The goal of the current research was to examine patterns in racial dating preferences.
Specifically, we tested between three hypotheses that drew from different theoretical …

As the US has become increasingly diverse, it might be expected that attitudes toward racial
groups other than ones' own should be improving. Interracial romantic relationships are the …

Racial preferences are sometimes encountered in the sphere of dating, romance, and sex.
Using an experimental design, 100 White American participants and 100 American …

Abstract The United States is a rapidly diversifying country with ethnic minorities comprising
over a quarter of the US population. By the year 2050, over half of the United States will be …

Asian American women's racialized dating choices have drawn widespread attention both in
academic and public spheres. However, little empirical research has examined racially …

Two indicators of race relations in the United States are interracial marriage and transracial
adoption. We examine the salience of race in the romantic involvements of Korean …

Studying interracial romance has been useful for understanding general race relations.
Theories of African American alienation and social dominance orientation help explain why …

Online dating patterns and behaviors have been extensively studied, revealing that people
are more likely to open the dating profiles of potential partners that are of the same ethnic …

Interethnic romantic relationships are widely seen as a strong indicator of a well-integrated
society. However, racial bias may still be evident in the tendency to engage in casual sex …

What explains the relative persistence of same-race romantic relationships? One possible
explanation is structural--this phenomenon could reflect the fact that social interactions are …