Most approve of interracial relationships…but don’t count the Asians
JC
The Gallup Poll published their findings from their annual Minority Rights and Relations poll. Part of the survey questioned Americans on how they feel about interracial relationships — specifically between blacks and whites. Not surprisingly, they didn’t bother to survey people’s attitudes on any other couple configurations! :| Next, they surveyed people on their own dating trends. Apparently, Asians and Native Americans (if we are going by the usual 5 category “racial” breakdown) are not important enough to figure into any of this. The survey asked white, latino and black correspondents whether or not they had ever dated other races, including Asian, interestingly enough. But then Asians were not included in the questioning at all. Strange to say the least.
The survey shows that the *least* dated group consists of Asian men and women, which is also strange since Census 2000 numbers show that Asians out-marry *way* more than any other group. This survey also uses interesting language. Because correspondents were surveyed over the phone, it implies that perhaps some weren’t comfortable *saying* they had dated others (e.g. “Black men are significantly more likely to say they have dated a nonblack than are black women…”)…the whole “more likely to say” implies that perhaps some people have interracially dated but felt too ashamed to admit it?! So…I wouldn’t take this as the gospel truth. Gallup, get your stuff together!
tony wrote:
Interesting to see how high hispanic interracial dating is.
I wonder why?
Posted 10 Oct 2005 at 5:05 am ¶
Lyonside wrote:
Hunh. My first guesses (my husband is Latino, I’m not) are:
1. Latinos often live/work in mixed communities or (in my husband’s case) are in majority non-Latino areas. So there is more opportunity for mixed dating.
2. The question included racial and ETHNIC group: There are many, say, Puerto Ricans who would consider Guatamalan a different ethnic group (and rightly so), and therefore answer “yes” to the gallup poll.
Posted 10 Oct 2005 at 8:47 am ¶
Anonymous wrote:
cuz they’re spicy, hola!
jk
Posted 10 Oct 2005 at 9:11 am ¶
HB wrote:
I don’t have a problem with black men dating white or any other non-black women. What I do have a problem with is black men using excuses for dating outside their race… using black women as a staple of “bad breading” and making that as an excuse to justify their reasoning for dating outside their race. If you like that then so be it but don’t blame me by saying “black women are too strong, money digging, etc” those same attributes run in “All” women.
Posted 19 Oct 2005 at 10:52 am ¶
Greg Presley wrote:
Unfortunately, that is the farthest thing from the truth. I wrote a book seven years ago, based on interracial dating. I interviewed 200 African-Americans (100 black men,100 black women) for this book, but one female’s opinion stood out above the rest. One of the questions on the questionaire was: Why do you believe black men date outside their race at such a high rate? I will never forget this girl’s answer. This one particular African-American female stated very proudly: “Black men date outside their race because we aint goan do a damn thing for yawl a$$, but white girls will bend over backwards to help yawl out!” Normally, I wouldn’t interject my personal opinions after an interview, but I was compelled to verbally express my total agreement. I openly told her after the interview was over, “Mam, you are absolutely correct, that’s exactly why”.
Posted 20 Oct 2005 at 1:42 am ¶
HB wrote:
What a negative view?!!! How can you take 100 black women and only express an agreement with one? Her statement seems to be very ignorant. Those are not the type of black women that surround me. The black women that I know are intelligent, kind, understanding, patient, helpful & positive towards the black men in their lives. I would also like to note that it may appear that white women will “bend over backwards” but that is just submission. It is a difference between doing anything your man says to succeed and constructive criticism when needed. I’m sure that these white women would not look twice at the “broke black brother” but when his income rises, then he is worth dating. Any woman would want to choose a man that they felt would be successful. What woman in her right mind wouldn’t? To say that this trait is only portrayed in Black Woman is a FLAT OUT LIE & is a POOR excuse for black men to isolate black woman in their quest for companionship.
Posted 20 Oct 2005 at 11:45 am ¶
ABW wrote:
Some Black men are still on that “mixed pretty baby” crap.
Posted 20 Oct 2005 at 11:47 am ¶
monkeylumps wrote:
And Black women aren’t? I know Black women who say they don’t care about that stuff but they’re pleased when their children come out slightly lighter than themselves, or have long hair or green eyes.
And for the record, those are stereotypes about white women. Don’t mistake kindness for weakness. I know decent White women who won’t put up with crap from anyone.
Posted 22 Oct 2005 at 12:34 am ¶
ABW wrote:
I understand that monkeylumps. But where do you draw the line on Constructive Criticism. I feel that when black women use it, their too strong but when White women use it, there helping their man. Is it not the same?
Posted 26 Oct 2005 at 12:33 pm ¶
Orca Winfrey wrote:
“Black men date outside their race because we aint goan do a damn thing for yawl a$$, but white girls will bend over backwards to help yawl out!”
Lol, and what about the other 99 responses that you ignored? Fact is, that one “stood out” to you, because that’s the perfect excuse you were looking to hear to justify your self-hating Barbie doll fetish.
It’s like when you buy a new blue truck and suddenly start noticing blue trucks like yours everywhere. People tend to only see what they’re already looking for…
Posted 15 Nov 2005 at 9:34 am ¶
Shanda Smalls wrote:
Hmm, well I can say I have personally heard from friends and clients I work with claim the reason they date White women is becasue they are push overs, doormats, and kiss their asses bascially. Now, of course I don’t beleive all White women are this way, or think all Black men date them b/c of that… but that sterotype does rear it’s head quite often… and we all know sterotypes are rooted in some sort of truth.
I personally have seen the Asian male and Black woman dating paring go up tremendously as both groups seemed to be left disportionatly by their counterparts. I myself have dated Asian men (Chinese, East Indian, Korean, Flip, and Vietamese.) My current by/fiancee’ is 1/2 Korean… I say our couple-ton is on the fast track =-)
Posted 13 Mar 2006 at 8:29 pm ¶