social landscapes identity ecosystems
The Myth of “Racial Preference” ana sumbo
pictured josee uwayezu, ana sumbo, jasmine butler, stephanie everett, lexi warden
the typical hunt for someone with a certain charm, humor, or style. A closer look at the root of these “preferences” shows that biases and Does this sound familiar? You’ve complexes surrounding color and probably heard something along the lines of this in passing, on social internalized racism still exist within media, or as the introduction to a the black community and shape backhanded compliment. Phrases our preconceptions of one another. like these remind us of the “racial preference” phenomenon–a The popular use of the term modern development within dating “racial preference” to avoid culture that is currently plaguing accusations of outright racial the black community and the discrimination, stems from a lack country at large. While some claim of understanding surrounding the that having a “racial preference” validity of racial preference claims. After all, racial preference is no is a harmless dating practice, this form of selectivity goes beyond preference at all. Race cannot be “I don’t really like black girls like that.”
page 68
