> At times, online dating as a black woman has been extraordinarily painful. I have desperately wished my friends and peers would more actively and deeply explore how profoundly this disparity in opportunity affects my life and those of millions of others — not to mention how it holds us all back from more equitable and enjoyable dating experiences.
> What if online dating sites called on all users to consider what it means to be a black woman or an Asian man while swiping and messaging? How would behaviors change if people were forced to recognize that you are consistently being rejected, not because of who you are but because of your race?
I'm curious if the author actively and deeply explores the profound disparity of opportunity suffered by others (men, mostly) who can't get a date, ever (as in literally their entire life), for reasons other than race.
> What if online dating sites called on all users to consider what it means to be a black woman or an Asian man while swiping and messaging? How would behaviors change if people were forced to recognize that you are consistently being rejected, not because of who you are but because of your race?
I wonder if this would add to the friction that online dating is attempting to remove? That is to say, would there always be a market for a service lacking the 'feature' of calling on users to consider the meaning of being a black woman. Since presumably the users of a dating site are there to online date.
> What if online dating sites called on all users to consider what it means to be a black woman or an Asian man while swiping and messaging? How would behaviors change if people were forced to recognize that you are consistently being rejected, not because of who you are but because of your race?
I'm curious if the author actively and deeply explores the profound disparity of opportunity suffered by others (men, mostly) who can't get a date, ever (as in literally their entire life), for reasons other than race.