Is Preference for an Ethnicity(s) Racist?

Tbh I still wouldn't ever bring this up irl. I know it can come across badly to others and at the end of they day, it's nobody else's business who I'm attracted to or dating.

I'd say it's a socially acceptable form of racism, as others have said.

I don't think it has anything to do with racism at all because the definition of racism is antagonism against people of another race because of their appearance.

Only if you think preferring a certain hair colour is offensive to all the others. I'd argue that it's more than likely that the folks thinking it's racist are the racist ones.

Only if you think preferring a certain hair colour is offensive to all the others. I'd argue that it's more than likely that the folks thinking it's racist are the racist ones.

Idk. I would take against someone saying this since it tries to chop society up based on ethnicity when really it's more nuanced than that.

That might be true sometimes, but there are many people of all races whose culture is more or less British.

A race is an arbitrary collection of ethnic groups largely based on their complexion.
A culture is a group of people with similar values, practices and creative domains (food, music, art, etc). Most of the time they also have a distinct language/dialect.
An ethnicity is a group of people who are genetically similar and have the same culture.

This is simplified.

Racist? Maybe: because it involves differentiating people based on their race and preferring one over the other.

Morally wrong? Imo, not at all. Many (not all) people from the same race can share physical characteristics, or cultural tendencies/ beliefs, or attitudes. And preferring that certain shared X that is common in that race should be your choice. Just without assuming that every single person from that race shares or would share the certain tendencies and beliefs because that wouldn't really be accurate.


That is my take on it.

Nobody said it was offensive. Racism doesn't require offense.

Yeah imo saying things like "I generally find people of x race more attractive" is fine, but sometimes the justifications used are a bit murky and uncomfortable. (which is why I said suspicious above)