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your race affects whether people write you back

very interesting stuff. OKCupid, an online dating site, recently gathered stats on its members preferences and found that black women are the least contacted and responded to.

full stats and break down here:

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2...write-you-back/

what do you guys think?

Bas said he would have sex with Rupaul.

Does my race affect whether I write people back? Because that could really help me out.

They also did a pretty cool comparison on what religions attract each other, etc.

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2...-online-dating/

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Originally posted by jennypie Bas said he would have sex with Rupaul.

rupaul looks good for a tranny

I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about dating a Shaniqua.

The cultural implications behind this are obvious. If you read their report on religion, you can clearly see a bias against Muslims in general, whereas Agnostics are the most well liked among all (Jews being a close second, and Atheists being not that far in third). Men also write back to women far more than the other way around, showing a blatantly obvious gender difference. I bet fat people also get less messages (and are ignored more often).

This is about how people are portrayed in our culture, rather than just racial differences. If anything, it shows we need more sexy black women in the media (I can't think of many of them, while I can sure think of all this white girls most TA's would definitely love to root), and we should stop thinking that every Muslim is out to get some crispy sinning infidels (as this is, fortunately, not the case).

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Originally posted by Lira This is about how people are portrayed in our culture, rather than just racial differences. If anything, it shows we need more sexy black women in the media

Why do you say that? Do you believe media really controls our perceptions of each other that much?

What about the fact that many white men just don't find black women attractive? There is nothing racist about that. Caucasians have an overwhelming majority in most Western countries, so it makes sense that black people would receive less responses to their advertisements. Also, underlying racism present in at least some percentage of people present on dating sites would have an effect here too.

Can your dick be racist? Is it racist if you just aren't attracted to a certain ethnicity?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Can your dick be racist? Is it racist if you just aren't attracted to a certain ethnicity?

Depends on what you mean by racist, in this world full of labels. If you read the comments under that post, you see some people relate "preference" with "discrimination". But, if I like redheads better than brunettes, can you really say this is racism in any sense if they're both white? I for instance, am a sucker for redheads (though I've never dated one )... and the only kind of brunette I find more attractive is what North Americans (not Brits) call Asian. But, even then, I do think my girlfriend is beautiful, and some of my friends are gorgeous, but that doesn't mean everyone gets a free pass.

Now, I've never been attracted to anyone whose skin was much darker than mine... yet, Americans wouldn't say I'm attracted to just one "race". What can one make of it?

edit: Wait, I was attracted to this mulatto girl back in high school... but that's because she was really fit and had enormous breastesses

i think i've been attracted to a total of 2 black men... (one from CSI)

i'm prefencist

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Originally posted by yukii i'm prefencist

What?

read lira's post

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Originally posted by yukii i think i've been attracted to a total of 2 black men... (one from CSI) i'm prefencist

oh the guy with the eyes? he's sexy.


as for my group getting the shaft i can see that. the media doesn't have a history of portraying most black women as being attractive and when black women are portrayed as that they typically aren't all black...think the cosby show, the girls were half, the mother appeared half and the father son and children appeared 100% black. same goes for the fresh prince of bel air, hilary was half the mother at some point was half and the son and young daughter appeared black...the same goes for fashion models up until about 10 years ago. i think the perception has changed a bit but i definitely agree with lira that the media does affect our perceptions of each other.

anyhow i've got dark skin and i've never felt i've gotten the shaft because of being black but on the other hand i'm not ugly and have an awesome rack :P

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Originally posted by chimera66 oh the guy with the eyes? he's sexy. as for my group getting the shaft i can see that. the media doesn't have a history of portraying most black women as being attractive and when black women are portrayed as that they typically aren't all black...think the cosby show, the girls were half, the mother appeared half and the father son and children appeared 100% black. same goes for the fresh prince of bel air, hilary was half the mother at some point was half and the son and young daughter appeared black...the same goes for fashion models up until about 10 years ago. i think the perception has changed a bit but i definitely agree with lira that the media does affect our perceptions of each other. anyhow i've got dark skin and i've never felt i've gotten the shaft because of being black but on the other hand i'm not ugly and have an awesome rack :P

WTF I always assumed you were a white dude!

Damn internets.

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Originally posted by astroboy WTF I always assumed you were a white dude! Damn internets.

no, i'm black and female. although my interests aren't typical of what most would think a black woman would like...i think the russian stuff threw you off

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Originally posted by chimera66 no, i'm black and female. although my interests aren't typical of what most would think a black woman would like...i think the russian stuff threw you off

what? you don't like to read Jet magazine while eating fried chicken and getting your nails done while chewing some 5 hour old bubble gum and start calling everyone "girlllllllll" ? j/k

no

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Originally posted by chimera66 oh the guy with the eyes? he's sexy.

Actually she was talking about the guy without eyes.

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Originally posted by chimera66 no, i'm black and female. although my interests aren't typical of what most would think a black woman would like

Black people aren't as common round these parts so my only stereotype is that they all have perky asses.

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Originally posted by chimera66 oh the guy with the eyes? he's sexy.

yes ma'am

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Originally posted by chimera66 no, i'm black and female

chocolate sexy mama?

Maybe black women tend to have atrocious grammar?

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2...-first-message/

You can't control for every other variable; therefore, you can't draw any conclusion about whether it is race per se that is affecting response rates.

The data are amusing, though...

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Originally posted by jennypie Bas said he would have sex with Rupaul.

What!?! I told you I don't like dark meat. You fuckin liar

Domesticated is right, you're not funny at all!

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