Perspectives of Interracial Dating at a Predominantly White University

Schoepflin, Todd

doi:10.1080/02732170902761982

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“…The campus gender imbalance has been identified as a negative factor in the quantity and quality of college-going Black women's romantic experiences [21][22][23]. Schoepflin [8] found that Black women attending PWIs had a limited dating landscape, due to the limited availability of Black men and to the reluctance of White men to date Black women. Currently, romantic relationship homophyly restricts Black female college students' ability to circumvent the sharply unbalanced Black male-female ratio through entering into intercultural relationships [24].…”

Section: Black Students and Intercultural Datingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, college campuses are depicted as places where individuals of many different racial/ethnic, cultural, and religious stripes come together and learn to move beyond assumptions about the 'other', and learn to appreciate people as individuals [7]. However, there is evidence that on college campuses, despite their lofty goals, individuals of different racial/ethnic groups come together and share space (live, eat, attend classes, and participate in extracurricular activities), but often maintain separate social lives [8,9]. The results presented in this study further our understanding of the extent to which Black, Latino/a, and White college students go beyond simply sharing social space to sharing romantic lives.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Intercultural Dating at Predominantly White Universities in the United States: The Maintenance and Crossing of Group Borders

Keels

Harris

2014

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Abstract:The increased representation of minority students on the campuses of predominantly White universities in the United States presents increased opportunities for intercultural contact. Studying dating experiences across racial and ethnic lines has been used to determine the existence of a post-racial America. While most previous research has examined general racial/ethnic and gender differences in intercultural college dating experiences, this study analyzes precollege and college-going friendship diversity and skin tone as factors accounting for romantic distance between racial/ethnic groups among a recent cohort of college students. Hierarchical linear modeling analyses were conducted on a 4-year longitudinal sample of 2804 undergraduate students from 24 colleges and universities. Results confirm that White students continue to be the group most likely to engage in intragroup dating relationships, Latino/a students were the most likely to date interculturally, and that Black men were significantly more likely to date interculturally than Black women. For Black students there were significant within group differences in intercultural dating based on skin tone.

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Section: Black Students and Intercultural Datingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Intercultural Dating at Predominantly White Universities in the United States: The Maintenance and Crossing of Group Borders

Keels

Harris

2014

Societies

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“…Studies on college interracial relationships reveal that typically these individuals have more favorable attitudes toward interracial dating, though experiences and attitudes can vary across ethnic groups (Martin et al, 2000;Schoepflin, 2009). Additionally, research demonstrates that individuals are more likely to date outside their racial group during college when they might be more open-minded and accepting of different ethnicities/races (Levin et al, 2007), making interracial dating relationships more common during young adulthood.…”

Section: Interracial Relationships In Dating and Marital Dyadsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A bioecological view of interracial/same-race couple conflict

MacNeil

Adamsons

2014

International Journal of Conflict Management

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Purpose -The purpose if this study is to examine differences in conflict management strategies, relational satisfaction and social support of individuals in same-race and interracial relationships. Additionally, the authors examined associations between self-reported and observed measures of conflict management strategies. Design/methodology/approach -The current study used Bronfenbrenner's (2005) bioecological theory as an organizing framework. Twenty individuals in interracial and same-race relationships were recruited from a large Northeastern US university. Self-report and observational measures of conflict management strategies were obtained as were individuals' self-reported levels of relational satisfaction and social support. Findings -Results indicated a few differences in conflict management strategies between individuals in same-race and interracial dyads and no differences in social support or satisfaction. Observational measures of conflict management were largely uncorrelated with their corresponding self-report measures.Research limitations/implications -The current sample was small and consisted of students from a predominately White region of the country; thus generalizability and statistical power are limited. However, the results suggest ways interracial and same-race dyads might manage conflict differently as well as how self-reported and observational methods might differ in terms of the results obtained. Originality/value -Interracial couple relationship processes are largely unexplored, but are important to study. The current findings further suggest that self-report and observational methods should be combined to more fully portray the conflict management strategies of individuals in interracial and same-race relationships.

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“…This negative reaction to being in an interracial relationship may actually be greater for majority group members—namely, White Americans—because of the desire to maintain supremacy in terms of group status (Schoepflin, ; Spickard, ). In fact, White Americans experience less support from their community (e.g., friends and family) than do Black individuals (Lewis & Yancey, ; Spickard, ).…”

Section: Interracial Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, White Americans experience less support from their community (e.g., friends and family) than do Black individuals (Lewis & Yancey, ; Spickard, ). Further, Whites (especially White males) display less openness to participating in an interracial relationship than do Blacks (Knox, Zusman, Buffington, & Hemphill, ; Rosenblatt, Karis, & Powell, ; Schoepflin, ).…”

Section: Interracial Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The association between media exposure of interracial relationships and attitudes toward interracial relationships

Lienemann

Stopp

2013

J Applied Social Pyschol

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From an extended contact hypothesis (ECH) framework, mass-media portrayals of interracial relationships may encourage positive attitudes toward such relationships. Caucasian participants (N = 218) indicated examples of media portrayals of BlackWhite interracial relationships, attitudes toward Blacks, attitudes toward interracial relationships, degree of identification with Whites, and the degree to which Blacks are included in self-representations. Supporting our hypotheses, extended contact with Black-White relationships via media portrayals was associated with more positive attitudes toward Blacks and interracial relationships. These relationships were mediated by the degree to which Blacks are included in self-representations. This study furthers understanding of ECH by including representations of dyadic relationships and suggests an avenue for the creation of interventions for improving attitudes toward interracial relationships.

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Perspectives of Interracial Dating at a Predominantly White University

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Intercultural Dating at Predominantly White Universities in the United States: The Maintenance and Crossing of Group Borders

Intercultural Dating at Predominantly White Universities in the United States: The Maintenance and Crossing of Group Borders

A bioecological view of interracial/same-race couple conflict

The association between media exposure of interracial relationships and attitudes toward interracial relationships

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