The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
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but if you date to the exclusion of other races, that's a problem imho.
Yes, that would be an obvious case of subconscious racism, a one that is still accepted (and will always be most likely because it's a taboo since everything dating-preferences related is forbbiden to question).
I believe it has more dimensions: "races" are "races" not "looks" because they're correlated with cultures and social classes.
Is a preference to date within your social class an issue or something natural?
Is a preference to date someone with compatibille set of values / lifestyle classism or prudence?
Then, there is the dimension of preference for looks. I like men with large noses and obvious eyebrows. It doesn't correlate with any social group in my society, so it's not considered "race", it's just how some people look and some don't - and some people like these traits, some don't, some don't care.
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