Red States Top List For Online Interracial Dating?

According to data released by InterracialDating.com. From BrevardTimes.com: "It turns out that some of the reddest of red states have the highest number seeking interracial relationships. Ten out of the site's top 20 states with the most populous members have historically voted Republican over the past five presidential elections. States like Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana and Indiana historically vote Republican and tend to be socially conservative -- not exactly fertile ground for people openly and un-apologetically stating their non-conformist dating preferences."

The article continues about the more conservative states: "Laura Noble, 46, a black woman who lives in Virginia (Number 8 on the list) says, 'As a black conservative, I posit that the media has a vested interest in portraying all conservatives as racists and all liberals as open-minded when in my experience, that is not the truth. I think that many conservatives are stereo-typically misrepresented in their interest of other races, and their geographic location may be more racially homogeneous, therefore if they want to date outside their race, they need to do it online.'"

More response to interracial dating in the red states: "Shaun Brown, 26, of Richmond, Virginia, plans to vote for Mitt Romney on November 6. He's white, his girlfriend is black. Brown thinks that the legacy of slavery, fear and mistrust keeps people in Southern (and historically red) states from openly expressing their interest in interracial dating. 'The media narrative for the past 40-50 years is that all conservatives care about themselves and their white friends and don't like black people. We're drilled from grade school and beyond that as a white person, your people oppressed black people. It makes you a bit reluctant to approach a woman for fear that you might be rejected. With online dating, you don't have that fear or anxiety of wondering if you ask a girl out on a date she would say, 'Oh no I could never date you because you're white.'"

Booker Rising response: Six of the top 10 states listed are blue (i.e., more liberal) states. While red states are more open to interracial dating than traditionally believed, they don't top the list.