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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

How Sexual Racism Affects Online Dating | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

We all have preferences when choosing who to date, but when do they cross the line into sexual racism? Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng, UMass Amherst sociology professor and associate dean, Jennifer Lundquist, and “Dates & Mates” podcast host, Damona Hoffman join Roy Wood Jr. to discuss how dating apps amplify users’ racial biases and how this impacts those looking for love online.   Original air date: May 31, 2022 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.9

Welcome to Beyond the Scenes. This is the podcast that goes deeper into segments and topics that

0:48.0

already aired on the Daily Show. This is what you think these think of as podcasts.

0:52.0

All right, so Beyond the Scenes is like when you were a kid and you went to the movie theaters,

0:57.0

right? You know, we all snuck in a movie and then you sneak in one movie and then after your

1:01.3

first movie, you sneak into another movie for a bonus double feature. So now you get to watch

1:05.9

and see no man and sister act all in one day while eating snacks you brought from home because

1:10.4

you only had enough money for one movie ticket. So yeah, that's what this podcast is like. I'm

1:16.8

Roy Wood Jr. Today we are talking about a piece that aired originally in 2016 about online dating

1:22.9

and sexual racism and when dating preferences became a form of discrimination.

1:30.8

As people of color, a lot of our problems stem from racism and now minorities that are having

1:35.8

trouble getting laid are blaming their lack of game on something called sexual racism.

1:43.3

We sat down with very sexy crybaby Zack Stafford who says that most people trying to smash

1:48.8

on online dating platforms are sexually racist. When someone says something like, you know,

1:54.3

I don't date black people. I'm talking about all black people that would be referred to as sexual

1:58.7

racism. How is not dating someone because of a skin color? Any different to not want to date someone

2:03.2

because they're not attracted to them? Not wanting to date someone because of skin color. That's

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