“Racial Dating Preferences and Sexual Racism” by koreindian
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Note: This is a linkpost from my personal substack. This is on a culture war topic, which is not normally the focus of my blogging. Rationalist friends suggested that this post might be interesting and surprising to LW readers.
** Summary**
People widely exclude romantic and sexual partners on the basis of race. This is claimed not to be racism by those who have these attitudes, but it is.
Certain groups, such as Black women and Asian men, are highly excluded by all other groups. These cases also exhibit within-race asymmetries in racial preferences across gender:
Black women exhibit the highest endophilia (i.e. they most desire to date within race), but this is strongly not reciprocated by Black men.
Asian women exhibit the highest endophobia (i.e. they most refuse to date within race), but this is strongly not reciprocated by Asian men.
These within-race asymmetries are so strong [...]
Outline:
(00:25) Summary
(08:09) Empirical Literature
(21:31) On The Streets of The Culture War
(36:06) Addendum 1: More Resources on Racial Dating Preferences
(37:47) Addendum 2: Q&A
(53:56) Addendum 3: Giving Objective Attractiveness Theories Their Due
First published: June 23rd, 2025
Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bp6K5JkmjtytofAT2/racial-dating-preferences-and-sexual-racism)
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