“Racial Dating Preferences and Sexual Racism” by koreindian

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 [...]

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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

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First published:

June 23rd, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bp6K5JkmjtytofAT2/racial-dating-preferences-and-sexual-racism

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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