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Abstract
Digital-sexual racism is mediated though geosocial networking applications (GSNAs), also known as dating/hookup apps. Digital-sexual racism seeks to explain how access to multiple profiles, emphasis on self-presentation, and increased anonymity found on GSNAs results in racism and discrimination for people of color. Scholars have started to explore digital-sexual racism on GSNAs; however, Canadian women of color (WOC) have not been included in this exploration to date. Informed by a feminist lens, we conducted focus groups with 12 WOC from Ontario, Canada, to explore how the intersection of their race/ethnicity, gender, and geographic location influenced their experience and engagement with GSNAs. We summarized our results as follows: (1) forms of digital-sexual racism, (2) influence of geography, and (3) sexism from men of color and immigrant men. We argue that the intersection of race, gender, and geographic location affords a unique experience between WOC/non-WOC and within the broad WOC category as well.
Ethics
Ethics approval was granted by the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Waterloo (ORE #21890).
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the Collaboratory on Digital Equity Research (CODER) group for their support and the participants for their insight and contributions. The authors would also like to thank the editor and anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback and guidance.
Disclosure Statement
The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.
Notes
1 The authors opted for the term GSNA to highlight the interaction of geolocation and social interaction.
2 White refers to all Caucasian or “White-passing” individuals. This terminology is consistent with the literature.
3 Although race is socially constructed, we must acknowledge that racial categorization continues to occur based on characteristics and physical features such has skin color and hair texture.