Study suggests Dating Apps can stop "Sexual Racism" because people shouldn't be allowed to date who they like?

[AlTech]

Many people throughout the world date people of their own race such as a white person dating another white person or a black person dating another black person.

This is totally normal and happens quite often.

 

But a Study suggests that Dating Apps can put an end to this "Sexual Racism" and want to encourage users to date outside of their race. Because apparently they think you shouldn't be allowed to date someone of the same race or smh.

 

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Dating applications can allow users to fall into their own racial biases while searching for a partner, a new study says.

But in their study, researchers from schools like Cornell University say the “sexual racism” that plagues apps like Grindr, Tinder and Bumble can be stamped out with a few simple changes. The end goal, the study says, is to promote more diverse pairings on the dating sites.

Jevan Hutson, lead author of the study, said in a press release from Cornell University that “it’s really an unprecedented time for dating and meeting online” — which requires a more thorough look at how we can prevent discrimination on these dating apps.

“More people are using these apps, and they’re critical infrastructures that don’t get a lot of attention when it comes to bias and discrimination,” he said in the press release. “Intimacy is very private, and rightly so, but our private lives have impacts on larger socioeconomic patterns that are systemic.”

 

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Phumlani Kango, from Johannesburg, South Africa, said in an interview with NBC that the racism is prevalent in his country, too.

“What happens in Los Angeles … where you have ‘no fats, no femmes,’ it happens [in South Africa] as well,” he told NBC. “... They will say ‘no rice, no chocolate, no curry’ — which means no Asian, no black and no Indian.”

As noted by the study — which compiled data from prior research — white people are ten times more likely to receive a message from a black person on a dating app than they are to message the black user themselves. That suggests a hierarchy of attention on racial lines.

The study found other examples of inequalty in dating apps, including:

• Asian men and black women have the lowest chance of receiving a message or a response.
• White people of “all ages” prefer to go on dates with other white people.
• College students are most likely to avoid going on dates with black women.

Stephanie Yeboah, a blogger, said that she has experienced racism as a black woman on online dating apps even when people are open to meeting up, according to The Independent. She said that some people ask offensive questions like if they can “get a taste of jungle fever” — and say they want to see if black women are “as aggressive in bed as they’ve heard.”

“Comments such as these are extremely dehumanizing to myself and other black women who are only looking for companionship,” she told The Independent. “It seems to suggest that black women are only good for one thing, and cites back to previous ideologies of black people being compared to primates; as primal and feral, hyper-sexualized creatures. It’s very hurtful.”

 

I really don't even know anymore. "Sexual Racism" is so much BS. This anti-white people discrimination through the proposed changes to dating apps is disgusting.

 

Sources:

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article219361075.html

https://www.karen-levy.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Debiasing_Desire_published.pdf

 

[DVA]

We're all black, when the lights go out. 

[Syntaxvgm]

sexual preferences are something that just are what they are and you can't help that. 

Isn't this what the gay movement had to help people understand? 

[Rupe]

I agree, a good app should try to pair you with those you are most likely to want to go out with. Not attempt to try and get you to date people you have less preference too due to some ideological reason. This doesn't only include race of course but other factors as well.

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, Syntaxvgm said:

sexual preferences are something that just what they are and you can't help that.

^^^^

 

At this point it's some people trying to force diversity into dating just like they're tried to force diversity into other things .

[dtaflorida]

Changes to apps? LOL, it happens IRL with instant friend-zoning.

[AlTech]

Just now, dtaflorida said:

Changes to apps? What changes? I'm at work and can't view the video. 

Basically, the study suggests that Dating Apps should match people of different races and not allow users to be able to set filters. So in effect, the proposed changes would cause users to be matched with who the dating app thinks you should be matched with and not the people who you might be attracted to.

[Shally]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

Basically, the study suggests that Dating Apps should match people of different races and not allow users to be able to set filters. So in effect, the proposed changes would cause users to be matched with who the dating app thinks you should be matched with and not the people who you might be attracted to.

What apps are in question here? Tinder?

[AlTech]

Just now, Shally said:

What apps are in question here? Tinder?

The study recommends that apps like Tinder, Grindr, and basically dating apps in general should do this.

[dtaflorida]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Basically, the study suggests that Dating Apps should match people of different races and not allow users to be able to set filters. So in effect, the proposed changes would cause users to be matched with who the dating app thinks you should be matched with and not the people who you might be attracted to.

I see now, went to the article links. Not a bad idea. I wonder what the statistics are on how many ppl are actually open to this and how many just manually filter by looking at the profile.

