white man / black woman couples

[Printer Bandit]

why don't you see couples where the man is white and woman is black?

is there something wrong or unattractive about black women?

 

[TheMantis]

Yes.

Just kidding. It is the same in my part of the world - plenty of white chicks with black dudes but hardly any the other way around.

 

[SunnyD]

/lawnchair & a lurker. This thread should be fun!

 

[SheHateMe]

Example:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2295457&highlight=racist


Ive seen a few white male, black female couples before. I know two couples personally, both white males with black females. Both couples either have kids already or are expecting one.

 

[brainhulk]

White boys can't hump

 

[dave_the_nerd]

It's a growing demographic. *shrug*

There are lots of reasons for it being less common; cultural, racial, economic, you name it.

In the end, it all adds up to people finding each other and being happy, hopefully.

 

[TheMantis]

/lawnchair & a lurker. This thread should be fun!

Come on man, I've made two posts in less than a day now. Give me another six years and I'll have 20 posts.

 

[QueBert]

why don't you see couples where the man is white and woman is black?

is there something wrong or unattractive about black women?

The reason is many black females are just not very attracted to white males. Another reason is the cultural differences.

 

[MiniDoom]

 

[brainhulk]

 

[darkxshade]

Isn't there generally a lack of interest in black women across the board and not just white guys? There's like an okcupid trend/statistical analysis of it from a while back.

 

[CPA]

What's more rare is white female/asian male, but I can understand why.

 

[QueBert]

Isn't there generally a lack of interest in black women across the board and not just white guys? There's like an okcupid trend/statistical analysis of it from a while back.

The numbers from that study showed I believe a less than 2% difference in which races white men contacted on okcupid. It was like 65/66% or something. Another study done online said black females were the most contacted by non black males.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

david bowie, robert deniro, bradley cooper, paul ryan, roger ebert, geroge lucas, justin chambers (dude from greys anatomy), senator bill cohen, boris becker and bill maher are known black chick mongers, so the op isnt alone. apparently thats called "swirlin'"

 

[KeithTalent]

No idea. All I know is I love good looking ladies of any race, colour or creed. I imagine it's more the opposite though, the ladies not caring much for white guys.

Of course I am reminded of the Louis CK sketch where he tries to ask out the checkout lady. Very amusing.

KT

 

[swanysto]

It's a growing demographic. *shrug*

There are lots of reasons for it being less common; cultural, racial, economic, you name it.

In the end, it all adds up to people finding each other and being happy, hopefully.

Exactly.

 

[OverVolt]

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/

That.

 

[darkxshade]

The numbers from that study showed I believe a less than 2% difference in which races white men contacted on okcupid. It was like 65/66% or something. Another study done online said black females were the most contacted by non black males.

I just remember vaguely the gist of it for the ok trend was that black women were the least contacted while being the least discriminatory on who they contacted.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Isn't there generally a lack of interest in black women across the board and not just white guys? There's like an okcupid trend/statistical analysis of it from a while back.

Yeah I thought of the same thing. Found it here:

http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/your-race-affects-whether-people-write-you-back/

Basically, white men get more replies when they initially message women than any other race (i.e., they are the most "in demand") and black women get the fewest replies when they initially message men (they are in the least demand). Black women also are the most likely to respond to an initial message sent by a man of any race, which implies that they're more desperate for matches.

The unusual thing, though, is that white women are the most opposed to dating outside their race, which flies in the face of the "white woman+black man" theory. Black men are the most open to interracial dating, but white women are the least.

 

[QueBert]

I just remember vaguely the gist of it for the ok trend was that black women were the least contacted while being the least discriminatory on who they contacted.

that's just for 1 site though

 

[AstroManLuca]

No idea. All I know is I love good looking ladies of any race, colour or creed. I imagine it's more the opposite though, the ladies not caring much for white guys.

Of course I am reminded of the Louis CK sketch where he tries to ask out the checkout lady. Very amusing.

KT

Funny thing is that the OKCupid study showed that white guys are the most in-demand of all races, while also being the pickiest (having the lowest response rates when contacted by women of all races).

Although it's also important to note that men as a whole are a LOT more likely to respond when a woman hits them up than the other way around. Which isn't at all surprising.

that's just for 1 site though

It's a general trend. There's no reason to believe that things are significantly different on other dating sites. Maybe if there are specialized dating sites for people looking for different-race partners; those would definitely show different results.

It would be interesting to know if pay sites have data like this as well. Since OKCupid is free, it's looking at a very general population. The pay sites are more likely to have only people "serious" about dating others.

 

[Arkaign]

I know one couple personally, they seem pretty happy (White Male/Black Female). Life's too short to worry about race, but for sure environmental/social/cultural forces will tend to influence matchups statistically speaking to favor certain matches while making others less common.

I know one other couple, but it ended badly and was slightly different (Hispanic Male/Black Female), but the guy was just a nutcase, and nutcases exist of every possible 'race' and sex.

 

[Farang]

I'll admit it always comes across to me as the oddest. I tend to re-read the caption, like in the pic of the cop couple posted above.

Don't mean that in a bad way, but for whatever reason I do a double take

 

[GrumpyMan]

Why don't women from Venus like to date men from Mars?

 

[QueBert]

Funny thing is that the OKCupid study showed that white guys are the most in-demand of all races, while also being the pickiest (having the lowest response rates when contacted by women of all races).

Although it's also important to note that men as a whole are a LOT more likely to respond when a woman hits them up than the other way around. Which isn't at all surprising.



It's a general trend. There's no reason to believe that things are significantly different on other dating sites. Maybe if there are specialized dating sites for people looking for different-race partners; those would definitely show different results.

It would be interesting to know if pay sites have data like this as well. Since OKCupid is free, it's looking at a very general population. The pay sites are more likely to have only people "serious" about dating others.

OKcupid's a free site, where god knows how many of the profiles aren't even an actual person. I had a friend on there, and probably close to half the men who sent her messages were bots. Mind you she got about 75 messages in the months she was on there. I want to see numbers from a pay site where every member is more than likely an actual person.