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Old 09-08-2003, 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by smiley21
i dont see how i made a dangerous statement. in no way did i imply that other people's skin look bad. i just like that some people arent afraid to step away from the norm. that being said, i pointed out that i like the skin color on people of a multiracial background-it looks beautiful. just because i like one doesnt mean i dont like others. in fact, i like all skin colors. i was just pointing out that particular one. and about the bad hair- people who have bad hair means that they cant take care of it not because of their race.
Your statement kind of implies that biracial babies are more attractive than those that are only one race . . . thus, half-white/half-black babies are more attractive than those with darker skin tones, kinkier hair and broader features. Ditto for half-Asian/half-white babies that may have lighter hair, less slanted eyes . . . I have a friend who says that most of her Asian-American friends consider those with one Asian parent and one white parent more attractive than those of full Asian blood because their features are somewhat "softened" and "Americanized." I know it can go the other way (biracial children are prettier than white children) but it's rarely taken to mean that.

I know that's probably not what you meant, but it gets into dangerous territory.

Plus the generalities ("all biracial babies . . . ") can lead into the whole ethnic fetishization thing.
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