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darxus ([personal profile] darxus) wrote2009-10-06 03:20 pm
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Your Race Affects Whether People Write You Back

Once again the interpretations are infuriating (sexual preference = racism), but the numbers are interesting.
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[identity profile] feng-huang.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Does this mean I'm sexist if I don't respond to guys that want to ask me out on a date?

[identity profile] morbidiqua.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I exclusively date out of my race LOL.



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[identity profile] frobzwiththingz.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
well, um, not to stir up a whole can of worms here, but who is to say that sexual preference *isn't* racism? Or at least a whole lot like it, in many ways...

Lets see here:

Property 1: Based on logic in any way?
Sexual preferences: Nope.
Racist preferences: Nope.

Property 2: Influenced by upbringing, societal programming, and other factors not under the individuals control?
Sexual preferences: Pretty darned likely.
Racist Preferences: Yep.

Property 3: Can be overcome by analytical thinking, therapy (talk,exposure, etc)
Racist Preferences: It happens occasionally.
Sexual preferences: Fat chance.
(Hmm. could sexual preference be *worse* than racism?)

Just some food for thought here, don't jump to any deep conclusions.

[identity profile] sensesurfer.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The reply also might also correlate more to the readers reaction to the content of the message rather than their bias towards the race of the sender. I read many resumes, and the first thing I sort for is can the person write a sentence in English.
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