I’ve been looking at studies examining race when it comes to online dating. One states:
The users of the dating service typically have strong preferences for a partner of their own ethnicity, and this effect is more pronounced for women than for men.
Another (diagram shown here) shows a more complex system of preferences likely dictated by societal norms.
![](https://www.carljamilkowski.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/race-dating-preferences.png)
(via Online dating app reveals how race matters in romance)
[NPR]