Dating Site For White People Only

[Smart_Guy]

Those are often white people too.

Hey, that's racist!

... err... is it?

 

[Revoltingest]

Hey, that's racist!

... err... is it?

It is.
Because white people are racist.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

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Interesting. Any thoughts, like racist perhaps?

Racist? No.

Silly? Yes.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I don't find it racist. As others have said there are other sites exclusively for those of other races so I don't see the difference. People are attracted to different things physically and who is anyone to say it is wrong for a person to feel they are solely attracted to those of the same race? Some of us may find it strange or that they are missing out on meeting certain other people, but we all have to admit, we all have our "types". just because some of us aren't as concerned with skin color doesn't mean that we don't have body types, or hair colors, or so on that we do and do not care for. We break people down into all kinds of things when it comes to attraction, both physically and mentally. I wouldn't be surprised if there were dating sites for Liberals, Conservatives, vegetarians, athletes, comic book fans, bibliophiles (one I may have used in my single days), Trekkies, and more.

But there's a difference between race and those other factors. Vegetarians have never been lynched for being vegetarians. Bibliophiles haven't been made to sit at the back of the bus. #athleteslivesmatter isn't a thing.

There's still an in-group/out-group dynamic in American society, and creating a service that not only caters to the in-group but seems to be aimed at preserving the divide between the in-group and out-group implicitly endorses the in-group/out-group dynamic in a way that a similar service for an out-group wouldn't do.

So there's that side of it. How big a deal this is to people probably depends on how big a deal they think racism is in the US right now.

 

[Revoltingest]

Vegetarians have never been lynched for being vegetarians. Bibliophiles haven't been made to sit at the back of the bus. #athleteslivesmatter isn't a thing.

So dating sites for black folk only is because they're still lynched, or have to sit at the back of the bus?
Thus, they need separate dating sites to avoid white folk?
Or do they need such sites to ensure racial purity?
Nah....I think people just have their romantic preferences, & think this is the way to go.

 

[MysticSang'ha]

But there's a difference between race and those other factors. Vegetarians have never been lynched for being vegetarians. Bibliophiles haven't been made to sit at the back of the bus. #athleteslivesmatter isn't a thing.

There's still an in-group/out-group dynamic in American society, and creating a service that not only caters to the in-group but seems to be aimed at preserving the divide between the in-group and out-group implicitly endorses the in-group/out-group dynamic in a way that a similar service for an out-group wouldn't do.

So there's that side of it. How big a deal this is to people probably depends on how big a deal they think racism is in the US right now.

I like dating men and women. Plenty of dating sites on the internet market themselves as only catering to hetero matching. It certainly reinforces heteronormative behaviors but I am hesitant to call them homophobic or biphobic. Maybe I'm missing something.

I call straight dating sites boring. If I want to find a man I'll just come to RF.

I kid, I kid.

 

[Akivah]

A dating site aimed exclusively at one race (whether white, black or anything else) strikes me as distasteful.

Then again, there's a lot about dating sites that strikes me as distasteful.

The sites that I find distasteful are the dating sites for married people.

 

[Revoltingest]

The sites that I find distasteful are the dating sites for married people.

Aye, we should know better than making the same mistake twice.

 

[Akivah]

One could argue that the need for one for Straight Caucasian Americans is extremely superfluous given how we're, you know, over-whelmingly the dominant group in the US.

Does superfluous equate to racist? If so, why aren't other specialty websites also racist?

 

[David1967]

But there's a difference between race and those other factors. Vegetarians have never been lynched for being vegetarians. Bibliophiles haven't been made to sit at the back of the bus. #athleteslivesmatter isn't a thing.

There's still an in-group/out-group dynamic in American society, and creating a service that not only caters to the in-group but seems to be aimed at preserving the divide between the in-group and out-group implicitly endorses the in-group/out-group dynamic in a way that a similar service for an out-group wouldn't do.

So there's that side of it. How big a deal this is to people probably depends on how big a deal they think racism is in the US right now.

I think people get offended way to easily.

 

[Erebus]

The sites that I find distasteful are the dating sites for married people.

Yep, definitely agree with you there.

 

[David1967]

Yep, definitely agree with you there.

I agree. That is a special kind of sleezy.

 

[Twilight Hue]

“It’s our [the site's owner, Sam Russell] right to have this business,” he replied — the “we” presumably referring to white people, generally. “If we want equal rights in this country, it has to be equal rights for everybody.”

“It’s about equal opportunity,” Russell explained. “The last thing in the world I am is racist. I dated a black woman once. I helped raise a young black man … I just believe it’s hypocrisy to say ‘one group can do this, but another can’t.'”

Russell points to his site’s recent traffic as evidence that others agree: More than 100,000 people visited White People Meet on Sunday, and — as of this writing — 1,033 people have registered to browse the site for free. (Russell would not share how many had actually become paying members.) He insists that the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive thus far; it’s the people criticizing him, he says, who don’t truly understand the true nature of race and racism.

White People Meet site link​

Interesting. Any thoughts, like racist perhaps?

I dunno. Like iti oj sez, Any Black, Latino, Asian only dating sites around?

 

[David1967]

I dunno. Any Black, Latino, Asian only dating sites around?

Yes, yes and yes.

 

[David1967]

Personally, I like my women, like I like my coffee..................................................SWEET!

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I like dating men and women. Plenty of dating sites on the internet market themselves as only catering to hetero matching. It certainly reinforces heteronormative behaviors but I am hesitant to call them homophobic or biphobic. Maybe I'm missing something.

I think some of them might just be thoughtless. Some people just don't realize how many gay and bi people are around them. I think that might be the case in some regards with race (e.g. "skin coloured" bandages that are only skin-coloured for white people), but in this case, they're at least conscious enough of other races to deliberately exclude them.

BTW: based on what I've heard about them in the media, I'd come right out and say that I think eHarmony is homophobic.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think people get offended way to easily.

I get offended by people who easily get offended. *Grin*

 

[Revoltingest]

I get offended by people who easily get offended. *Grin*

That's offensive!

 

[David1967]

I get offended by people who easily get offended. *Grin*

And then I get offended at myself for getting offended at people who get easily offended, and,,,,,now I'm offended that I lost my train of thought.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

So dating sites for black folk only is because they're still lynched, or have to sit at the back of the bus?

No. Try reading again, this time for comprehension.