The ladies discuss whether the ethnicity filter on dating apps is a blessing or a curse, how important a person’s race is when it comes to dating, and where the line is between preference, discrimination, and exotic objectification based on race when online dating. 

Links mentioned in this episode

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/dating-apps-grindr-ethnicity-filters-1047047/

(Article – Why Dating Apps Are Racist AF — With or Without Ethnicity Filters – Lester Fabian Brathwaite for Rolling Stone)

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/09/redesign-dating-apps-lessen-racial-bias-study-recommends

(Article – Redesign dating apps to lessen racial bias, study recommends – Melanie Lefkowitz for Cornell Chronicle)

https://www.stylist.co.uk/opinion/hinge-dating-apps-black-women-ethnic-bias-filters/415937

(Article – Online dating: “Why race filters create a safer experience for Black women on dating apps” – Habiba Katsha for Stylist)  

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/racial-bias-dating-apps

(Article – Are the algorithms that power dating apps racially biased? – Thomas McMullen for Wired)

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/race-filters-dating-apps-coded-compliments-explained-bame-users-492497

(Article – ‘Race filters’ on apps and coded compliments make online dating hard for people of colour – Maighna Nanu for iNews)

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/07/it-racist-have-preference-whom-you-date

(Article – Is it racist to have a preference in whom you date? – Iman Amrani for New Statesman)

https://www.slayinyourlane.com/

(Book* – Slay In Your Lane – Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené)

https://www.stephanieyeboah.com/e-guide

(Book* – Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life – Stephanie Yeboah) 

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