Season 8 Episode 13: Sexual Racism

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

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

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

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Chris tells us about sexual racism and how this shows up in his life as a black gay male. We discuss the extreme bluntness on Grindr, what it’s like to not live up to the black male stereotypes, and how to call people in instead of out when it comes to addressing racial slurs. 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 or not.
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0:13.0	former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
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0:59.0	d a t e a b l e now back to the show
1:02.3	hey everyone welcome to another episode of Datable, a show all about modern dating.
1:08.0	Our topic today is about race, but also about this term that I've never really heard of before. Sexual racism.
1:17.3	In season 7 we did an episode called Dating as a Black Woman where we had two guests talk about the struggles of dating as a black woman in modern
1:25.2	times and we discuss the extremes of racial discrimination and fetishism.
1:30.8	And after this episode aired, Chris, our guest wrote in and said the following.
1:35.0	First, I just want everyone to hear our studio guests.
1:38.0	His voice, his name's Chris.
1:40.0	Hi, Chris.
1:41.0	As a black gay man who's dated in both the Bay Area and the East Coast, Philadelphia and Florida mostly,
1:47.0	I found that my race has greatly complicated my romantic life.
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