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_refugee_  ·  3996 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dating and Race

You're not crazy.

I did have this argument with someone else on Hubski a while back though.

I got you back, 8bit. It's racism. I especially hate it when people are willing to categorically state that they just don't find people of a certain race unattractive but aren't willing to admit that this constitutes judging and dismissing an entire race of people, which is pretty much textbook racism.

People don't like to admit that they have racist ideas. It's a big harsh word and when you say "Well that's racist," the person hears "You're racist and you're a bad person and because you're racist in this way that means you must also be racist in every single other way possible," which is how "But I have black friends" or "But I voted for Obama" or whatever comes up. People see it as "you are totally evil."

The evil comes in when you refuse to see the problem and refuse to fix it.