[Syntaxvgm]

20 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

^^^^

 

At this point it's some people trying to force diversity into dating just like they're tried to force diversity into other things .

It's ok to try to make people consider someone they may not have looked for, and they might find them attractive. But judging people on who they choose is wrong. You can't be like "I don't prefer black people", especially just randomly out of the blue, but you'll make your choices silently and you should not be judged. 

[AlTech]

Just now, dtaflorida said:

I see now, went to the article links. Not a bad idea.

Matching someone to another person they are probably not interested and actively ignoring what someone is interested in is a good idea?

[Nicnac]

Daily wtf moment

[WereCatf]

15 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

But a Study suggests that Dating Apps can put an end to this "Sexual Racism" and want to encourage users to date outside of their race. Because apparently they think you shouldn't be allowed to date someone of the same race or smh.

The whole "sexual racism" - thing is an obvious load of bollocks, but how about thinking about this from a different angle? Not all, but many/most people are predisposed to only look for people resembling themselves and they wouldn't ever look at someone of a different skin-colour because of this -- it's a very human thing to try and seek for things you are familiar with -- but if they first got to know someone and found themselves interested, could that help broaden their sights once the other person was revealed to be of a different colour? Food for thought.

[GoldenLag]

i think dating apps should show the correct date or age regardless of race, ethics and gender

[AlTech]

Just now, WereCatf said:

The whole "sexual racism" - thing is an obvious load of bollocks, but how about thinking about this from a different angle? Not all, but many/most people are predisposed to only look for people resembling themselves and they wouldn't ever look at someone of a different skin-colour because of this -- it's a very human thing to try and seek for things you are familiar with -- but if they first got to know someone and found themselves interested, could that help broaden their sights once the other person was revealed to be of a different colour? Food for thought.

I'm not saying that people shouldn't be also shown some people outside of their race but the majority of people matched to them should be people who fit what they want. It's fine if a few people outside of whatever filters they specified are shown but blatantly ignoring what the user wants is wrong.

[dtaflorida]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Matching someone to another person they are probably not interested and actively ignoring what someone is interested in is a good idea?

I mean just the removal of the race filter. I'd say it's worth a try, at worst ppl just ignore those matches and look to the next one. It's bound to catch a few more cross racial matches.

 

Hmm but after some thought, I guess if the volume was real big it would be something that could drive a user away to use a service that does allow filtering by race. At first I was just thinking maybe if just a few of matches were not in my interest it wouldn't be too bad, but if it gets overwhelming then I guess that would just drive users away. 

[WereCatf]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

I'm not saying that people shouldn't be also shown some people outside of their race but the majority of people matched to them should be people who fit what they want. It's fine if a few people outside of whatever filters they specified are shown but blatantly ignoring what the user wants is wrong.

I wasn't advocating for ignoring what users want in the first place, so I agree. I would hope you don't read into my post more than I said in it.

[Deus Voltage]

I cringe whenever I see Computing Forever being used as a "credible source". The guy literally believes the "great replacement theory" and nonsense of the like. 

[PCGuy_5960]

This is so stupid

[Okjoek]

inb4lock.

 

Racism is stupid.

All the people who are kept up at night about the "white race" going extinct to scary poor brown people should focus on more serious issues like healthcare, education, protectionism for our jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure with jobs programs, stop drug war, stop endless war in Afghanistan, stop giving Saudis & isrealis weapons and so much more.

 

[Doobeedoo]

Oh look america and "study" in same sentence. 

[WereCatf]

4 minutes ago, dtaflorida said:

I mean just the removal of the race filter. I'd say it's worth a try, at worst ppl just ignore those matches and look to the next one. It's bound to catch a few more cross racial matches.

Perhaps word the option as "I lean more towards [insert skin colour here]", instead of a hard "I only want results of [skin colour]" -- this way the site would have an excuse to drop in the very occasional result who doesn't match the mentioned colour.

[Deus Voltage]

Just now, Okjoek said:

inb4lock.

 

Racism is stupid.

All the people who are kept up at night about the "white race" going extinct to scary poor brown people should focus on more serious issues like healthcare, education, protectionism for our jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure with jobs programs, stop endless war in Afghanistan, stop giving Saudis & isrealis weapons and so much more.

 

This.

 

Rest assured though, the "anti-sjw" movement is dying and losing momentum. 

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, Okjoek said:

Racism is stupid.

Absolutely, but the argument in this "study" -- read "quackery" -- is that being attracted to only certain skin-colours is racism, which....is stupid as well. Not being attracted to everyone isn't racism, so this whole argument isn't really about racism, it's just about someone spouting bullshit and seeking attention.