Perhaps you didn't read this thread or my post clearly enough. I posted (re: 'To answer the OP') to answer the intended question which was:
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Anyone else have an opinion? If you are attracted to a member of another race but refuse to date them, are you not in fact racist?
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Your not having any Black friends is besides the point. Of course, if you don't have any Black friends, it's because you don't have any Black friends, for whatever reason.
However--in the context of what was asked and then answered in my post---A
REFUSAL to date a hypothetical Black/other race friend on grounds of their race
IS prejudice, which--for your information--is defined as a "(1) preconceived judgment or opinion (2) an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge b : an instance of such judgment or opinion c : an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics", according to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary.
Or basically stated, to refuse to date someone of another race is an active gesture of rejection/reluctance to act based on a notion without basis of knowledge.
enigma_AKA
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Originally posted by macallan25
Well, I completely disagree with you.......and I would be really pissed if someone told me that I was prejudiced for only dating white girls. I don't really have any black friends...does that make me a racist? No.
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