<p>For the Jews it was a personality/mental or whatever-you-want-to-call-it, not just beca8use of the brown hair and eyes. The “pure colored race” was just a vehicle for the hatred (after all, what color was Hitlers hair?)</p>
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<p>My point is that as the Jews were villified, an ugly caricature of them was created. I’m not quite sure what it was, but it probably went something like this: small people with shifty eyes, quick hands, and hooked noses who were ready to filch you of your money at any moment.</p>
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But Adrien Brody is SO FREAKIN’ HOT.</p>
<p>(Yeah, that had nothing to do with anything.)</p>
<p>I agree that racism and preference go hand in hand.</p>
<p>But, our thoughts/instinctual feelings aren’t easily as controlled.</p>
<p>I don’t really care; it’s a humanity thing. It’s just as long as people are trying to treat others fairly, despite what their innate preferences are.</p>
<p>hmm I’m Muslim…i dated a hindu for over a year and a half…parents hated me…my rents weren’t too happy…would i do it again?..hmm…probably…good girls are hard to find…would i date a jew?..probably…</p>
<p>atheist…now…that would kind of throw me off…i really dunno…but then again i also said i wouldn’t date a hindu…but for some reason, i’d prefer to have someone that believes in something rather than nothing…i dunno…is that bad?</p>
<p>I have and never will date an athiest…or a bears fan. Too many problems will arise.</p>
<p>I don’t agree that racism and preference go together. A personal preference does not need to have something negative intention behind it.</p>
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<p>But don’t you think that behind a preference, there may lies the seeds of prejudice, however unknown to the person him/herself?</p>
<p>I know it’s not a comfortable thing to think about because it makes us confront ourselves, but we can’t just flippantly dismiss everything as “That’s just the way it is” and expect to get away with it.</p>
<p>No. I dont. </p>
<p>You have been trained to think that way…and though you may find it hard to believe, not everybody is a racist. </p>
<p>I am straight, I prefer women. This doesn’t logically mean that I am sexist against men, the gender I do not prefer.</p>
<p>Perhaps some people have racism behind their preferences. But that is not true for everyone. Just because I prefer the colour blue for example doesn’t make me “racist” against the other colors. I just like blue. Is there anything wrong with that?</p>
<p>I prefer certain races. Why? Nothing racist, it is just what appeals to me. I’m not going to say which races because that is unimportant. It’s about who I could see myself with but when looking for a true soulmate as opposed to a “Dream Date” I don’t think race or much of anything would matter. And relating to dream date a girl could not be my type but if they are gorgeous, no matter what race I don’t care. Beauty is beauty: Race don’t matter.</p>
<p>As far as religion I think that if anything people would rather have a preference against me (agnostic) than me against them. If their religious views placed them in a situation were they were ignorant/racist/etc. I would probably be opposed to that. Again “dream date” is different than soulmate. If my soulmate was Catholic and I hate that religion (Catholic school will do that to ya). I truly wouldnt care. (Although if she tried to force religion on me that’d be different.)</p>
<p>CAUTION: may be offensive: these are my views and how I see religion, whether yours is like this or different I don’t care. Just thought I’d warn people and prevent backfire before I started. Where the problem strikes up for many: kids. What to do? My preference for children is to believe what they want but science will always be as important if not more than spirituality. They can develop whatever “religion” they want as long as it follows the basic moral guidelines set out by anyone for humanity, isn’t closed-minded, and has an inherently good quality (like some of the better, more forgotten aspects of the Catholic religion, like the Corporal works of Mercy).</p>
<p>My wife on the other hand might have other plans to indoctrinate them into the mindless, repetitive routine that is what Catholicism has become. I would not agree seeing that with help for understanding and a good example, kids can set their own spirituality and take it in whatever direction they choose. I would have liked this option but it was not accepted. It was hard to reverse some of the views that I learned from my Catholic teachings (still working on some of them) and by growing up with a way of life that may cause bewilderment and upsetness later in life when there religion betrays them (again with the Catholic schooling for me). They can find it when they need it (like many, with death or illness to themselves or one who is close) but a more secular, spiritual environment with room to grow is more helpful in my eyes than a sheltered, rule-based environment.</p>
<p>That’s how I truly believe religion should be rather than a label and a prayer. Again those are MY views. Your Catholicism or Christianity or Muslimness(?) may be different in your eyes but these are mine and I was just sharing a subject that has a lot of influence in both good and bad parts in my life.</p>