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Is it racist if you aren't attracted to a particular race?

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Platy said:
Only if you suddenly loose every attraction to a previously attractive girl because you discover that she is of a mixed race and all of her family is from a race you don't like
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Aren't you from Brazil? They don't seem to have as much as a problem down there nnlike America and GAF. Most Brazilians are mixed anyway so there's the kicker I guess.
 
Not really, we don't get to choose who our bodies are most attracted to. But it is kind of weird that a heterosexual male feels like they cannot be attracted to a black woman or whatever. Maybe that's not who they're typically attracted to, but surely there are occasional exceptions?
 
No, you like what you like, forget what someone tries to tell you. For me, it's not about skin color or race though, as opposed to a very particular style of girl. When I see a girl, I'm either feeling it or I'm not. But I will admit, I also tend to only view girls of my own race as wifey material.
 
Kettch said:
If you're attracted to someone, and reject them based on their race, that's racism. If you aren't attracted to a physical characteristic, there's nothing you can do about it, that's just how it is.
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I'm not sure I agree with this. They may just represent conscious and subconscious racism, respectively.

In my opinion, I think the comparison to blue eyes or blonde hair or any other such quality is apt. But we need to follow this comparison through: if you said you preferred brunettes to blondes generally, no one would have a problem with that. If you said you were never attracted to blondes, though, that would strike most as a peculiar mental block.

Similarly, if you generally prefer the look of black women to asian women, or white women to Indian women, ceteris paribus, then there's nothing wrong with that. But if, for all practical purposes, you never find white women or black women or asian women attractive, then there is likely some subconscious mental block.
 
Nope. I really don't see how people are claiming its racist. It is a sexual preference.

If you treat someone lower then a human-being based on their race? That is racist.
 
To the OP, I don't think you can issue blanket statements like that. No matter what one's opinions are regarding a particular ethnicity, I think there's bound to be at least some beautiful examples of any ethnicity out there.
 
Chie Satonaka said:
I love this.

I'm seriouly astonished by people who claim otherwise. There are just SO MANY pretty people of all races. Why would you limit yourself?
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Yeah, I kinda have a hard time understanding it as well. Not only am I attracted to women of all races, but I'd say I'm able to find something attractive about the vast majority of women period. On the binary scale, most women are a 1, as far as I'm concerned.
 
Opiate said:
I'm not sure I agree with this. They may just represent conscious and subconscious racism, respectively.

In my opinion, I think the comparison to blue eyes or blonde hair or any other such quality is apt. But we need to follow this comparison through: if you said you preferred brunettes to blondes generally, no one would have a problem with that. If you said you were never attracted to blondes, though, that would strike most as a peculiar mental block.

Similarly, if you generally prefer the look of black women to asian women, or white women to Indian women, ceteris paribus, then there's nothing wrong with that. But if, for all practical purposes, you never find white women or black women or asian women attractive, then there is likely some subconscious mental block.
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Eh, keep in mind that blue eyes or blond hair make up a fairly small part of how someone looks. If you don't find them attractive, there are plenty of other physical characteristics someone can have that can overrule that. On the other hand, people are covered in their skin. It's more understandable to not find someone attractive overall because of that than their eyes or hair.

Anyway, my personal least attractive race would be the overly tanned. Don't think I've ever seen an orange woman that I thought was attractive.
 
Seeing one or two people of a particular race is not reflective of an entire race. Your cousin just sounds like an idiot, no offense.
 
dcdobson said:
Yeah, I kinda have a hard time understanding it as well. Not only am I attracted to women of all races, but I'd say I'm able to find something attractive about the vast majority of women period. On the binary scale, most women are a 1, as far as I'm concerned.
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I'm pretty much the same way.

Provided they're around my age, it's going to take a lot for me to be completely uninterested in someone based solely on their appearance.

Personality-wise, I probably only consider 10% of girls to be dateable (common interests and all that), but I'm not picky when it comes to looks.
 
Yes. Yes it is. It's making a generalization that every single woman/man that belongs that that specific race looks the same. For black folks, there are dark skinned, light skinned, caramel skinned, etc.. Some have small lips, full lips. Some have long hair others short hair. To say 'I don't find _____ race attractive' is yes, racist.
 
crimsondynamics said:
To the OP, I don't think you can issue blanket statements like that. No matter what one's opinions are regarding a particular ethnicity, I think there's bound to be at least some beautiful examples of any ethnicity out there.
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I would say this as well. I can think of examples of women (be them celebrities or people I have actually met) from pretty much every ethnicity that I have found attractive. However, I will say that the proportion of women that I find attractive is not necessarily consistent across ethnicities. I am fond of particular traits that are more common in some than others.
 
That is determinant on many factors.

Food for thought though, large swaths of the media for ... a long as time have been propping up fairer skinned and more Caucasian individuals as attractive, In all sorts of media. And it has shown to have had effects on people.

Just some food for thought.
 
