In Online Dating, Blacks More Open to Romancing Whites Than Vice Versa, Study Finds

Wasn't this exact study already done with okcupid? Pretty much old news. My only problem with this study is they don't account for regions and professions. A bm doctor or lawyer in NYC won't have any problems finding the ww of his choice and if he's tall and athletic forget about it. Now if your a car salesman in Detriot goooood luck buddy.
 
It appears to sample mainly older, conservative, white women that are on those dating sites. (or just that 1 site they surveyed the data from). Most of us aren't even looking for those kinds of white women anyway.

So you don't have to worry hntr18. Keep posting all those pictures of those white girls, cause you're the man! :D
 
MrFantastic said:
Wasn't this exact study already done with okcupid? Pretty much old news. My only problem with this study is they don't account for regions and professions. A bm doctor or lawyer in NYC won't have any problems finding the ww of his choice and if he's tall and athletic forget about it. Now if your a car salesman in Detriot goooood luck buddy.
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Yup, that site is a shit hole.I was on there for awhile.
 
MrFantastic said:
Wasn't this exact study already done with okcupid? Pretty much old news. My only problem with this study is they don't account for regions and professions. A bm doctor or lawyer in NYC won't have any problems finding the ww of his choice and if he's tall and athletic forget about it. Now if your a car salesman in Detriot goooood luck buddy.
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"One theory is that blacks are acting like other minority populations in the history of this country," Mendelsohn said. "They are interested in moving up in the power structure, and one way you do that is through intermarriage with the dominant group."

According to the study, more than 80 percent of the online dating contacts initiated by whites were to other whites, with only 3 percent going to blacks. This trend held for both men and women, young and old. Although black participants initiated contact to members of their own race more than to whites, they were ten times more likely to contact whites than vice versa, according the the study.

From the responses on this thread so far, it seems as though yall are perceiving this in the wrong way. A black car saleman does have not any problem getting a white woman. I see a lot of black men who have no job at all with white women. This research is not based on the degree of difficulty in contacting a white woman. It is based solely on percentages in regards to the likelihood of one going outside of their race for companionship. Their use of the word "segregated" is actually in error because this word does not actually come into play in this research at all. Why? Because there is no forced or willful separation going on here...only choice. This is not a negative thing but rather a natural thing. It is natural for there to be a preference for one's own race. After all, that is how different ethnicities, colors and cultures came to be in the first place and that is how they are preserved.

Because we are not segregated, we enjoy the freedom of being able to crossover to another race if we don't prefer our own. This is preference...not segregation. In this study, it shows that black men mostly prefer women of their own race, but they were 10 times more likely to contact white women for companionship than other minority race of men were. So this has nothing to do with difficulty at all...only preference.

While most white women prefer white men, the percentage who want a relationship with a black man might seem small but when you look at the population number of that percentage, one will realize that this pool is more than large enough for any black man to choose from. No difficulty comes into play at all. In fact, many single white women are way more likely to date/sex a black men at least once in their life if not for anything but curiosity. It's just that when they marry, they like any other race of women, tend to marry within their race. That's normal and natural...not negative.:smt001
 
OpenHeart said:
"One theory is that blacks are acting like other minority populations in the history of this country," Mendelsohn said. "They are interested in moving up in the power structure, and one way you do that is through intermarriage with the dominant group."

According to the study, more than 80 percent of the online dating contacts initiated by whites were to other whites, with only 3 percent going to blacks. This trend held for both men and women, young and old. Although black participants initiated contact to members of their own race more than to whites, they were ten times more likely to contact whites than vice versa, according the the study.

From the responses on this thread so far, it seems as though yall are perceiving this in the wrong way. A black car saleman does have not any problem getting a white woman. I see a lot of black men who have no job at all with white women. This research is not based on the degree of difficulty in contacting a white woman. It is based solely on percentages in regards to the likelihood of one going outside of their race for companionship. Their use of the word "segregated" is actually in error because this word does not actually come into play in this research at all. Why? Because there is no forced or willful separation going on here...only choice. This is not a negative thing but rather a natural thing. It is natural for there to be a preference for one's own race. After all, that is how different ethnicities, colors and cultures came to be in the first place and that is how they are preserved.

Because we are not segregated, we enjoy the freedom of being able to crossover to another race if we don't prefer our own. This is preference...not segregation. In this study, it shows that black men mostly prefer women of their own race, but they were 10 times more likely to contact white women for companionship than other minority race of men were. So this has nothing to do with difficulty at all...only preference.

While most white women prefer white men, the percentage who want a relationship with a black man might seem small but when you look at the population number of that percentage, one will realize that this pool is more than large enough for any black man to choose from. No difficulty comes into play at all. In fact, many single white women are way more likely to date/sex a black men at least once in their life if not for anything but curiosity. It's just that when they marry, they like any other race of women, tend to marry within their race. That's normal and natural...not negative.:smt001
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I disagree for two reasons.

1. Race as used is a social construct having no meaning outside of what we put on it. So a "white" woman going for a black man is just as natural as it is for her to go for a white man its just that one is more socially accepted than the other and women tend to fold to social pressures far more than because of the good girl myth.

2. There have been economic studies such as the one in the book freakanomics where it shows that amongst white women surveyed for them to date outside of their race in regards to black men their partner usually makes twice as much as they do.
Ones "race" carries a social value in this country and in general blacks carry the least value.
 
