Is this racist, does my teacher have a right to punish me for this?

[Spawny0908]

Thats stupid. You have a right to like what you want. You like white or light colored girls that's fine! She's just being a douche.

 

[Spawny0908]

Don't ask a question if you don't want the answer. Don't you dare write that paper. Instead turn in a paper describing your reasoning and explaining your opinion. If she doesn't accept that, then bring in an administrator. She wants to play ball? Then play ball.

I agree with this idea. Write a paper like that instead and not what she wanted.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

Don't ask a question if you don't want the answer. Don't you dare write that paper. Instead turn in a paper describing your reasoning and explaining your opinion. If she doesn't accept that, then bring in an administrator. She wants to play ball? Then play ball.

I agree with this idea. Write a paper like that instead and not what she wanted.

And also feel free to quote everyone here - you have our support obviously. I'd also send a copy to the dean, the school counsellor and probably put copies up on every school notice and bulletin board.

That might be going overboard - but I think everyone here agrees that your teacher is a dimwit and doesn't know the true essence of education. Educate her.

 

[DementedSheep]

Political correctness gone crazy. It?s not about race it?s about a physical feature. You're attracted to what you're attracted to. Its no more wrong to be more attracted to someone with a certain skin colour than it is to be attracted to a particular eye colour or body type.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

Don't ask a question if you don't want the answer. Don't you dare write that paper. Instead turn in a paper describing your reasoning and explaining your opinion. If she doesn't accept that, then bring in an administrator. She wants to play ball? Then play ball.

I agree with this idea. Write a paper like that instead and not what she wanted.

And also feel free to quote everyone here - you have our support obviously. I'd also send a copy to the dean, the school counsellor and probably put copies up on every school notice and bulletin board.

That might be going overboard - but I think everyone here agrees that your teacher is a dimwit and doesn't know the true essence of education. Educate her.

An excellent proposal sir. Good thinking!

 

[Celtic_Kerr]

We were discussing attraction in psychology today and we did a worksheet, one of the questions being about what we find attractive in the opposite sex. When it got to which physical characteristics we find most attractive, I listed:

somewhat tall
healthy-looking, ie in good shape but not too skinny
dark hair
white skin

and some other things, but that last one was what got me in trouble. Now, at no point did I say I find other skin colors unattractive, and I did not say that I find colored people unattractive, just for their skin color. All I said was that it was one of many physical characteristics (saying nothing of personality and intellectual traits) that I find attractive. And also, it's not like I'd turn down a girl just because of her skin color, to me it's just one trait that I notice, and there are many more (saying nothing of intellectual and personality traits). To me, dating a black or asian girl would be no different than dating a blonde, yes I prefer dark to blonde hair but I can still find her attractive and nice (hopefully). I thought I was being honest about a personal opinion in a mature discussion about a mature topic.

In short, it's no different than my finding dark brown hair more attractive than light blonde hair. It's only a superficial thing.

Anyway, she didn't even give me a chance to explain what I meant by that, and wouldn't hear a word of it when I tried. Now I have to write a paper about racial tolerance. Is this right? Am I a racist, just for finding one skin color more physically appealing than the others?

EDIT/UPDATE: Okay, so the term 'colored people' comes off as racist. Just a poor choice of words on my part, sorry. I'd actually been told it was the politically correct term.

Honestly man, I won't lie, never ONCE met a black girl I have ever been attracted to. I have nothing against any person of any race, and I can admit many black ladies I've seen are attractive in their own right, but I've simply never found one I've been attracted to on a deep enough level to become interested in.

A lot of schools are hard pressed into making sure there is no racism, so I can understand why she took it so harshly. it may not only be to punish you, but as a warning to others, I've seen it. My only advice would be to weave your explanation into your paper and hand it in with a small apology that what you submitted may have come off with a bit of a bigot attitude.

 

[Bocaj2000]

Some people don't find black men/women attractive. Is that racist? No, it's personal preference. I don't hated dwarfs, but I would never date one. One of my friends does not find black women attractive and he is in no way racist. It is almost the equivalent to calling lesbians sexist for not finding me attractive.

My personal preference is a petite dark girl (probably mulatto or Hispanic) with blue/green eyes and dark hair. Also, just like you, OP, I have dated white, black, or Asian girls as well; the description that I provided is just what I find most physically attractive.

 

[Treblaine]

We were discussing attraction in psychology today and we did a worksheet, one of the questions being about what we find attractive in the opposite sex. When it got to which physical characteristics we find most attractive, I listed:

somewhat tall
healthy-looking, ie in good shape but not too skinny
dark hair
white skin

and some other things, but that last one was what got me in trouble. Now, at no point did I say I find other skin colors unattractive, and I did not say that I find colored people unattractive, just for their skin color. All I said was that it was one of many physical characteristics (saying nothing of personality and intellectual traits) that I find attractive. And also, it's not like I'd turn down a girl just because of her skin color, to me it's just one trait that I notice, and there are many more (saying nothing of intellectual and personality traits). To me, dating a black or asian girl would be no different than dating a blonde, yes I prefer dark to blonde hair but I can still find her attractive and nice (hopefully). I thought I was being honest about a personal opinion in a mature discussion about a mature topic.

