Alone In Oblivion
(2019)
This is a triptych of a series titled Alone In Oblivion. This body of work curates what it feels like being gay in the black community and being black in the gay community.
Alone In Oblivion mockup for the Annual juried Student Exhibition in the Alexander Brest Gallery
2019
Data suggests these stories are not uncommon or unique. Based on data published by OkTrends, a blog produced by OkCupid, white gay men respond more often to OkCupid messages from other white men than from men of color. They respond to messages from other white men 44% of the time but respond only 37.3% of the time to men of color.
White gay men also respond less frequently to messages in general than gay men of color. On OkCupid white gay men respond to messages from all races at an average rate of 41.4%, but gay men of color respond to messages from all races at an average rate of 49.3%.
Ironically, even though white gay men respond to messages in general less frequently than gay men of color they fail to attract the highest rate of responses to the messages they send. Middle Eastern gay men, on average, will receive about 48 responses for every 100 messages they send, while white gay men will receive an average of 45. By contrast, Black gay men will receive about 36.
https://www.thetaskforce.org/wonky-wednesday-racism-in-gay-online-dating/