might consider a Vietnamese person to be not within their racial group, although in census terms it might be categorized as such. This dynamic is also probably at play in the Latino community, although to a lesser extent due to the fact that most latinos tend to share a common language. White and blacks on the other hand, probably aren’t affected by this dynamic at all.

What’s the end effect? the end effect is that the ‘Racial Preference’ of whites and blacks may be correct, while the racial preference of Hispanics and especially Asians are understated.

Again, not possible to make a judgement until data is broken down into specific categories.

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By: cesar

cesar — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:56:06 +0000

I’m not disputing the primary argument made–women tend to discriminate more based on race when it comes to selecting a partner. However, I question some of the intergroup (racial wise) differences when it comes to racial prejudice. As many have argued, most racial minorities with a predilection for their own racial group wouldn’t go to a interracial site, but instead would select black singles, rate desi, etc. Thus it is difficult to detect the degree of discrimination based on race. One could assume that whites may want to hold on to supposed “privilege” in our society and so would be more discriminatory (that’s the dominant, popular narrative). Yet, relying on these dating sites for data (which do not have broad representations of racial minorities) to arrive at these conclusions can be tricky. After all, one could assume that most whites (even those with a preference for their own racial group) would not elect to go to a white singles dating site (given our political correct environment).

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