Skip navigation! Story from Unbothered. Where Is The Black Love? Last Updated August 22, , PM. OWN reality dating show Ready to Love is back for its sixth season of helping sexy Black singles in the search to find true love. Under the mentorship and watchful eye of comedian Nephew Tommy , the dating hopefuls engage in a rigorous courtship process that eliminates contestants week after week, leaving only a few couples left standing at the very end.
The show has made stops in Atlanta, Houston, Washington D. We could chalk the ineffectiveness of the series up to the pressures of dating on camera, but the dating culture in each city could also be to blame. Every city has its own unique dating culture, complete with its own pros and cons, but as Twitter so eloquently points out every second of the day, the dating pool has pee in it right now β some corners of it more than others. There are a lot of people to date here!
The problem? Wash, rinse, repeat. Otherwise known as Chocolate City, D. In addition to its arts and culture scene, D. Several responses also highlight Atlanta as fertile ground for Black dating, particularly for Black queer people. NYC was also named as a good place to meet other people in the queer community, so the ATL-to-NYC and vice-versa pipeline is very real and very effective.
Los Angeles, California. In a YouTube video , popular influencer and L. The ease or difficulty of dating while Black in America is compounded by the increasing utilization of dating apps across the country.
In reality, a large number of singles have pivoted, willingly or grudgingly, to dating apps to help them scope out the scene. BLK , a Match. As dating apps become more ubiquitous in culture, the app has been making moves to transform into more of a community platform that allows for both romantic and platonic connection via Discord-like livestreams and group chat features. View this post on Instagram. What could be driving the unexpected increase in these cities? A variety of factors. First, an important possible cause of increased downloads in BLK and other dating apps is the pandemic and its undeniable effects on modern dating as we know it.
