I know it doesn’t really matter who one dates. You can’t help who you fall in love with right? That the race of our prospective mates doesn’t matter. But is it really this simple? One thing I have noticed on most dating sites is that most interracial daters spend their every waking moment searching for [...]
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Are our interracial attractions all about race and racial stereotypes?
Friday, January 25th, 2013Why black and white interracial love aint an issue in Paris
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013Apparently, in Paris, attitudes towards interracial love aren’t the same as in the U.S. If anything, there are plenty of Black and white couples; as many as there are hair weaves on women says Ebony‘s arts and culture editor , Miles Marshall Lewis, as he looks back on his recent visit to Paris. In a [...]
Interracial dating: We lost another one to the others
Friday, January 11th, 2013
“…some of the black men… that applaud and encourage ALL interracial and NONDATING of black women think he’s a GREAT ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG BLACK BOYS! Show them they can be standup guys, highly educated, smart and educated and that if their “romantic preference” is someone that DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THEIR MOTHER, SISTER OR [...]
Do interracial couples have it easier in Africa?
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Just like anywhere else, stereotypes about interracial relationships gain credence when people are asked to generalize. Whether you are an African man or woman in an interracial relationship, generalizations about your motives will be formed. For instance, if you are a woman, you are a wh*** or gold digger; if you are a man, you [...]
Prejudices drop as Britain’s mixed race population hits over 1 mill
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
If you are mixed race in Britain, then you are among the fastest growing group of people and the largest ethnic group among those 16 years and below. As per the 2011 census data, this group which is born to parents in interracial relationships has a population of over 1 million. Much as this seems [...]
Are we more comfortable with gay couples than with interracial couples?
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Interracial relationships are more than same sex ones. That’s a fact. But as Alissa Henry noticed, same-sex couples seem to be enjoying a “disproportionately large amount of representation” on TV than interracial couples. In her words, “interracial couples are relatively nonexistent”. Anyone pick up on that? Apparently, much as there has been a major rise [...]
Question of the Week: “How Do I Approach Black Women?”
Monday, December 17th, 2012Do you date interracially because your race is less masculine/feminine for you?
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Racial stereotypes continue to affect the Americans in all sectors of life – and dating hasn’t been left out. A recent study dubbed “Gendered Race”, which examines the connection between race and gender, shows how stereotypes can affect both the personal and professional choices we make in our lives. So what is this “Gendered Race” [...]
Dating white men raises one’s standards?
Saturday, November 10th, 2012Another black-white dating assumption: Freedom Riders!
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012Assumptions about why people date interracially never cease to leave me dumbfounded. On Fox and Friends, author Ann Coulter expressed her thoughts on her fellow political commentators, Lawrence O’Donnell and Bill Maher saying they think they are “Freedom Riders” because they are White men who date Black women. Whether she said it on a light [...]




