why did this interesting thread get locked??
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Interesting topic but in the end, labels are for soup cans, not people. You can't "educate" taste. While serving through three decades in the Navy, I met many men who absolutely did not find asian women attractive at all, it didn't matter how hot these women were. I couldn't figure it out myself, being a lover of exotic women but sure enough, many of those very same guys were married to women horribly obese so go figure.
I've actually encountered this topic within the race of my own girlfriends. I recall dating a particularly fine 18-year-old black woman when I lived in Pensacola, FL and she HATED going to the beach for no other reason than "I don't want to get any darker." That was my first (but certainly not last) introduction to "race within race" issues. I soon learned that many dark skinned women feel (or felt if you will) less desired from black men who preferred lighter skinned counterparts.
Would this lack of attraction from black men towards their darker sisters make these men racist? I don't think so. That would make about as much sense as calling me a racist because I prefer attractive black women over attractive white women. I suppose if one digs deep enough, there must be an explaination but it certainly isn't due to racism. Maybe it's because when I was a kid, I grew up listening to funk music and my favorite show was Soul Train. I kid you not. BWAHAHA, talk about feeling out of place in a home of country music fans. I would sit in front of that TV, probably not more than 12 or 13 at the time and just stare at those exotic black dancers as if I was looking at paintings in the Louvre. So I don't think my attraction to black women (or asian) is a racist issue or frankly speaking, an issue at all.
I do think the only prejudice here is beauty. Do we not all desire it and walk away from those to which it has been denied? I certainly plead guilty.
I've actually encountered this topic within the race of my own girlfriends. I recall dating a particularly fine 18-year-old black woman when I lived in Pensacola, FL and she HATED going to the beach for no other reason than "I don't want to get any darker." That was my first (but certainly not last) introduction to "race within race" issues. I soon learned that many dark skinned women feel (or felt if you will) less desired from black men who preferred lighter skinned counterparts.
Would this lack of attraction from black men towards their darker sisters make these men racist? I don't think so. That would make about as much sense as calling me a racist because I prefer attractive black women over attractive white women. I suppose if one digs deep enough, there must be an explaination but it certainly isn't due to racism. Maybe it's because when I was a kid, I grew up listening to funk music and my favorite show was Soul Train. I kid you not. BWAHAHA, talk about feeling out of place in a home of country music fans. I would sit in front of that TV, probably not more than 12 or 13 at the time and just stare at those exotic black dancers as if I was looking at paintings in the Louvre. So I don't think my attraction to black women (or asian) is a racist issue or frankly speaking, an issue at all.
I do think the only prejudice here is beauty. Do we not all desire it and walk away from those to which it has been denied? I certainly plead guilty.
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