'Love Island' revives conversation about racial bias in dating

[RamsayBolton]

'Love Island' revives conversation about racial bias in dating

Fans and contestants say their concerns about Black women's representation on the show reflect a real-world biases against Black women.

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"The diversity in the U.K. one is terrible," said Oghosa Ovienrioba, a content creator from London. "It's very anti-Black."

It's not simply that Black women are picked last for coupling or eliminated first on the U.K. or U.S. versions of the show. Many fans say there's a recurring theme of suitors dumping or ditching Black female contestants when there is a fairer skinned option. Black female contestants have also complained of not doing well on the show when they don't lower their standards for intimacy with a suitor, as though they are lucky to even been considered dating material among more desirable mates.

'Love Island' U.K. irks fans over treatment of Black women​

In the U.K. version, fans have counted multiple instances where Black female contestants were left as the last choice when couples were picked, or they were first to get eliminated and dumped from the villa. Many have also noted that it took eleven seasons before a darker-complexioned Black woman was declared the winner.

Now in its 12th season, "Love Island" U.K. is still dogged by allegations of male contestants' bias against Black women. After 23-year-old Alima Gagigo, a Black woman, chose to couple up with 26-year-old Blu Chegini, a white man, he said, "I'll be honest, on paper, you're not my type."

Gagigo responded, "Of course," as if those were words she was not surprised to hear.

But contestants' racial preferences, whether real or simply perceived by fans of the show, can't be seen as objective truth about who is or is not desirable in the world, said Alexandria Beightol, host of the podcast "Apathy Is Not An Option" at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights and legal advocacy nonprofit.

"You recognizing you have a type should also be you recognizing you are a product of a lot of mass media," Beightol said.

 

[WaveGang]

Source?

 

[In The Zone '98]

Y'all told me interracial dating was a pressing issue and was gonna take over the world

 

[jay83]

Theses chicks want a white man so bad. You can’t guilt a man into being in to you.

 

[UnQuantized]

What they really means is "why won't white men make me their first choice?"

 

[Ohene]

If you go on hinge, you will notice that a lot of black women dont even put "black" as their race.

I will have black women as a deal breaker and itll say there are no women left in my area. As soon as I uncheck dealbreaker, new black women start popping up sporadically. It's actually pitiful. Why the hell would you want to entertain men who are deliberately filtering you out on a dating app?

I wonder if other races and men do shyt like this

Other than white men, no race is really that desired by every other race on a grand scale...not sure why black women think they should have that kinda privilege. It's delusional at best.

 

[Voice of Reason]

If you go on hinge, you will notice that a lot of black women dont even put "black" as their race.

I will have black women as a deal breaker and itll say there are no women left in my area. As soon as I uncheck dealbreaker, new black women start popping up sporadically. It's actually pitiful. Why the hell would you want to entertain men who are deliberately filtering you out on a dating app?

I wonder if other races and men do shyt like this

Other than white men, no race is really that desired by every other race on a grand scale...not sure why black women think they should have that kinda privilege. It's delusional at best.

You are a tether but you are very logical. Black men get filtered out probably the most due to stereotypes yet we dont complain. And I have noticed that black women will put Hispanic on hinge a lot.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Stop begging other groups of people to find you attractive, it's extremely weak and embarrassing. Its even worse if you are the woman doing it because it's "supposed to be" the man going after the woman generally speaking.

Also that trend of black interviewers asking non black people if they would date a black person also needs to stop. Funny how you rarely if ever see non black people asking black people if they would date a non black person, it's just automatically assumed we would .

 

[RamsayBolton]

Source?

its right in the post, above the picture

 

[BaggerofTea]

The brothers in the above mosts summed up my feelings on the matter


Becareful who you impregnate brehs

Just got done with dealing with this reformed wench who wrote a report on why Thomas Jefferson was racist and was telling me how she dated an "undercover" racist cac as well as another cac who ran her pockets dry.


These weak minded, simple simon females are EVERYWHERE


You better be scrutinizing the fukk out of any black woman who has dealt with cacs previously

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[DonB90]

So the group that chastises Black men for traveling abroad to be fetishized want to be fetishized.

Interesting

 

[Savvir]

You are a tether but you are very logical. Black men get filtered out probably the most due to stereotypes yet we dont complain. And I have noticed that black women will put Hispanic on hinge a lot.

1. Black women get filtered out the most. There was public dating app stats that showed this.

2. In my personal experience, I was eating good across all races on hinge

 

[UpNext]

Y'all not gonna get people to change their dating preferences by finger wagging. Finger wag at the women making asses outta themselves by continuing to go on these shows to get played to the left

 

[Amo Husserl]

you love the devil because he gives you nothing