Being sexually attracted to (or repulsed by) certain racial types: the acceptable face of racism?

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Did you mean to say painting out? I like that.

Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Um, I'm not sure!

Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Friday, 17 February 2006 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link

Well stop painting out the opposite of preferences as being prejudices!

what's the opposite of preference? no preference. how is that prejudice?!

the point i'm making is merely that crass generalisations (what does an Asian woman look like? etc.) are a dumb way of putting it and will appear suspicious. and people should say what they mean/be more specific.

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 17 February 2006 11:43 (eighteen years ago) link

interesting. if someone asked me abt this and made me make a choice, i'd prob say i like asian men (asian here meaning i guess generally subcontinental rather than oriental) - partly because yes i am jealous as all hell of those skintones and it makes me want to touch that skin, but also i'm sure there are cultural associations... i dunno if it's got anything to do with exoticism, tbh i think it doesn't, but the music and food and smells and language-sounds and literature from that part of the world really do it for me. (i went to mongolia for like 24 hours and omg the mongolian men were the most beautiful i've ever seen, they all had eyes like owls, it was 10 years ago and still v vivid in my mind.) having said that i've found myself attracted to people of every race at different points. i really think it's more about the individual than the type...

i have a friend who only likes men with blue eyes and refuses to even consider any who don't. that seems like mentalism to me.

emsk ( emsk), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link

May I take this opportunity to reassure the women of the world that there are no racial types I am repulsed by - I'm an equal opportunity lecher

Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link

sorry i am now imagining that being said by George Galloway. repulsion is mine!

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Are you saying I remind you of George Galloway?

Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link

... as my Mum would say, "I wish I had his money!"

Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link

no i just think about him a lot.

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Friday, 17 February 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link

...and if one decides that it's unacceptable and racist, what to do about it? "You're a bad bad racist boy for only liking Asian women, now go out and have sex with a black girl! Pronto!"??

Eva van Rein (Gaia1981), Friday, 17 February 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm an equal opportunity lecher

you fucker - those were the exact words I was going to use.

Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 17 February 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link


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