“In some cases they seem to be closely linked to a continuing partiality for lightness or whiteness,” the study notes.īut being lighter skinned is not the whole story.
And when they do respond, skin color still plays a role. “White men and women are still less likely to respond to an individual who identifies as part black and part white than they are to a fellow white,” the authors write.
Called the “dividend effect,” the authors found that three specific combinations were heavily favored in online dating: Asian-white women, Asian-white men, and Hispanic-white men.īut beneath the superficial results that being of mixed race is advantageous remains a more complicated, race-tinged story, write the authors, who note that the study’s results do not suggest a totally even playing field. “The most surprising finding from our study is that some white-minority multiracial daters are, in fact, preferred over white daters,” the authors write in a press release. At first glance, there seems to be a remarkable advantage to being multiracial on the online dating scene.
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