Twitter account aimed at girls who like black guys (warning, pretty offensive).
The reading this week mentioned that OkCupid white users typically like to date other white users, while Asian and Hispanic female users seek out white male mates. This article is clearly out of date. Multiple white female celebrities dating black men has led to an epidemic of “jungle fever” among young white women
“Jungle fever” is when white woman exclusively date black men (Ariana Grande and Big Sean, Kylie Jenner and Tyga, Kim and Kanye etc.)Its a personal preference, or even an unintended coincidence, or maybe in some cases a concious descision. It is interesting in that typically women are fetishized online, but in this case men are fetishized. From this stems the want for your children to look “mixed”. Attempts to seem not rascist by dating people of different races actually highlight rascism. As interratial marraige and mixed heritage become more commonplace, racial barriers will be broken down, but only if these marraiges and unions occur because of mutual feeling rather than because dating a person of so and so race makes you “cool”. That’s just as bad as not dating someone because they are of such and such a race.
I honestly think that highlighting celebrities and their choice of partners is not a good representation that “jungle fever” is alive and well. Sure, there are people who must only prefer to date certain races but I do not believe this is prominent. Interracial marriages are everywhere now and I think it is inevitable in the future.
The twitter account is definitely run by males, while I found some of the things posted on the site entertaining, a lot of the pictures and videos were affensive and vulgar. Although there are many celebrities that fall into this “jungle fever” catergory, as Nataly was saying, this concept has been alive and well for quite sometime. I really hate that this is even a thing though, like what exactly is being suggested? Jungle could ensue many things, wildness or adventurous, however there are images and stereotypes that carry with this term. I don’t think “multi-racial” relationships really need to be defined, or labeled. The combinations of cultures and traditions that are formed in these spaces are beautiful. Of course people have a “taste” but I do not think a true partnership should be limited by a skin tone or a biological catergory. There is so much more to a person than meets the eye.
I believe in celebrating interracial relationships and the mixing of different cultures. They really are beautiful things, considering the stigmatization of them in the past. However, I think this Twitter account and other similar platforms is probably not the best way to celebrate such a phenomenon. Yes, I admit I found some of them funny and/or entertaining. However, I can see how it can also be offensive and problematic. I feel like these kinds of platforms highlight or accentuate the differences in the wrong way, which is something we should realize as a society that hopes to eliminate racism.
What a twist huh. The glorification I guess of liking, being attracted to, and dating a stereotype that so often is used negatively. I hate to say that but this has been the overarching sentiment that I get from the culture and people around me. I agree with you in that this really shouldn’t make a news story, we cannot know or predetermine why people date anyone else. The experience is personal so there will never be a universal truth or trend towards defining why some people are attracted to others. I read an article that said on most online websites people go for white people than people of their same ethnicity/skin color. I don’t know where they got these stats but it was conniving in the story. I’m not saying I agree or not but it is definitely something interesting to consider. At the end of the day I imagine people more often go with others with similar backgrounds to them. A mutual understanding of one another probably leads to a more comfortable relationship, but again, this is just mere speculation.