Season 7 Episode 7: Dating as a Black Woman

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Society & Culture, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Yelitsa and Sofaya tell us the struggles of dating as black women in modern times. We discuss racial discrimination in online dating, the judgment formed from extreme stereotypes, and the impact of interracial dating with black men and ones of other races. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The dateable podcast features real stories from real people of how they make modern dating work.
0:06.3	Or not? I'm your host, U.A. former dating coach turned dating insider, if you will.
0:12.8	On each episode, you'll hear commentary from my producer Julie Craftchick
0:16.8	and other surprise co-hosts.
0:19.2	This episode of Datable is brought to you by 500 brunches.
0:22.6	500 brunches connects like-minded people
0:25.2	with similar interests to meet in real life over brunch.
0:28.5	You answer a quick questionnaire
0:29.8	about your interests and how you spend your time,
0:32.4	and then they'll match you in small groups of 6 to 8 at a brunch spot in San Francisco.
0:37.0	Get a free entry into a brunch now by signing up at 500branches.com and using the code Date Able.
0:48.6	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Dateable,
0:51.6	a show all about modern dating. I know we've talked
0:54.9	about dating as an Asian person in modern times and also the fetishes that come with that.
1:02.0	We talked about yellow fever. We also talked
1:04.0	about the white horse. But we have someone write us in on Twitter. Her name is
1:09.7	Yelica and she said, you know, there hasn't been an episode about black fetishism and racism
1:14.4	experience while dating as a black person I would kill for a breakdown on that and
1:19.7	here she is so she volunteered herself by writing that, basically.
1:26.0	But also brought a friend along.
1:28.0	Sophia is also on the phone.
1:30.0	Do you girls want to say a quick hello?
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