Yes, it makes you a racist. But don't worry. It's more or less the same as being a paedophile or gay (or straight). You have a preference and you'll discriminate on those grounds.
 
IcyBlueStrawberry said:
Distasteful joke/sarcasm?
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Nope.

To me it is racism, but a form that can't really be easily corrected or punished - same way you wouldn't punish somebody for not sleeping with anyone over 40/50, whatever. Can't really blame a person for only being attracted to caucasian/african/latino/etc. Or, for being attracted to men or women. Not really something that can be "fixed".

And in the same boat, though many people would not like to admit it, is paedophilia.
 
I am Michael Bolton said:
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Thanks for editing out part of my edit, was not equating homosexuality to paedophilia :p (no more so than heterosexuality, anyway)
 
I am Michael Bolton said:
Yes. Yes it is. It's making a generalization that every single woman/man that belongs that that specific race looks the same. For black folks, there are dark skinned, light skinned, caramel skinned, etc.. Some have small lips, full lips. Some have long hair others short hair. To say 'I don't find _____ race attractive' is yes, racist.
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That's a fallacy though and it's just the way we look at 'race'... Not all white people, not all indians are the same either. But they don't identify as I'm a light skinned black, I'm a green eyed Indian etc. So the guy who says I'm Indian, isn't he also generalizing? What even is race at its most basic form? What really separates someone is Italian from someone who is Syrian etc.

To say you don't find asians particularly attractive is not racist. Sure it may be rooted in some subconscious belief of inferiority, but that's up to each individual person. It's personal preference and it's entirely natural. It's why even with interracial marriage on the rise, it still skews low. If you say only a certain race turns you off, it may be ignorant depending on your reasons. Is it facial features, skin color etc. But if you say you only want to date your own race, I don't consider that racist.

You can't force people to like someone they just don't.
 
KPJZKC said:
Nope.

To me it is racism, but a form that can't really be easily corrected or punished - same way you wouldn't punish somebody for not sleeping with anyone over 40/50, whatever. Can't really blame a person for only being attracted to caucasian/african/latino/etc. Or, for being attracted to men or women. Not really something that can be "fixed".

And in the same boat, though many people would not like to admit it, is paedophilia.
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That makes a little more sense than your original post ;).

I get what you're saying and I agree with some of it, but I wouldn't necessarily call having a preference racism.
 
Conciliator said:
Not really, we don't get to choose who our bodies are most attracted to. But it is kind of weird that a heterosexual male feels like they cannot be attracted to a black woman or whatever. Maybe that's not who they're typically attracted to, but surely there are occasional exceptions?
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Probably has a lot to do with media coverage and the perceptions you form from that. Consider the black women who white people find attractive vs who black people find attractive. Then the thing about white men and asian women. I feel like there's a lot of social conditioning there.
 
Reminds me of this interview with Dustin Hoffman.

A lot of it is social, but it isn't like you can just change your mind in an instant. It's goes beyond race. By just living we are all victims of it. I don't know if it's racist. It certainly isn't outwardly racist. Is it racist in the same way our unconscious biases are? I don't know.
 
Madness said:
That's a fallacy though and it's just the way we look at 'race'... Not all white people, not all indians are the same either. But they don't identify as I'm a light skinned black, I'm a green eyed Indian etc. So the guy who says I'm Indian, isn't he also generalizing? What even is race at its most basic form? What really separates someone is Italian from someone who is Syrian etc.

To say you don't find asians particularly attractive is not racist. Sure it may be rooted in some subconscious belief of inferiority, but that's up to each individual person. It's personal preference and it's entirely natural. It's why even with interracial marriage on the rise, it still skews low. If you say only a certain race turns you off, it may be ignorant depending on your reasons. Is it facial features, skin color etc. But if you say you only want to date your own race, I don't consider that racist.

You can't force people to like someone they just don't.
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It is racist because you're making a generalization that all members of that specific race look alike. Or that all share certain features that are exactly the same. Not all black women have dark skin so if you aren't attracted to dark skin there are still millions of black women that may appeal to you.
 
Yeah, I find women of all races attractive.

Latinas are my weakness though, not sure why. But fuuuuuuuuuuu they so fine.
 
IcyBlueStrawberry said:
That makes a little more sense than your original post ;).

I get what you're saying and I agree with some of it, but I wouldn't necessarily call having a preference racism.
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My first post was poorly worded alright, sorry about that.

I'm not sure about it being a personal preference really makes any difference though, it's strangely. Obviously there would be little to no point in going out with someone you aren't attracted to, but when it comes down to it, you're still discriminating on the basis of race/skin colour/etc.

I'm guilty of this by the way, and it might be why I feel sort of strongly about it. If two equally hot people come up to you and both ask you out at the same time, but one of them is caucasian and the other of african descent, if you pick one over the other because of the colour of their skin or their race, that's racial discrimination. Sure, it's discrimination you can't really be blamed for (yet!) but it's discrimination still.

Employers don't get out of it just by saying "Well my personal preference is white people in my offices" :P
 
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