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In 2014, user data on OkCupid showed that most men on the site rated black women as less attractive than women of other races and ethnicities. That resonated with Ari Curtis, 28, and inspired her blog, Least Desirable.

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'Least Desirable'? How Racial Discrimination Plays Out In Online Dating

1:39pm January 09, 2018

by Ashley Brown

Research shows that online dating coincided with an increase in interracial marriages. But some dating app users say that Asian men and black women can still have a tougher time finding love online.

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Married in 2008, Angela Ross (center) and her husband D.J. live in Copper Hill, Va., with two of their five children, Jordis, 11 (left), and Marianna, 7. More than 50 years ago, their interracial marriage would have been illegal in Virginia.

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Interracial Marriages Face Pushback 50 Years After Loving

8:35am June 12, 2017

The U.S. Supreme Court legalized marriages between people of different races 50 years ago. But some interracial couples today say they sometimes feel unaccepted in the U.S.

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The marriage of Mildred Loving, a part-Native American, part-black woman, and her white husband, Richard Loving, led to the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interracial marriage across the country.

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Steep Rise In Interracial Marriages Among Newlyweds 50 Years After They Became Legal

3:35pm May 18, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

Today, one in six newlyweds marry someone outside their race, which appears to allude to a more accepting society.