Comments on: How Your Race Affects The Messages You Get http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/ The Official Blog of OkCupid.com Wed, 24 Sep 2014 13:49:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.9 By: Caro http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-32/#comment-34691 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:57:44 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34691 As a Canadian born Asian woman….I have no attraction to other Asian men and honestly, prefer white males. Why? I think it’s cultural difference – being Canadian born, English is my first language and I’ve grown up very liberal. All the Asian men I’ve met are not liberal. They’re conservative and they’re looking for a house wife to pump out children. Not me. No way. I find it’s easier for me to be in a relationship with a white male because there’s less pressure of being forced to get married, of meeting family, etc, which I don’t want! In the past, I actually was attracted to Asian men more than white men in the past but after getting to know them and realizing their interests don’t lie with mine…*shrugs* And I find that Asian men are just too effeminate, more effeminate than I am sometimes! I’m a very tough chick and I want a man who can handle my crass humour and open-mindedness. Just my two cents…

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By: QuestionsQuestionsQuestions http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-32/#comment-34689 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:25:49 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34689 Just looking at the last chart, the population numbers would be a much more interesting comparison than percentages. Whites, both male and female, vastly outnumber the other races that responded to that question. I would posit that the vast differences in populations could skew the responses in some way, be it positively or negatively. Perhaps they should put forth charts with the true numbers next to the percentages? I think there are some holes/further ideas that need to be explored before definitive answers and judgements can be made.

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By: satan http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-32/#comment-34683 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:30:19 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34683 lol at all the racist. get over it white women don’t have to date/fuck you.
if that makes them racist, so what! there is nothing you can do about it.
that is the way of the world.

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By: The Voice of Reason http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-32/#comment-34677 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:39:39 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34677 smh….

I could write a fucking library about why this is and why it happened and why its fucked up, but what we can take away from this is. The white media has ruined all the other races. Everyone who isn’t white hates themselves and everyone has been taught to worship white. This is very, very, VERY sad and disheartening. Major props to the Black women out there because y’all can’t seem to catch a break…

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By: Asian Guy to Asian Guy http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-32/#comment-34673 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:37:37 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34673 “So what if Whites are most preferred? This isn’t some popularity contest.”
Actually, this is science

” Anyone who blames race or color for not being able to find love is pathetic.”
True, but to ignore the fact that race plays a big role in initial attraction is ignorant.

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By: Greg http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-31/#comment-34664 Tue, 31 May 2011 03:38:13 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34664 What about male-male and female-female stats?

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By: Asian Guy Again http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-31/#comment-34652 Sun, 29 May 2011 19:08:59 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34652 So what if Whites are most preferred? This isn’t some popularity contest. Anyone who blames race or color for not being able to find love is pathetic.

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By: Asian Guy http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-31/#comment-34651 Sun, 29 May 2011 19:00:51 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34651 Now I know why I haven’t been getting replies… It’s cause I’m an Asian guy and we have no eyes!! *cries* Oh wait, how do I cry with no eyes!!?!? *pouts*

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By: What is your "type"? http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-31/#comment-34626 Fri, 27 May 2011 14:56:43 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34626 “The takeaway here is that although race shouldn’t matter in messaging, it does. A lot.”

Of course race matters. It’s like hair color or eye color. Do you like blonde haired people or black haired people? Do you like green eyes or brown eyes? Do you like short or tall people? Do you like older people or younger people?

It’s all about what your type is and what you are attracted to. The people calling other people racists need to mentally evaluated and then sent to a mental institution.

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By: Wow! http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/comment-page-31/#comment-34545 Tue, 24 May 2011 02:41:24 +0000 http://blog.okcupid.com/?p=818#comment-34545 As an educated Black woman who was educated and is now currently living and working in a predominantly middle to upper middle class (and yes white) environment since HS, I’ve often questioned my perception of the preference many (not all) viable/attractive Black men sharing this environment with me, seem to have for women NOT of our race. This article only confirms this very perception. I’m honestly still REELING on the finding that Black men, out of EVERY group listed had the least interest in dating someone of their skin color/ racial background! Not that I’m against dating outside my race. Shit, my last boyfriend I met on OKCupid was White and Japanese! However, in agreement with another comment made earlier, I do believe its normal for people to prefer their own. Unfortunately, in the case of Black women in a similar environment/life situation as mine this option doesn’t seem to be as easily accessible based on an observation that I’ve been making since I started prep school at 13 confirmed by these findings! This has got to be linked to why so many Black women have such a hard time finding partners and building families, as statistically proven so many times through various sociological studies. Not to say Black men not generally preferring Black women in this study is the sole reason for this, but it definitely doesn’t help! I guess that’s why I’m here on OkCupid :)

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