How much does a guy's race/ethnic background affect his dating options?

[Shanom12309]

[Zack-Bann]

He can either perpetuate the negative stereotype or the positive one


Every race has both


If you’re a minority in the place you live you need to be “exotic” not “uncivilized”


If you’re the majority you need to be enlightened and open minded not repressed and closed off


That’s the basic premise


But no matter what you do you will never please everyone and that needs to be ok
Otherwise you will turn resentful and that will kill your prospects

[Hardon-Collider]

It has a minor effect. It's a filter, but a very small one. In any given country, the vast majority of people you encounter share your background. It might make it a tiny bit more difficult to find someone, but the real factors in a relationship—personality, interests, values—are far more significant than physical appearance.

[Wuai201]

I think it somewhat depends. stereotypes exist for a reason. It's up to the individual to ignore them or believe them. Also maybe a person had a lot of positive or negative experiences with a certain race. They might think they're protecting their self by avoiding or only dating that race.

[caseybunny]

I just started college and I feel like here it does matter

[HighValue]

If he decides to be a passport bro and travel to other countries outside of the USA, being White matters a lot in most places for how desired someone is. Tall, attractive White men get much more attention in Latin/Hispanic and Asian countries than any other group of people do.

[Nikki1989]

Not at all from what I have seen.

[WhitneySnow]

Not that much in today’s society