The two questions on separatism ask, first, whether ‘black women should not date white men’ and second, whether ‘black men should not date white women’ Thus, between 3 and 4 of 10 blacks approved of group exclusivity in dating relationships.

Whites Dating Blacks

A small percentage of blacks strongly disagreed with either statement. These results, when viewed in the light of stable and nearly unanimous black support for school integration and no race-based restrictions on housing choice as well as a majority preference for integrated neighborhoods, suggest that many blacks dating personals view integration in neighborhoods and public institutes as compatible with a continued sense of group affiliation and identity.

Blacks Dating Whites

Older blacks are more likely than younger blacks to oppose interracial black dating personals and to support the several symbolic ways of affirming group boundaries. Better educated blacks and those with higher family incomes are less likely than other blacks to oppose interracial dating and the other group symbolic acts.

Dating Joy

Black-white relations in the United States have historically involved black subordination and exclusion from the major social institutions of society.

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