Is liking blue eyes racist?

[FinnishViking]

It is racist.

It is not racist.

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I mean people here think it's racist to prefer girls of your own race (if you are White of course), so is it racist to prefer girls of your eye colour (if it's blue)?

[Rainie_]

Wtf how?
You do realise any person from any shade of colour skin can have naturally blue eyes...
Liking blue eyes is just a preference.

Do you even know what being racist means? 😂 let me spell it out for you, racism= Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

[FinnishViking]

Blue eyes is the trait of the White race. If I mostly like girls with blue eyes that means I discriminate girls of other eye colours and races?

[BubbleBoy69]

Lol really now. White peopole only can have blue eyes?

https://i.imgur.com/FsDoBj9.jpg?2

[FinnishViking]

@BubbleBoy69 She is mixed.

[BubbleBoy69]

dude that's racist. Not every girl who has green, blue eyes has some white in them.

[Rainie_]

Blue eyes is NOT a white race trait AT ALL. It's not rare to see afghans with naturally blue or other coloured eyes, Pakistanis as well. And these people aren't mixed with white.

[Rainie_]

For a matter of fact the blue eye gene is said to have originated around the Black Sea, so no not in Europe.

[FinnishViking]

Afghans are not only mixed with Whites, they are predominantly White.

[FinnishViking]

Black sea is Europe. Blue eyes originated within the population which is the basis of the White people.

[Rainie_]

Caucasian sure but what most people consider white? Depends. Black Sea is between Europe and Asia.
And Europeans descended from Middle Eastern people so it's no surprise they have gotten blue and green eye traits that comes from this area, Pakistanis and afghans also come from these people, it's not "recent mixes"

[FinnishViking]

OK, it seems we have different definitions of the word White.

[Elarra]

Sigh... not everything is racist and this isn't it... Just like I don't find them attractive, doesn't make me racist.

[FinnishViking]

I assume you are black judging by your picture. This is the reason you don't find them attractive.

[Penelope_]

Not racist at all, just your personal preference :)

[Azgeda]

Racist would be.
"I think blue eyes are the superior eye color and people of other eye colours need to be concentrated into a camp of sort and gassed."

"I like blue eyes" is not racist , it's a preference.

[super147]

No, it's not racist. If you didn't like blue eyes it would be eyeist. If you don't like rice it's riceist. If you don't like leaving the earth's atmosphere it's spaceist.

[JustCallMeLeon]

I loled.

[Righttobeararms83]

How can it be racist, is there a race of blue eyed people that I dont know about? Is it racist that I like redheads.

[FinnishViking]

I don't think there are any pure Asian or Black people with blue eyes or read hair.

[Righttobeararms83]

Pure asian? Pure Black? Your realise how many different ethnic, cultural and racial identies are on the African and Asian continents? No such thing as a pure anything we are all mixed together somewhere down the line. I might have for instance as much Viking blood as you.

[FinnishViking]

By pure I meant without a recent admixture. You can have blue eyes only if you are 1/2 or at least 1/4 White. There is no other way for you to have them unless you are an albino.

[Righttobeararms83]

There are blue eyed afticans and green eyed Chinese

[FinnishViking]

Green eyed Chinese = mixed with Tocharians/Iranians/Romans. Blue eyed Africans = rare genetic mutation or mixed with Indo-Europeans.

[Righttobeararms83]

But do we know any of that for sure its all pre history?

[FinnishViking]

There were some blue eyed folks in western China that sometimes invaded China proper. Africa is a bit more difficult, but genetics suggests that some Indo-Europeans migrated there. Still, the chance to meet a blue eyed Chinese or African is like 1%.

[jman46241]

Um excuse me, my eyes are green during the winter and blue during the summer. I have a good mind's eye to to get you to see the light!

[Carley99]

It's not racist I prefer my own race but I wouldn't mind going for a Asian or white guy.

[Eugene]

I tend to give retarded answers to retarded questions, so I've voted "yes" on this one.

[jeannine22]

What? No! Never heard of that before. I love blue eyes. I hope this doesn't make me a racist. Lol!

[CheyenneBae]

It has nothing to do with culture or the origin of the person.

[Anonymous]

It's only racist if you only want to date people with blue eyes.

[FinnishViking]

It seems to be the case for me...

[Rissyanne]

No it's not.. it is called having a preference. I am sure you have preferences also.

[Opinion Owner]

@Rissyanne Preference often mask a form of racial prejudice. Just look at OP's response with Raine where he is basically ONLY white people can have blue eyes and if your not white and have these traits then you must have white ancestry.

Preference and some form of racial thinking often go hand in hand together.

[Rissyanne]

So you want to for someone into dating someone they aren't attracted to by bullying them?

[Opinion Owner]

@Rissyanne No. There is a difference to not being attracted to a particular person and saying you'll never find X, Y, Z race attractive because they lack this feature no matter the individual. Essentially your saying, no matter the person's character, personality, or how they treat you, because they were born X, Y, Z race they have no chance with you. This in itself is racist as you are basically saying that being born a particular race excludes you automatically.

While saying I have a preference for A but will consider dating X, Y, Z is not racist because you aren't writing people off for a particular trait they have no control of. Again preference is often masked by racist views of different races. It's something people use to cover up their racism or prejudice of other races and why they won't consider dating them.

[FinnishViking]

It's a White trait because it originated in a White population. If you have blue eyes then there's no way you could have no White admixture.

[Rissyanne]

Sorry I dont believe that is racism. It is a preference. I dont date black men... because I am not attracted to them. I also dont date women or truckers. I also dont date men shorter than me. I dont date men with long beards. I also dont date liberal democrats. I will only date men with grown children.. if any. I dont date married men. There is a guy at my work who would love to go out with me. I am not going out with him because he is 4ft 10. He is a nice guy but I am not at all attracted to him. All these are preferences. You are way to politically correct. I am not going to date someone just to prove something or to make someone else feel good.

[Opinion Owner]

@Rissyanne It is often mask by racism. I'm going to same this again. And pretty sure the reason you don't date black guys has some racist stereotype belief or association with them being low social class (which you probably won't admit).

[Rissyanne]

So if I dont date women am I being a homophobic? I am not going to date someone I dont want to just because you bully me. Do you not have any preferences? Would you date any girl no matter what she looks like? Age? size?

[Opinion Owner]

@Rissyanne

1. That is circular logic. There is a difference of not dating someone because of your sexual orientation and writing off every person of a race because you have an underlying prejudice to them.

2. Yes i'm open to dating a girl who goes outside my preference.

[Rissyanne]

No that is a cop out. I think you should date men. If you dont you are a bigot.

[Anonymous]

Not really. I mean it's like saying I like blonde girls more than brunettes. Totally your choice.

[Maik567]

Yes, liking anything at all is racist.

[peachblossomluck]

Lol.

[Shangri-La]

No, it's just your personal preference

[JulieXO]

Nope. It's just a preference

[Waffles731]

Who the fuck says its racist

[TheFlak38]

It is for some mentally ill people.

[Jxpxtxr]

No wth

[Hollywood-Glam]

It's not racist

[Yanoa_Yanza]

... o_O no...

[Anonymous]

No it isn't.

[Anonymous]

Nope