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by colmvp 4302 days ago
Asian men and Black women are similar in that they aren't married out to other races at the same rate as their gender opposites.

Source:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2012/02/sdt-2012-rise-o...

http://imgur.com/V9w2k5m

2 comments

That's because Asians are perceived as feminine, while blacks are seen as masculine. Feminine men and masculine women aren't as attractive as masculine men and feminine women.
I wonder why Black women aren't married out.

I would expect the opposite to be true (Black men not in demand, black women with more options)

> I wonder why Black women aren't married out.

There is in much of Black American culture a significant taboo against Black women marrying (or dating) "out", which I think is significantly influenced by a very long history of black women being viewed as acceptable for casual use, but not marriage, by white men, and the resulting accumulated history of experiences with "dating out". (There are other cultural factors that feed into this, as well.)