DATING

• According to a new study by UCI researchers, a lot of online daters single out specific races to date -- and these choices often reflect negative cultural stereotypes about black women and Asian men.


• The data, which was collected from Yahoo! Personals users in 2004-05, shows that white men tend to look for Asian and Latino dating partners over African-Americans, while white women often exclude Asian males.


• Attraction and chemistry play a huge role in whether or not two people are compatible, and it's definitely possible that someone just isn't attracted to a specific characteristic shared by a large population of a certain race. But, at what point does who you're willing to date say something bad about you?


• More information here

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