What is it that makes a culture unique? How are whites, blacks, Asians, or whoever different from everybody else? What tastes, interests, and concepts define an ethnic group? And is there any way to make fun of other races in public and get away with it?
We selected 526,000 OkCupid users at random and divided them into groups by their (self-stated) race. We then took all these people's profile essays (280 million words in total!) and isolated the words and phrases that made each racial group's essays statistically distinct from the others'.
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I think the title, The Real Stuff That fill-in-blank People Like, is bogus.
ReplyDeleteSaying, “...that made each racial group's essays statistically distinct...”, means they’re not using the things that other, or all, groups like, which may well be, “The Real Stuff...”.
I don't like any of the things white women are supposed to like but that's always been my lament.
ReplyDeleteSince people routinely lie about their habits on dating sites, I think the data may be faulty.
ReplyDeleteLong walks on the beach? Hmm. What you really like to do is sit on the couch and watch Fear Factor.