tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737464842612030461.post8709848613860712138..comments2012-12-05T09:36:20.519-08:00Comments on Kill the world. Eat its heart. Take its powers.: Is something ever 'just a preference'? (Pt. 1)Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606938152709530365noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737464842612030461.post-54366095013145246562012-01-30T15:04:40.129-08:002012-01-30T15:04:40.129-08:00I was thinking about that too, but I guess I would...I was thinking about that too, but I guess I would say that physical traits are so varied within any group as to make being into certain races (or disqualifying them) not a helpful way of thinking. I personally think that the 'shorthand' that you're talking about can be pretty damaging, even if done with the awareness that it isn't universal.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606938152709530365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737464842612030461.post-27168653490174098172012-01-30T14:40:34.443-08:002012-01-30T14:40:34.443-08:00shoot, typo, that sentence should have said "...shoot, typo, that sentence should have said "eyes shaped a certain way"Devin Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850428766220126981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7737464842612030461.post-80969665919619133372012-01-30T14:12:47.331-08:002012-01-30T14:12:47.331-08:00One point worth mentioning, though, is that someon...One point worth mentioning, though, is that someone's "racial" preference may not be entirely "race-based", but rather a person might prefer someone with shaped a certain way, or lips of a certain size, or dark, pale, olive skin tones, etc. Those preferences may usually occur in a particular race more often than in another, so they may just in short hand say I prefer people of race X. Of course, people vary so there are people of certain traits in every race, so if the person NEVER is admitting to being attracted to a particular race, the evidence of racism may be more substantial.<br /><br />Just a thought :)Devin Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00850428766220126981noreply@blogger.com