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Originally posted by St. Charles
I think preference is misused as well. If you're going to say "I don't find people with large / flat noses attractive," then that is a preference. But people seem to be saying "All _____ people have large / flat noses, and therefore all ______ people are unattractive" instead. That's literally the textbook definition of racism because you are attributing distinct characteristics and features to a specific race.
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To be real, contextually this is largely meaningless regardless of what definition it meets.
We have to be honest about the how semantics and communication work. If you've been to a Turkish restaurant 10times and 9/10 you didn't enjoy the food, it's highly likely that when it comes to it you will say you don't enjoy or fancy Turkish food. We all engage in feedback loops where our brains take patterns of responses and categorise it for future convenience. Due to low frequency of Turkish food appetising you, you won't think of it when hungry and thus its low on your preference. You could be ultra specific and Instead refer to textures and individuals flavours you dislike but that may be inefficient.
This doesnt mean you think all Turkish food is the same or that you've tried every dish the countries cuisine has to offer. It's just an efficient way of navigating decisions and informing those who ought to be informed.
I've never used it before and don't intend to ever use it but from my understanding Grindr is a hookup app, one that fully allows unsolicited messages from anyone who fancies their pick. Although anyone who thinks it's okay to refer to races as rice and curry is trash, I think its acceptable for people looking for cheap thrills (all of Grindr?) to apply a filter where they pinpoint who their interested mainly lays with. My issue is really the disrespect and degrading language shown, not the fact that some guys want to shortlist the men who they interact with based on they typical taste.
And on the topic of features, not all races are the same but we'd be dishonest if we said they weren't typically easy to distinguish by features. Hair type, eyes, pigmentation are just as valid preferences as height and butt. The amount of times I've seen someone express displeasure at someone being too pale, yet it's never been confronted as a invalid "preference" to have.
This is all a very separate discussion from how people developed their preference to begin, I that's when the topic of racism in society really cones into play.