Is it possible to have a racial dating preference without being racist?

[Counterclocking]

I say it is. For a white man like me, I only prefer to date white women; no exceptions.
Reason is I’m only attracted to white women like Natalie Portman, Jessica Alba, etc. because there’s only an attraction when there’s a physical attraction.
However, that doesn’t mean I hate people of different races.
Another reason for me only dating inside my race is for my religious beliefs.

[provokeesmokee]

Having preferences is fine. Discriminating in other areas due to skin colour is not.

I don't like dating cis het white men. That's valid, not racist, nor heterophobic. I have no problems with cishet white men (until they prove otherwise), but I have zero interest in dating them and no attraction to them.

If I hated them because they were straight, white, or a man would be bad.

Not having a preference for them because my experience has been negative and boring? Valid.

Hating them just because they're cis, het, and white? Racist.

[Counterclocking]

Skin color matters to me in the dating world. If she’s not white, it’s a total dealbreaker for me. Just like if a woman isn’t pretty, it’s a dealbreaker for me. With what I said, there’s no exceptions.

[HelpfulWoman]

it's sort of a grey area.
I'm pretty much the same, white and only really interested in white people romantically.

[Lliam]

Of course. Just because you have physical or cultural preferences when it comes to dating doesn't mean that you have antipathy toward an entire race or culture.

Everyone has preferences for things like height, body shape, skin tone, hair, eye color, etc. It's normal.

[JackCarter]

Yes having personal preferences for relationship is not racist..

[mrkdvsn]

It's absolutely possible to have skin-color dating preferences without other people having justification to consider you to be a bad person. (date whoever you want without feeling guilty about it)

[Drewtate]

Yes I generally prefer dating white women, Asians, Hispanics in that order.

[Nxtawm]

Yes because preferring to date a certain race doesn’t mean you hate other races.