I've had a related experience. Ethnically, it's hard to place me by looks, and I get an ok number of matches. However, once I've started chatting with women, some 2 dozen times I've gotten ghosted IMMEDIATELY when they find out where my family is from (it's a country that doesn't get much positive press).

I don't think it's a reflection on women, specifically. I think it's more an indication of how strongly cultural biases are ingrained in all of us.