I'm confused by all the talk of the word "racist." The article didn't mention the word "racist" in the title, and in fact the one time it talked about the word, it was to debunk a straw man suggestion that racism is a factor.
Are people dragging their^H^H^H^H^H^H own^H^H^H other baggage into this discussion?
If that's the thesis for the post, I am underwhelmed, I see no evidence for racism whatsoever as I understand the word. Maybe that's why I didn't see the post as having anything to do with racism... Because it doesn't.
Really? Maybe I misread, but I got the impression the author was presenting evidence in favor of, not against, the "white women are racist" statement. The way it's expressed ("nail in the coffin") is admittedly confusing, but in what way could he be said to be debunking it?
I just read it as saying that White Women preferred to respond to White Men. Maybe it's my lack of baggage on the subject, I don't associate "Preferring White Shmeckle" with "Racism."
To me, the word "racist" has all sorts of connotations around desiring a de-integration of society on colour lines, around various forms of employment discrimination, and around hate and fear. Expressing a preference when choosing a mate is not racism, nor is it particularly surprising.
I agree with you on what racism means, but it certainly was my impression that the author does not agree, and is in fact conflating racial preference in mates with racism.
Looks like all y'all're right and I was wrong. Ah well, I will turn my attention to another HN front page post, this one on Reading Incomprehension. Perhaps it might help me understand posts like this a little better :-)
>We’ve processed the messaging habits of almost a million people and are about to basically prove that, despite what you might’ve heard from the Obama campaign and organic cereal commercials, racism is alive and well.
Are people dragging their^H^H^H^H^H^H own^H^H^H other baggage into this discussion?