Black and White Millennial Dating

Mar 31, 2018

Millennials are considered the post-race generation, as many of them have put aside any regards for color preferences. However, there are still a few problems to overcome. Hispanics report that the biggest issues are social status and employment. Black women claim online dating polls place them as the least desirable for dating. The biggest problem, however, is understanding Millennial culture.

The Social Networking Culture

Millennials spend more time online than any other generation. They carry their connections with them in their pocket. They use more dating apps than any other demographic. But the dating rules for Millennials are completely different than the traditional Generation X, which expects to be wined, dined and wooed. The most intimate part of your relationship with a Millennial could be through an online dating or social networking site. While some agree to instant hook-up’s, the most common occurrence is to spend a great deal of time bantering before agreeing to meet. Millennials are gregarious. Agreeing to meet generally means among a group of friends, either in a private or social setting. The group is usually already interracial, although there may be a dominance of black people if your date is black or a dominance of white if your date is white.

Bold or Insensitive

There really aren’t a great many racists among Millennials. Most will agree that the divisions remain among the social classes, with far fewer opportunities for low-income families to improve their standard of living than there are for the upper middle class and wealthy. However, Millennials enjoy being politically incorrect. Many of their jokes might scandalize the sensitivities of those who have learned to guard their words, but they are jokes that have already passed the greenlight of their multicultural friends. Millennials are often very direct in their conversation. They might question targeting a specific race to date or if race should have any significance at all in a discussion. It’s not that they are dismissing differences in cultural and ethnic experiences. They simply want to know your opinion. If they like it, you are part of the circle.

The Millennial Challenge

Dating a Millennial is like joining a gang. If you go to a karaoke bar, a club, a concert or convention, you’ll probably be going with several others. You are officially together when you begin sleeping together. If you break up, you’re still part of the gang unless you choose otherwise.

The Lost Voice

The most difficult adjustment to the dating world has been for the black, professional woman. Black, professional women have generally had to work very hard to reach their career status, and have been a little out of touch with other Millennials. They are more inclined to take a more traditional look at dating than the Millennials who have been chatting with each other online since their adolescence years. There is a high demand for white women dating black men, and white men looking for Asian woman, but the black, professional woman looking for dates with other professional men has been largely overlooked. Their greatest success has been with mobile phone dating apps catering specifically toward black women. Slightly behind the rest of the Millennials in swirling, generally missing out on Millennial dating culture, professional black women are slowly emerging into the world of black and white dating.