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If someone claims to only be attracted to people of the same ethnicity, are they being racist?

Yes
16.6%
No
83.4%

797 votesFinal results

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well those results are a bummer :(

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Why? I agree with the results. People can't control what or who they're attracted to.

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sure people have preferences, but imo ruling out the possibility of anyone from another ethnicity as a possible partner is (1)

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reducing people to superficial, often stereotypical qualities. Its akin to saying you have "yellow fever" imo

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I don't see how this is any different from gender. Being only attracted to men or women is reducing people to their genitals

1:46 PM · Aug 16, 2016

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theres a difference. men and women have different auras