is this actually racist?

[Dags90]

For all the times we've had this thread, I don't think we've ever had it where the person wasn't attracted to white people.

Weird.

 

[maturin]

Your avatar looks a little bit more racist than your girlfriend may be.

Your girlfriend is racist technically, but not what I'd call a bigot. It's natural to feel a lack of attraction towards people you have little contact with. If she lived in China and still felt that way, she would either have abnormally rigid tastes or an abnormal amount of prejudice.

 

[Nouw]

Technically yes. But it's the kind of racism you don't make a fuss about. I'm looking at you Halloween posters!

 

[Vicarious Reality]

NO

Your avatar is, however. LOL

 

[let's rock]

Why is everything considered racist in this world? let me elaborate

 

[CthulhuMessiah]

Would you be a homophobe if you weren't attracted to guys?

The answer is no.

 

[Phlakes]

Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination

So basically no.

I'm not attracted to many people outside my race either. Not a choice, and there's nothing wrong with it.

 

[doodleydoowop]

CthuluMessiah that is because, and correct me if I'm wrong, there is something true about all guys that turns you off: they have a dick.
That alone makes your lack of attraction valid because it is true.

But OP's girl seemed not attracted to something she percieved all Asians had in common. There is almost nothing that all the many, many Asian ethnicities all have in common. Even the eye thing is not necessarily universal to them.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

Uh, no, you're not racist because of your aesthetic preferences. I'm pretty much only turned on by extremely pale skin, but that doesn't mean I dislike people with darker shades of skin than I'm attracted to. So no, and its a dumb question.

 

[Belaam]

No more than preferring redheads to blondes is racist.

 

[bluegate]

If you worry about something as trivial as this, I can only imagine what the scope of your hypotheticals are; "Now.. hypothetically speaking, what if we ordered pizza instead of made dinner ourselves tonight, wouldn't that be a different world!".

For the record; No, it probably actually isn't racist.

 

[Something Amyss]

This again...

No, it's not racist. That's like calling heterosexual or homosexual people sexist for being attracted to only one gender.

Hey, it's homophobic not to be attracted to members of the same sex!

>.>

 

[Drakmeire]

No. I don't like brown eyes and brown eyes can be an attribute of race. doesn't make me racist though.
how to tell if something is racist: Is it malicious of hateful? If not it is not racist.

 

[irani_che]

Actually it is slightly racist.

Thing is, when you say you aren't attracted to a race it means you assume all people of that race will be unattractive to you, including the ones you haven't met.

If she had said something like "I've never met an Asian who I was attracted to" then sure, there's nothing wrong with that. Maybe her Asian friends all have characteristics that she isn't looking for in a partner and that is fine!

But the way you described it it sounds like she thinks all Asians have something about them that makes them unattractive to her, when in reality not all Asians could possibly share that trait because of how varied every race is. It just isn't OBVIOUSLY racist because she isn't saying WHAT that unattractive trait is.

It is only a few steps away from saying "I'm not attracted to black people because they are too tall", or "I'm not attracted to white people because they are too short".

yes that was why I was thinking it was ambiguous. I kind of failed to be able to put it down in words myself

that, no
your diplay pic,
probably

 

[Jegsimmons]

me and my girlfriend are pretty serious in our relationship, but are also pretty open-minded and discuss quite a bit about hypotheticals. Anyway, I forget why, but I essentially asked her at one point about her opinions on Asians physically, and she said that she has no physical attraction to them. She does have a few Asian friends, both male and female, and as far as I have seen she doesn't treat them any different to her other friends, so escapist, would you say that this is racist?

[HEADING=1]NO.[/HEADING]
it's a preference. and they are entitled to it. (also i like useing the big text codes, they are fun)

 

[Paikis]

It is racist. It's not hateful though.

You are singling out a group of people based on their race. What you're saying about them doesn't matter. Saying that Asians are awesome is still racist.

 

[kebab4you]

Nope it´s not, however your avatar might be a tad bit racist, just saying