Ebony and Ivory? Interracial dating intentions and behaviors of disadvantaged African American women in Kentucky |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Kentucky, Department of Sociology, 1515 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;2. University of Kentucky, Department of Sociology, Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, 1531 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506, USA;1. Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong;2. Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong;1. Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, United States;2. Department of Politics, Princeton University, United States;1. Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;2. Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA;3. Guangxi Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, China;4. Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;1. New York University, United States;2. University of California, Berkeley, United States;3. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, United States |
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| Abstract: | Using data from 595 predominantly disadvantaged African American women in Kentucky, this study examines perceptions about racial/ethnic partner availability, cultural mistrust, and racism as correlates of interracial dating intentions and behaviors with both white and Hispanic men. Participants reported levels of dating intentions and behaviors were significantly higher with whites than Hispanics. The multivariate models indicate less cultural mistrust and believing it is easier to find a man of that racial/ethnic category were associated with higher interracial dating intentions. Women were more likely to have dated a white man if they believed it was easier to find a white man and had interracial dating intentions; however, interracial dating intentions was the only significant correlate of having dated a Hispanic man. Findings suggest a shrinking social distance between racial groups, broadening the MMPI for African American women; yet, the low levels of interracial relationships are likely driven by preferences of men. |
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| Keywords: | Interracial relationships African American women Male Marriageable Pool Index Perceptions about partner availability Cultural mistrust Racism |
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