In short, it's no different than my finding dark brown hair more attractive than light blonde hair. It's only a superficial thing.

Anyway, she didn't even give me a chance to explain what I meant by that, and wouldn't hear a word of it when I tried. Now I have to write a paper about racial tolerance. Is this right? Am I a racist, just for finding one skin color more physically appealing than the others?

EDIT/UPDATE: Okay, so the term 'colored people' comes off as racist. Just a poor choice of words on my part, sorry. I'd actually been told it was the politically correct term.

I'd be tempted to suggest you be a smart-ass and write the paper about persecution of a man for stating a preference for women with dark skin. Highlight how illogical such a persecution is and that he is entitled to his preference, and how illogical it is to conclude that this means he hates white women, it's just a preference. Don't pull any punches, really show the racists as utter bastards.

The moral of the story:
"you shouldn't judge people for what skin colour they prefer (even though that is exactly what my teacher did)"

If they flip their shit, send a copy to the NAACP (telling them they oppose this work) when they discover your school is objecting to such a paper then they will flip their shit and bring the ever loving shit load on the school.

Remember to write the paper so that it appears on the surface to be entirely against persecution of black-white relations yet the clear subtext is a colour-blind argument that the state has no right to persecute on ANYONE's preference for skin colour.

 

[TheTim]

Its not racist at all, if you said you found white chicks disgusting and only went for black chicks, then it wouldn't be racist so its not racist if its the other way around.

 

[zarguhl]

EDIT/UPDATE: Okay, so the term 'colored people' comes off as racist. Just a poor choice of words on my part, sorry. I'd actually been told it was the politically correct term.

I'd tell her to go fuck herself and her PC bullshit. But then I never had use for school anyway.

 

[Astoria]

Really? Will people just stop with the political correctness already. Preferring one skin colour over another is not racist. Saying you will not date someone if they're black or asian or whatever is racist but not this.

 

[Nyaliva]

I actually feel the same way, I find white people more attractive but I in no way discredit the appeal of anyone else who isn't. The fact is, as white people living around mostly white people for generations, we're kind of programmed to find other white people attractive. It's evolution and survival of the fittest to want to reproduce within your own social group. Furthermore, attractiveness has nothing to do with the types of people you like or don't like, just the ones you like to look at. I would have thought your psychology teacher would have understood that stuff. Unless they're one of those "I did a single psychology subject at uni which I don't remember any of thus I'm qualified to teach psychology" types of teachers.

I certainly agree you should throw something about PC in your essay.

 

[Wintermoot]

you never said that people with a different skin color where ugly or inferior you just personally like people with a white skin and your teacher shouldn't punish you for it.
it would be the same as punishing somebody for liking Pepsi over Coke.

 

[crudus]

I thought racism was treating someone different based on race. I just checked my dictionary wigit and according to oxford it is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race , especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

Yeah, I was surprised too. I had this huge thing ready to post, but I decided to look it up. I really had to edit my post majorly!

In fact OP, don't write a paper. Just copy+paste the definition of "racism" from multiple sources (citing sources of course) and turn that in. I would like to see the reaction to that.

Actually, it will probably be viewed as insubordination and disciplinary actions will probably follow, but in the end you are right. Not too many people fight for what is right/what they believe in anymore, which is a damn shame.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Well, only if your list was accompanied by a qualifying paragraph explaining your supposed dislike of black women that went a little something like this:

 

[theultimateend]

Anyway, she didn't even give me a chance to explain what I meant by that, and wouldn't hear a word of it when I tried. Now I have to write a paper about racial tolerance. Is this right? Am I a racist, just for finding one skin color more physically appealing than the others?

Talk to your Counselor or Escalate the issue to a higher authority.

Don't let this person get away with that kind of thinking. They are being far more damaging than anything you said.

That kind of extremism should not be tolerated (and I understand the irony of being an extremist against extremism).

 

[manic_depressive13]

That's not racist. The thing I'm most concerned about is why the hell they would ask you such a question to begin with. Your personal sexual preferences are nobody's business, and they sure as hell don't have a place in the classroom.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

You need to fight this. You can tolerate a culture and a race concurrently with not wanting to fuck it's members.


Also, it's better to say "pale skin" than "white skin" cause "pale" excludes a lot of white skin tones as well, while "white" excludes only minority-entitled skin tones. Not that you were wrong or anything but for the future so that you'll have some fort of a rebuttal when PC-charged idiots come your way.