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Post  Posted: Aug 18, 2008 - 03:35 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

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Chama, welcome to the real world. White women and black men are pretty much at the bottom of the heap in China.

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yeah buddy! you came to a wrong place! chinese girl doesnt like black for sure, no offence,they think that black looks dirty, uneducated, not attractive at all.u might see a sence of Chinese women use unbrela in the summer LOL! its sterotype but i think its recial
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 09:25 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

then define "racist" please??It's ridicule to judge whether people are racists or not without giving a clear definition and precise boundary....in this case,everything against the interests of blacks can be titled as "racist".......some people always criticise the chinese,can I say that they r racist???I won't..It's just some kind of stereotype that will be changed gradually by more and further communication...

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My definition of racist is anything that groups people together by their race.

So, for example, if I said that there are some black people living next door - that would be racist. Or if I said I wanted to go to the Chinese restaurant - that would be racist. Or if I said I was dating an Indian girl - that would also be racist.

In my opinion.
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according to your definition,I don't think anyone can blame a racist in cases like your examples..

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I think calling someone racist should include subjective elements

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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 11:28 AM  Reply with quote  Back to top

in the cited examples, you are right hooia. they are a simplistic view that is meant to remove the 'sting' from the term by people who are so overly concerned about being politically correct that they lose the overall picture.

too many people confuse adjectives and racism. they forget that racism involves more than grouping by race; it also includes a sense of dislike, different treatment or hatred based on racial features. the technical definition includes a sense of superiority based on racial traits or characteristics.

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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 12:39 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

also includes a sense of dislike, different treatment or hatred based on racial features. the technical definition includes a sense of superiority based on racial traits or characteristics.....

Which I get here ever so often...and goosie I wouln't put blacks here that far down in the heap.

White girl treatment by the westerners here is just sad. I'm not hard up on getting a relationship or sex but when I do get rejected all I was saying was that the ugly girl should look in the mirror. In actuality most of the Chinese women that rejct me on race they just turn out to be pretty ugly anyway.

While the pretty girls give me a try or just reject me based on them wanting a Chinese guy or they like taking it slow and i don't want that.

One of my nutty theories are that the ugly girls don't want to remain ugly in hopes that dating a white guy will grant their children blue eyes. This is what one girl told me anyway.
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chamaflauge wrote:
also includes a sense of dislike, different treatment or hatred based on racial features. the technical definition includes a sense of superiority based on racial traits or characteristics.....

I'm not hard up on getting a relationship or sex but when I do get rejected all I was saying was that the ugly girl should look in the mirror. In actuality most of the Chinese women that rejct me on race they just turn out to be pretty ugly anyway.


You have been referring to the said girl as "ugly" throughout, isn't that racist?






Oooops, ugly ain't a race. Is it?
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 12:59 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

nope.
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 01:08 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Of course ugly isn't a race!

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So its ok for the poster to classify somebody as "ugly" based on his criteria of/for beauty but somebody rejecting him because of the black color of his skin is not? Its "racist"?
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 01:24 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

Yes. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Skin color/eye shape/hair color are not.

You have two different waves of thought that won't work combined as one. First, the "ugly" issue for both the OP's definition of the girl and the possible girl's thoughts on the OP. Second, the race card.

Unfortunately, without hearing from the girl and seeing her abrupt responce and immediate blocking of the OP, I've got to say that her reaction was motivated beyond "he's ugly".

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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 01:38 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

people can be so superficial... being half thai i know how people there react to dark skin. you cant buy skin products which dont say "whitening" and the thai girls sit on the beach with sweaters and jeans on because they're so scared of getting dark:P but chinese/japanese people are "beautiful" for them. as magnolia said: beauty is in the eye of the beholder. and whats up with all that stuff about race?!we arent dogs or horses..

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Magnolia wrote:
Of course ugly isn't a race!


****. There goes my idea of labeling the OP as racist as the said girl and hence just tit-for-tat. Problem solved.

Are u really really sure ugly isn't a race? Wink
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Magnolia wrote:

Unfortunately, without hearing from the girl and seeing her abrupt responce and immediate blocking of the OP, I've got to say that her reaction was motivated beyond "he's ugly".


Can't be arsed to go back and read all the BS. Did the "great block" occur after or before exchanging pics?
If after, then its certainly just "he's ugly" issue (assuming he let her onto the fact that he is black). However, if it was before and the girl rejected him as soon as she knew he was black.......well.....

i am confused.
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Well it was after the pic. She didn't know I was black My pic was on msn. And she asked... are you black? And I said yeah and then she said something about not liking blacks then disappeared from the list.

After seeing her picture I didn't feel like asking "are you ugly" which most definately she was. I also didn't want to say she was ugly. To be honest I would have dated her anyway. Personality over looks to me....except if she was obese.
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chamaflauge wrote:
....except if she was obese.


is obesity a race? u r racist, my friend Wink

honestly though, don't take these things too seriously mate. u will loose ur head. racism exists in china just like everywhere else. and there are enough ladies out there for you to date. no need for u to get high strung on this one. infact its better. imagine if u two had set up a blind date <<shudder>>
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 03:39 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

why not? don't you get high strung when a Chinese rejects you because you are a foriegner?
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I get strung when I see people reject guys just because they look Chinese and not a foreigner. Razz

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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 03:48 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

1/4 of Americans are obese...

...once it hits half, it will be a race.
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chamaflauge wrote:
why not? don't you get high strung when a Chinese rejects you because you are a foriegner?


why not?
to save yourself from going insane. you have spent a lot of time/effort/thought on this, did it affect the girl who caused the trouble in any way. nopes. the only one suffering (for lack of a better word) is you my friend.

as for me, no, i never take it seriously when a chinese is rude to me (ok ok did happen for the first month or so after i moved here). but that's it. a month. its a frame of mind. you are either at peace with urself or u aren't. i cannot and will not go down to their level just so i could be as low-life as they are. and this goes only for the ***holes and not the entire chinese population. so you politically correct guys, think before jumping on me.
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 04:50 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

im really upset about this prejudice thing.


oh no wait im a very attractive young white guy, scrap that!
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Post  Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 06:31 PM  Reply with quote  Back to top

I'm not suffering ....AT ALL believe me. I just like talking about relevent issues instead of hiding behind a veil. And Rayne I agree with you I hate that. Its best to talk out in the open
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