A billboard in Utah for a dating site catering exclusively to white people is catching attention. The name of the site, "Where White People Meet," pretty much says it all. For a fee of $4, anyone over the age of 18 can join. Interestingly, the site prohibits same-sex dating searches, but searches for polygamy are acceptable.
With a focus on white people, they are supposedly bringing new innovation to specialty dating sites. There are dating sites for farmers, and people of specific religions. To be certain, online dating can be scary, as Tinder users have shared their worst nightmares of going on dates with weirdos. Not surprisingly, not one of those stories involved someone being upset about someone misrepresenting their race in their profile. Here's the billboard:
https://twitter.com/sltrib/status/682706904452210688The funniest part about this dating site is that it is based in Utah and advertises in Utah, which according to the latest data from the United States Census Bureau, is a state with a population that is 91.4% white. So basically this would be like starting a dating site in Boston called "Where Red Sox Fans Meet." Here's the site's explanation for its existence:
I am sure some of you are wondering about the concept and need for a dating website titled "Where White People Meet.Com." Our answer to that would be why not? There are various dating websites that promote and cater to just about every origin, race, religion and lifestyle out there. So again, why not "Where White People Meet.Com"
The census data pretty much answers the question "why not?" Additionally, that description was written at about a fifth grade reading level. The true question for the site is whether they can solicit enough $4 subscriptions to pay for that billboard before the business fails.