Re:I don’t need prejudice in online dating, too
by delinka on Sunday October 18, 2015 @01:20PM
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"...genetic attraction..."
Whoa, you stepped right into 'nurture vs. nature' territory.
Re:I don’t need prejudice in online dating, too
by daenz on Sunday October 18, 2015 @01:40PM
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The fact that it exists across all races is the hint that it is genetic. Unless you're suggesting that all races have independently developed identical social pressures to mate with their own race, and override the any inherent genetic tendencies to mate with all races. Then I'd ask how that pressure came to be identical for all races.
Re:I don’t need prejudice in online dating, too
by delinka on Sunday October 18, 2015 @03:11PM
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I believe it'd be "...identical pressure for all cultural groups" where cultural groups tend to contain (or become?) predominantly one race. I'd argue it's learned behavior because centuries ago, trusting outsiders was risky and what better way to identify "outsiders" than "they don't look like us."?
We can argue dictionary definitions, and of course I would concede, but in the real world, calling someone a racist has additional connotations. I don't think a subconscious, genetic attraction to your own race, as shown by all the evidence of all races preferring their own race, deserves the label of "racist", with all the guilt and shaming and "wrongness" that comes with that word.