I'm a racist

[spoonitnow]

Apologies if it seems obnoxious that I'm only posting here to rebut your point, but... that's not what anyone said, at all. The emphasis they placed was on the sentiment that he would never date a black girl. Where in this thread did anyone say he was wrong simply because he openly expressed that?

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The point I was trying to quickly make is that he wouldn't have been called a racist if he wouldn't have told a black guy that he wouldn't ever date a black girl. One of those "if a tree falls in the woods" type situations.

As for the actually not wanting to date black girls, I don't see that any different from any other preference (fat, skinny, Asian, long hair, whatever). Nobody has a right to tell a guy what preferences he should or shouldn't have when it comes to women.

[aubreymcfate]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The point I was trying to quickly make is that he wouldn't have been called a racist if he wouldn't have told a black guy that he wouldn't ever date a black girl. One of those "if a tree falls in the woods" type situations.

Oh I see your point. I mean yeah, that's true. If someone doesn't do anything racist (whatever that means - join the KKK, openly discriminate against someone, etc.) but holds racist beliefs, that wouldn't be obvious if they never expressed it. I think if you're truly a racist though, it'll come out in your behavior or language at some point or another.

I think the sentiment of "never" wanting to date anyone of another race is rooted in racism, but I don't know if I'd call him a racist for it. But it would also depend on why he would never want to date them. If it's sexual attraction, then I think that speaks to a broader issue of how we are conditioned to view beauty from a young age, and how the Western white woman has become this idealized aesthetic. But if his reason was something like "They're all loud and obnoxious" then I would call him a racist. It seems pretty clear though that it's the former.