As research on race and racism in the USA has suggested that it now takes a more subtle and neoliberal form, one of the areas in which race and racism are most explicit is in dating and sex. When finding dating and sexual partners, people tend to be explicit about their rejection of potential mates along racial lines while claiming that these preferences have no connection with racism. Callander et al.’s (2015) study was the first to provide the evidence that these expressions of sexual racism, or race-based rejections of partners in sexual contexts, were in fact related to cultural racism perpetuated in society at large. Despite all of this, the study has never been replicated. We aimed to partially replicate the study in the USA, using a sample of 616 gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men. Using the Quick Discrimination Index and online sexual racism surveys referenced in the original paper, we find a correlation of − 0.129, between the two measures. This suggests that respondents who demonstrate more openness and less racist beliefs in general are also less likely to be accepting of forms of online sexual racism, a finding that is consistent with prior research. Still, the correlation between these measures is not nearly as strong as that observed in Australia in the original paper (− 0.56), raising questions that require further exploration.

正如对美国种族和种族主义的研究表明，它现在采取了一种更加微妙和新自由主义的形式，种族和种族主义最明显的领域之一是约会和性。在寻找约会对象和性伴侣时，人们往往会明确表示他们拒绝符合种族界限的潜在伴侣，同时声称这些偏好与种族主义无关。Callander 等人（2015 年）的研究首次提供证据表明，这些性种族主义的表达，或在性方面基于种族的对伴侣的拒绝，实际上与整个社会长期存在的文化种族主义有关。尽管如此，这项研究从未被复制过。我们旨在部分复制美国的研究，使用 616 名男同性恋、双性恋和异性恋男性作为样本。使用原始论文中引用的快速歧视指数和在线性种族主义调查，我们发现这两项措施之间的相关性为 - 0.129。这表明，总体上表现出更开放和更少种族主义信仰的受访者也不太可能接受各种形式的在线性种族主义，这一发现与之前的研究一致。尽管如此，这些措施之间的相关性并不像原始论文中在澳大利亚观察到的那样强 (- 0.56)，这提出了需要进一步探索的问题。与先前研究一致的发现。尽管如此，这些措施之间的相关性并不像原始论文中在澳大利亚观察到的那样强 (- 0.56)，这提出了需要进一步探索的问题。与先前研究一致的发现。尽管如此，这些措施之间的相关性并不像原始论文中在澳大利亚观察到的那样强 (- 0.56)，这引发了需要进一步探索的问题。