Celeste Vaughan Curington is Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University.Jennifer H. Lundquist is Professor of Sociology and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Ken-Hou Lin is Associate Professor of Sociology and Population Research Center Associate at the University of Texas at Austin.

"The Dating Divide claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives."

• List of Tables and FiguresIntroduction: Dear Tinder, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner1. Where Hate Trumps Love: The Birth and Legacy of Antimiscegenation in the United States2. From the Back Porch to the Computer Screen: The Rise of Choice in Courtship3. New Rules? Gendered Online Engagement4. A Privilege Endures: Dating While White in the Era of Online Dating5. The Unique Disadvantage: Dating While Black 6. The Asian Experience: Resistance and Complicity 7. "Hey, You’re Latin. Do You Like to Dance?": The Privilege and Disadvantage of Latino/a Daters8. Postracial Multiracialism: A Challenge to the White Racial Frame?Conclusion: Abolishing the Dating Divide Acknowledgments Appendix: Data and Methods Interviews NotesBibliographyIndex

Celeste Vaughan Curington is Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University.Jennifer H. Lundquist is Professor of Sociology and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Ken-Hou Lin is Associate Professor of Sociology and Population Research Center Associate at the University of Texas at Austin.

"The Dating Divide claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives."

• List of Tables and FiguresIntroduction: Dear Tinder, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner1. Where Hate Trumps Love: The Birth and Legacy of Antimiscegenation in the United States2. From the Back Porch to the Computer Screen: The Rise of Choice in Courtship3. New Rules? Gendered Online Engagement4. A Privilege Endures: Dating While White in the Era of Online Dating5. The Unique Disadvantage: Dating While Black 6. The Asian Experience: Resistance and Complicity 7. "Hey, You’re Latin. Do You Like to Dance?": The Privilege and Disadvantage of Latino/a Daters8. Postracial Multiracialism: A Challenge to the White Racial Frame?Conclusion: Abolishing the Dating Divide Acknowledgments Appendix: Data and Methods Interviews NotesBibliographyIndex

Celeste Vaughan Curington is Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University.Jennifer H. Lundquist is Professor of Sociology and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Ken-Hou Lin is Associate Professor of Sociology and Population Research Center Associate at the University of Texas at Austin.

"The Dating Divide claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives."

• List of Tables and FiguresIntroduction: Dear Tinder, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner1. Where Hate Trumps Love: The Birth and Legacy of Antimiscegenation in the United States2. From the Back Porch to the Computer Screen: The Rise of Choice in Courtship3. New Rules? Gendered Online Engagement4. A Privilege Endures: Dating While White in the Era of Online Dating5. The Unique Disadvantage: Dating While Black 6. The Asian Experience: Resistance and Complicity 7. "Hey, You’re Latin. Do You Like to Dance?": The Privilege and Disadvantage of Latino/a Daters8. Postracial Multiracialism: A Challenge to the White Racial Frame?Conclusion: Abolishing the Dating Divide Acknowledgments Appendix: Data and Methods Interviews NotesBibliographyIndex