So why is it that when someone says they are (or in more likely aren't since that seems to rub folks the wrong way) attracted to a certain race people call them racist? — Darkneos
Which would make sense in a monoculture, but not in most modern culturally and racially diverse societies.Morality involves adapting your personal taste, desires, inclinations, and attractions, to socially accepted standards. — Metaphysician Undercover
Being attracted to something, anything is underpinned by a value judgment and invariably one likes what one thinks is better. Ergo, if you feel attracted to a particular race, it amounts to saying that that race is better and that's racism. You may prefer your own race over others and that's your run of the mill, garden variety racism but you may also like a race other than your own and that's auto-racism. — TheMadFool
How exactly is that racism? Being attracted to black men doesn't mean I think they're better than any other race, I'm just physically attracted. It's not like I think they are superior. I don't think vanilla is superior to chocolate, I just like vanilla. Like and dislike isn't really the same as better/worse. — Darkneos
Where???But it's not socially unacceptable to be attracted to someone of a different race. — Metaphysician Undercover
Eh? Who are those "many"?Many though, would argue that it is morally unacceptable to be attracted to someone solely by their visual appearance.
But it isn't a value judgment though, because we don't actually judge anything. It just is. Like when you like a certain flavor, there isn't a judgment, it just is. It isn't valuing one thing over others. Racism is different.
There is a difference between liking something and believing it to be superior to all others or that others are inferior. I don't think vanilla is superior to chocolate, I just prefer it to chocolate. It's just a matter of taste. I don't think chocolate is worse just because I don't like it. Same with people. Just because I'm not physically attracted doesn't mean that I think you're subhuman trash. — Darkneos
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