Is fetishizing another race, racist?

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Racist

Not racist

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I asked about if not being attracted to them is racist and I think the majority was saying its not and its just a preference, which is fine

But what about fetishizing a certain race?
Like white girls fetishizing black guys
Or white guys fetishizing Asians
Or black girls fetishizing white guys

Now im not talking about fetishizing them in the way of calling them slurs and actually being offensive with it
But like "Wow I've always loved Asian girls and you're so beautiful"

Let me know your thoughts

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Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M

Well the way I define racism is believing in a superiority in one race over another, or defining others only by their race, discriminating against or thinking negatively about others based soley on their race.

So I'd say it's just a preference. For instance I find eastern asian women particularly beautiful because I like the way they look. You just like what you like and acknowledging that and observing what is true is fine 🤷‍♂️ attraction is the most discriminatory thing we do as humans and it's in our biology.

Now you could make a case that attributing positive things that aren't true to a region of people might be in the same ball park but that's just due to a lack of knowledge. I've had people do the same to me because of my British accent and they've made assumptions about who I am based off of my nationality, but that's not "racist" or whatever the equivilent is to that. We make assumptions sometimes based off whatever little information we have, we can't be all knowing.

I just stick to my definition in the first paragraph, otherwise we get caught up in "is this racist?!, what about that!? omg!?" lol.