"Would you strongly prefer to go out with someone of your own skin colour / racial ba

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Thanks for that! My last proper relationship was with an Asian womaand always knew there had to be a saying.

Thing is though with back living in Ireland and if I go out with just a one night stand in mind chance are she'll be white, simply because its numbers and slightly easier.

Zero interest in a relationship these days but another nice Korean or Japaneese woman could easily twist my arm!

Am I racist?!

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They should just re-phrase that question:

"Are you a racist"? And if anybody answers "yes" to that, match them up with a troll. An actual troll. I mean a mountain-dwelling mouth-breathing mythical giant. That'll learn 'em.

hfallada wrote: »

I found most Irish people seriously struggle to live with other Europeans never mind some of a direct race/culture.

Hm. Can't say I have had that problem myself. I moved to Ireland in 1995. In those 18 years I have experienced maybe ONE incident in which somebody referred to me being a foreigner, and that was in a fit of road rage, so I don't think that that would count as "racist" or "xenophobic". I find the Irish more open-minded toward foreigners than the supposedly "liberal" Dutch people in my own home country.

rozeboosje wrote: »

They should just re-phrase that question:

"Are you a racist"? And if anybody answers "yes" to that, match them up with a troll. An actual troll. I mean a mountain-dwelling mouth-breathing mythical giant. That'll learn 'em.

This is just silly. It's not racist to ask is it important to a person that the site narrows down as much as possible their ideal target partner that they'd like to date. Some people will prefer to date people they have more in common with, some people will be open to chance, taking a risk, maybe they might meet someone they have nothing in common with but they're open to new experiences. Some people just don't have time for that and would rather narrow down their options to people they know they'll have more chance of being attracted to.

Me? A pulse and a pair of tits, we'll get along just fine


Is it sexist to say I'm not open to dating men? :pac:

rozeboosje wrote: »

In that case wouldn't it suffice to ask whether you'd prefer it if people were physically similar to yourself? Why focus on "skin colour" which is such a minor physical attribute? And I'm not buying the concept of "race" at all. There is ONE race: the human race.

It's not just skin colour. Different entinicities have different features, which to me would also be off putting. Also, I'd find someone that was hard to understand (broken English or a strong Irish accent I couldn't really understand clearly, it doesn't matter) absolutely head wrecking to listen to day in day out.

I do agree with an above poster that some Indian women are absolutely stunning, and if I were a man tbh I'd probably be more into them than an Irish girl, however I'm not a lesbian so it doesn't apply to me.

Cd_doe wrote: »

For example you may like redheads. That doesn't mean you hate blondes

Certainly. But you'd be quite the moron if you decided you wouldn't even consider dating a man or woman for no other reason than that their hair is yellow.

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I personally have yet to meet a black man I find attractive, for example.

[... backs away slowly.]

[shudders]

rozeboosje wrote: »

Certainly. But you'd be quite the moron if you decided you wouldn't even consider dating a man or woman for no other reason than that their hair is yellow.

Absolutely.

What is was saying was in relation to another posting saying it was racist.

EDIT: actually it wasn't another poster. It was you!!!! And you only referenced half my post! U can't do that

Everyone answers no to this question, unless they want to face the morality bastille.

Let me tell you, white caucasians are a minority on this planet. Yet white caucasians make up the extreme supermajority of professional models. At least, in the west. And that is probably important.

In the west, even the supermodels of colour are tall, fine boned, and have tend to have facial and skeletal features that resemble the caucasian woman.

Why do you think local model agencies do this? Is it because Caucasian women, who buy these designers' products, can relate more to Elle McPherson or Heidi Klum, more than they could relate to some Indian or Chinese girl who has has never been the most beautiful? Come on, nobody seriously believes that.

Whether model agencies respond to the popular perception of beauty, or whether they frame it, these women are chosen because they are perceived to represent beauty, related to which, is sexual attraction. I think this is an uncomfortable truth most of us would rather not accept, and I include myself.

rozeboosje wrote: »

In that case wouldn't it suffice to ask whether you'd prefer it if people were physically similar to yourself? Why focus on "skin colour" which is such a minor physical attribute? And I'm not buying the concept of "race" at all. There is ONE race: the human race.

Ehh, skin colour is no "minor physical attribute", given that it covers 100% of the body. An absolutely ridiculous assertion, and just because YOU don't buy the concept of race, doesn't mean it's something the rest of the population should blithely ignore.

The question in the OP asks about racial background, so even if we were, as you put it to ignore a person's skin color, there's no disguising their ethnic or cultural background that forms their thought processes, traditions and cultural norms.


Instead of ignoring all these things and trying to make out "the human race" as you put it, is one big, bland entity, should we not encourage people to celebrate difference and enjoy diversity for what it is, when we have so much we can learn from each other? That's a more realistic point of view than your "one race for all" nonsense, because that just isn't reality.

biko wrote: »

I find Asian women sexy, is that racist because I have a racial preference?

Everyone finds Asian women sexy. If they say otherwise they're lying.