No. It's a personal option!

If they aren't preconceived notions, do you care to tell me what they are then? Because I'm pretty sure you won't be able to.

Would you agree that if you're prepared to dehumanise certain subsets of people into one faceless identity, something must have went wrong along the way? If not, I'd like to hear your thoughts on the matter.

As many have said in this thread - a preference doesn't exclude other options. With a lot of these "preferences" it's a requirement.

It's a preconceived notion because it's a preference born out of socialisation, it isn't in our nature. That would be something like sexual orientation, which is why it's ridiculous to compare the two as a defence.

I find asians to fem and most arabs too skinny and hairy to be attracted
rasicsm is about tolerance and not about attraction tho

This

Basically.

Not finding someone attractive =/= finding them ugly.

It's not "racist" but it's generally the result of how the world teaches everyone "white = beautiful".

As for the is "are you sexist for only being attracted to one gender?" argument, I feel sexuality is more like a guideline (that you're born with) and your attractions within said-guidelines can be influenced (what you're exposed to), speaking from my own experience. So if you're born gay you're attracted to guys but the type of guys you're attracted to can be influenced.

I'm saying you don't know whether I think not being attracted to someone makes someone racist or not.
You're assuming that I think all of the things you are talking about.
All you know is that someone made a point I hadn't thought about before.

As a sidebar, I disagree with the statement in bold. Especially in terms of physical attraction.

He kinda did but he had a point. A friend of mine who is lightskin had to turn down two white guys because they were the types who did not find blacks attractive and never considered it.

He was still black but somehow he was the exception due to him being lighter and that kinda pissed him off.

Not this thread again.

Not really. His point is completely valid and true inmany cases. He's stating something that has been proven in plenty of tests related to this exact subject (check out Google if you have some free time).

I see where you're coming from, but let's be clear - to equate gender attraction with racial attraction is nothing more than scrambling for a defence regardless of how illogical it may sound. Like you, I haven't said whether or not it makes someone racist. The area's far too grey to give a definite answer, but what we can do is dissect why people think the way they do.

I agree that someone made a point that you hadn't thought about before, and it's a good thing you didn't, because it lacks a substantial train of thought. It's an easy answer with little thought behind it.



Interesting that you'd disagree with the bolded. Would you like to go into the theories about instinct and genetic variance? Because I don't. It'd also be worth saying that race is a social construct, so that'd be two things against you.

Would you argue that people not being attracted to members of their own ethnicity is within their nature, and not entirely influenced by external factors?

A little bit because if you say that you aren't attracted to a certain race then you are implying that they all look the same. I believe that you can find someone attracted that is apart of any race. The excuse of "preference" annoys me because you are ruling out AN ENTIRE RACE for your superficial views. I don't see how that's logical.

I don't think so. For example, i don't feel attracted to asian people, but I don't treat them different or I don't know. For example, some people don't like white skin and they prefer tan people or black people. Me, as a white beach, I don't feel that they are racist against me, because is just personal preference, like some people prefer blondes, brunettes, etc.

I think it turn in to a problem when you are concern about the outside only, but that doesn't turn you in a racist either, more exactly, turns you in a superficial person, which is pretty bad too.

While I have no racial or skin preferences, I dont get how not being attracted to a skin color is so much more horrible than a hair color, an eye color, body type, etc. People are only judging skin deep in either sense.

Look, why do you think you have the preferences you do? Honestly, think long and hard about it. If your answer is "just because I do", then you may want to entertain the idea a bit in your head that your "preferences" are taught to you by society and the standards of beauty you grew up with. If you grew up with European beauty standards thrust upon you like many do, then you'll probably be attracted to white people. It is racism, ingrained racism, if you don't find anyone in a whole race attractive because of their race (and don't say it's not because of their race if you don't find anyone in a whole race attractive).

This whoooole post is dumb as hell. then in that case there wouldnt be any gay people.

Thread is giving me kyleaustin teas.