Comments on: What If There Weren’t So Many White People? http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/ The Official Blog of OkCupid.com Thu, 19 May 2011 02:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Adam's Myth http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-34279 Adam's Myth Sun, 08 May 2011 15:27:58 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-34279 This is meaningless if you don't control for educational choices (level, school location etc), which could explain your results at least as well as does racial preference. But this was funny, especially the photos. And the graphs are awesome. This is meaningless if you don’t control for educational choices (level, school location etc), which could explain your results at least as well as does racial preference.

But this was funny, especially the photos. And the graphs are awesome.

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By: your boy joejoe http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-34239 your boy joejoe Fri, 06 May 2011 03:46:24 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-34239 to the white liberals: for a group that claims they don't care about people's skin color, sure seems to care about people's skin color. i.e. "why are there so many white people on OKC" or "i date outside my own race". don't get me wrong, white conservatives annoy me but white liberals annoy me even more.. to the white liberals: for a group that claims they don’t care about people’s skin color, sure seems to care about people’s skin color. i.e. “why are there so many white people on OKC” or “i date outside my own race”.

don’t get me wrong, white conservatives annoy me but white liberals annoy me even more..

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By: smiley face:) http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-34231 smiley face:) Thu, 05 May 2011 19:03:10 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-34231 i write messages to people based on what i read in their profile, not what race they are. for instance someone may write in their profile "i love to read and discuss scientific topics". so that sends a signal to me to write a well written proper message (vice versa). so i do in fact judge people as an individual and i feel like that is what everyone else does too. why is OKC making everyone guilty by association? let us not be afraid to stand up to OKC and ask questions about their articles claiming guilt by association. i write messages to people based on what i read in their profile, not what race they are. for instance someone may write in their profile “i love to read and discuss scientific topics”. so that sends a signal to me to write a well written proper message (vice versa). so i do in fact judge people as an individual and i feel like that is what everyone else does too.

why is OKC making everyone guilty by association?

let us not be afraid to stand up to OKC and ask questions about their articles claiming guilt by association.

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By: Alex http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-34054 Alex Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:56:15 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-34054 Man that's sobering news. I feel like a freak now because I've dated or been attracted too women of all kinda of ethnic backgrounds. Apparently it's not as common or normal as I thought. How depressing. Man that’s sobering news. I feel like a freak now because I’ve dated or been attracted too women of all kinda of ethnic backgrounds. Apparently it’s not as common or normal as I thought. How depressing.

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By: H2O http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33914 H2O Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:21:07 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33914 I am glad to see OkCupid put out this data and their analysis of it. It is refreshing to see race discussed so openly. I tend to agree with some of their general themes, always noticing that many asians tend to hang out with other asians. But it is not a hard and fast rule, as I know from experience (being non-asian). To the people who get uptight about this article, take a chill pill and realize others (like me) have been dealing with the downside of this shit since we were born. Dating is one place where we just have to face it. FYI, I ain't hatin' nobody, everyone gets a chance to prove the stereotypes wrong with me. Thank you OkCupid. It would be interesting to see more of this type of analysis in the future. I am glad to see OkCupid put out this data and their analysis of it. It is refreshing to see race discussed so openly. I tend to agree with some of their general themes, always noticing that many asians tend to hang out with other asians. But it is not a hard and fast rule, as I know from experience (being non-asian). To the people who get uptight about this article, take a chill pill and realize others (like me) have been dealing with the downside of this shit since we were born. Dating is one place where we just have to face it. FYI, I ain’t hatin’ nobody, everyone gets a chance to prove the stereotypes wrong with me.

Thank you OkCupid. It would be interesting to see more of this type of analysis in the future.

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By: marie http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33837 marie Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:17:50 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33837 @joe- you're obviously a white middle class man. the social impact of race is real, without scientific proof of race as a category. also... gravity is still only a theory. so aren't you so smart. @joe- you’re obviously a white middle class man. the social impact of race is real, without scientific proof of race as a category. also… gravity is still only a theory. so aren’t you so smart.

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By: Stacey http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33628 Stacey Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:53:01 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33628 Wow, a lot of these comments are obnoxious. To the people who thought this article failed to make clarify that the majority of people on the site are white...it totally didn't. You were just too lazy to read the whole article, or did not read it carefully enough. As for the point of this article, I have a black male friend who has a profile on this site, and I'm sure all of these statistics would be interesting to him(if not already common sense), because when people are not happy with something, they like to know -why-. It may be enlightening to some people to know that race has a bit to do with how many messages they are getting. Also...nobody cares if the statistics in this article don't tell YOUR story. The point of statistics is to use a sample to make generalizations about a broad population, -not- predict the future/provide an explanation for -every- individual. If these graphs totally don't make sense to you, then you're probably an exception to all of these statements, and if so...congrats. But your biases don't change the validity of any of these findings. Wow, a lot of these comments are obnoxious. To the people who thought this article failed to make clarify that the majority of people on the site are white…it totally didn’t. You were just too lazy to read the whole article, or did not read it carefully enough. As for the point of this article, I have a black male friend who has a profile on this site, and I’m sure all of these statistics would be interesting to him(if not already common sense), because when people are not happy with something, they like to know -why-. It may be enlightening to some people to know that race has a bit to do with how many messages they are getting. Also…nobody cares if the statistics in this article don’t tell YOUR story. The point of statistics is to use a sample to make generalizations about a broad population, -not- predict the future/provide an explanation for -every- individual. If these graphs totally don’t make sense to you, then you’re probably an exception to all of these statements, and if so…congrats. But your biases don’t change the validity of any of these findings.

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By: Eve http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33562 Eve Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:40:40 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33562 The interesting part is that even black people who message black people and latino people who message latino people lower their reading level. So I don't think users are talking down to black and latino people, I think they're probably just using ebonics. The users aren't racist; your reading-level test is! The interesting part is that even black people who message black people and latino people who message latino people lower their reading level. So I don’t think users are talking down to black and latino people, I think they’re probably just using ebonics. The users aren’t racist; your reading-level test is!

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By: fireblix http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33495 fireblix Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:52:01 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33495 Yeah, I can see that. I'm black, and I usually try to send most of my messages to black people, but given the population of the site, and thus the population of my recommended contacts, most of my messages go off to white users, followed by asians. I don't think I have a particular preference for one race or another, I'd be fine being in a relationship and in the future settling down with a girl of any race really, but I do think that I tend to gravitate more towards black women. Yeah, I can see that. I’m black, and I usually try to send most of my messages to black people, but given the population of the site, and thus the population of my recommended contacts, most of my messages go off to white users, followed by asians.

I don’t think I have a particular preference for one race or another, I’d be fine being in a relationship and in the future settling down with a girl of any race really, but I do think that I tend to gravitate more towards black women.

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By: who http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/what-if-there-were-not-so-many-white-people/comment-page-7/#comment-33400 who Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:13:16 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=10400#comment-33400 who said you fucks could run analyzers on my messages? who said you fucks could run analyzers on my messages?

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