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MrFantastic said:
I disagree for two reasons.

1. Race as used is a social construct having no meaning outside of what we put on it. So a "white" woman going for a black man is just as natural as is for to go for a white man its just that one is more socially accepted than the other and women tend to fold to social pressures far more than because of the good girl myth.

2. There have been economic studies such as the one in the book freakanomics where it shows that amongst white women surveyed for them to date outside of their race in regards to black men their partner usually makes twice as much as they do.
Ones "race" carries a social value in this country and in general blacks carry the least value.
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Yea...In the United States of America, you simply cannot use historical or scientific patterns or generalizations used across the world. It just dont work that way.
 
MrFantastic said:
Wasn't this exact study already done with okcupid? Pretty much old news. My only problem with this study is they don't account for regions and professions. A bm doctor or lawyer in NYC won't have any problems finding the ww of his choice and if he's tall and athletic forget about it. Now if your a car salesman in Detriot goooood luck buddy.
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Humm, that's interesting...I remember taking a flight for a business trip. A conversation ensued with the guy sitting next to me. During the conversation he shared that his father once said that he would rather his daughter marry a white guy who was an alcoholic and beat her, than to marry a black doctor. I hope that his daughter didn't live in NYC.
 
swirlman07 said:
Humm, that's interesting...I remember taking a flight for a business trip. A conversation ensued with the guy sitting next to me. During the conversation he shared that his father once said that he would rather his daughter marry a white guy who was an alcoholic and beat her, than to marry a black doctor. I hope that his daughter didn't live in NYC.
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Dude I never said anything about their families I was talking about the girl herself. That's a different issue all together.
 
MrFantastic said:
I disagree for two reasons.

1. Race as used is a social construct having no meaning outside of what we put on it. So a "white" woman going for a black man is just as natural as it is for her to go for a white man its just that one is more socially accepted than the other and women tend to fold to social pressures far more than because of the good girl myth.

2. There have been economic studies such as the one in the book freakanomics where it shows that amongst white women surveyed for them to date outside of their race in regards to black men their partner usually makes twice as much as they do.
Ones "race" carries a social value in this country and in general blacks carry the least value.
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I agree with you, and I think that the "devaluation" of black men is another issue at play. I read a post in another forum and I white woman said that she simply didn't find black men to be attractive men, which is ridiculous since our look is varied from blue eyes, pale and straight hair to ebony with very ethnic features. While listening to NPR, prior to the presidential election, I heard a "gentleman" being interviewed on the street. He remarked that he didn't think Obama had the mental capacity to be president, lol.

I think that it's rare for an educated and professional BM to find a WW of equal standing. So, the disparity in incomes shouldn't come as a surprise either.
 
MrFantastic said:
Dude I never said anything about their families I was talking about the girl herself. That's a different issue all together.
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I know, I just took the opportunity to share that bit of information. Yes, it wasn't responsive, and perhaps off topic, but just a comment. What can I say, I was bored:smt102
 
swirlman07 said:
I agree with you, and I think that the "devaluation" of black men is another issue at play. I read a post in another forum and I white woman said that she simply didn't find black men to be attractive men, which is ridiculous since our look is varied from blue eyes, pale and straight hair to ebony with very ethnic features. While listening to NPR, prior to the presidential election, I heard a "gentleman" being interviewed on the street. He remarked that he didn't think Obama had the mental capacity to be president, lol.

I think that it's rare for an educated and professional BM to find a WW of equal standing. So, the disparity in incomes shouldn't come as a surprise either.
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One of the perks of growing up in NY I always knew I would have to make far more than my female counterpart. Its the way of life here so I'm not put off from it but to be honest as I get older it really makes one think what's the point of getting married when we as people rarely love one another. Its just sad.
 
MrFantastic said:
I disagree for two reasons.

1. Race as used is a social construct having no meaning outside of what we put on it. So a "white" woman going for a black man is just as natural as it is for her to go for a white man its just that one is more socially accepted than the other and women tend to fold to social pressures far more than because of the good girl myth.

2. There have been economic studies such as the one in the book freakanomics where it shows that amongst white women surveyed for them to date outside of their race in regards to black men their partner usually makes twice as much as they do.
Ones "race" carries a social value in this country and in general blacks carry the least value.
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I think you are still missing the point. I never said that it was not natural for a white woman to be attracted to a black man. It is very natural. After all, black men are gorgeous. What woman isn't attracted to a black man. I said that white women, (like any other race of women) marry within their race more than outside their race and THIS is natural. It's not unnatural for them to do this...feel me. Just like it's not unnatural for black men to marry within their race.

Now with number 2, I totally agree with you. The white woman is the status symbol of beauty, power and success in the eyes of most black men and that is very evident in their choice of a marriage partner most times. And yes, blacks do carry the least value. But if he is a doctor, actor or ball player then he can reward himself with a drop dead gorgeous white woman if he so chooses and more often than not he does. However, white female celebrities and CEOs rarely marry black men because as you stated, the social value. A black man is not likely to pursue a white woman of this caliber because of who she is. There are more WM celebrities and CEOs married to BW than their white female counterparts that are celebrities and CEOs married to BM. That's because of the pursuit factor. Wealthy white women are more often pursued for marriage by white men who are their equal or more in terms of wealth.

As always, there are exceptions, but those excceptions are rare.
 
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