Why do black women and asian men rarely date outside their race?
Because the American society do not give them the opportunities to date outside their race. UC Irvine study on interracial dating: White men are more likely to exclude black women, white women are more likely to exclude Asian men If a study by UC Irvine sociologists is any indication, the cross-cultural revolution is not going to be launched on the internet dating scene, where people often follow racial stereotypes when looking for love. Cynthia Feliciano and Belinda Robnett collected data from Yahoo personals between September 2004 and May 2005, randomly selecting profiles of people ages 18-50 in the Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Atlanta metropolitan regions. While white men were more open to dating outside their race than white women, both had specific racial preferences. White men preferred Asian and Latino dating partners to African Americans; white women were more likely to exclude Asian men. “Internet dating offers a unique lens through which to understand the process of sel
I’ve read a few times that Asian culture is slightly more tolerant of the women rather than the men marrying outside the race. The explanation included something about the surviving dowry system which makes girl children a ‘burden’. So, as long as she marries someone economically viable – that burden is lessened and plus – the outside culture will not require a dowry. As for black women, reports and studies claim that so many black women fear the ways in which we are viewed that we’re less willing to risk attaching ourselves to men outside the race. Esp. since we don’t have to go far to see examples of men willing to sleep with women they would never publicly acknowledge much less marry.
