The Perception of Beauty?

Question

There was a discussion concerning Hugh Hefner today, and his preferences of beauty, and how it may or may not include African-American women.

Here is my question: Is the bias for one race and not another ... racism?

The only difference between races.. is the skin tone. No race can fit into one category. For example, you can't stereo-typically put all black people in the same category.. we are all different… you may even find a black person .. natural.. with blond hair and blue eyes.. [Aborigines])

What about other races... do we find not appealing, and is this belief racist?

Or is that the one area of our life... where we can have such a bias and it not be considered racist? I.e. preference of blonds, brunettes.. ect, ect.

America is such a melting pot of races…that you can find many crossovers.. between all cultures. No one is completely any race any more..

It would be a stereo-type to say that no black people have eyes like Asians..
or no white people for that matter..

when in fact I can honestly think of several... even famous ones.

Nonetheless, color seems to be the phenomenon in America...why?

Answer 1

i think it CAN be racist- if they constantly go around saying (like i've seen on here for example) 'asian women are better' or "all men prefer asian women because.. etc' and list off all these stereotypes about asian women.

but it can also be personal preference, like preferring someone that's not pastey white, or preferring blondes or brown eyes. usuallly there's an exception when it's just a preference-- the person doesn't strictly date people with *brown eyes*, they still date the occasional *blue eyed* person or whatever.

but it can also be pressures from society, it can be difficult to date someone outside of your race and some people find it too uncomfortable to go against that, even though they may not be racist themselves.

Answer 2

I don't believe preference would be racist, beauty is simply in the eyes of the beholder, you can find beauty in all humans inside and out, every race has beauty be it knowledge, or a smile, how they look, how they dress, how they walk and talk, I could go on and on, what is important here is, to find beauty one must look for the good in all people of every race, and that's the easy part, to be a racist is hard work you have to have hatred, and anger in ones heart, unfortunately we have those that fit that category, It really is not hard to love all humans, I believe they are the most fascinating species on earth. God Bless

Answer 3

In answer to cat.tuck's very silly observation above about blue birds and red birds not mixing to produce purple birds, the obvious answer is that if birds of different colors are different species, they don't mix. But where any species on this planet exists in different colors - whether birds (like many species of parrots), dogs, cats, fish, you name it - its breeds without regard to color.

Answer 4

clearly the red birds and the blue birds do not share a nest with purple babies, so why are the birds smarter than the people?