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darxus

10/6/09 03:20 pm

Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back

Once again the interpretations are infuriating (sexual preference = racism), but the numbers are interesting.

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• feng_huang

  10/6/09 08:03 pm (UTC)

  

  Does this mean I'm sexist if I don't respond to guys that want to ask me out on a date?
  

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  • darxus

    10/6/09 11:47 pm (UTC)

    

    Maybe.

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• morbidiqua

  10/7/09 03:09 am (UTC)

  

  Well, I exclusively date out of my race LOL.
  
  
  
  

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• frobzwiththingz

  10/7/09 05:21 am (UTC)

  

  well, um, not to stir up a whole can of worms here, but who is to say that sexual preference *isn't* racism? Or at least a whole lot like it, in many ways...
  
  Lets see here:
  
  Property 1: Based on logic in any way?
  Sexual preferences: Nope.
  Racist preferences: Nope.
  
  Property 2: Influenced by upbringing, societal programming, and other factors not under the individuals control?
  Sexual preferences: Pretty darned likely.
  Racist Preferences: Yep.
  
  Property 3: Can be overcome by analytical thinking, therapy (talk,exposure, etc)
  Racist Preferences: It happens occasionally.
  Sexual preferences: Fat chance.
  (Hmm. could sexual preference be *worse* than racism?)
  
  Just some food for thought here, don't jump to any deep conclusions.

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