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>In the North American melting pot it's crude and racist to put blunt preferences in a dating ad, Is that really true? I've never heard of the common phrase "
by jasode 9y ago
>In the North American melting pot it's crude and racist to put blunt preferences in a dating ad,
Is that really true? I've never heard of the common phrase "swf looking for swm"[1] -- being called out in mainstream circles as racist.
Unlike employment or assigning bus seats in Alabama, the domain of romance was given the latitude for racial preferences without being demonized as "racism".
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q="swf+looking+for+swm" https://www.google.com/search?q="swf+looking+for+swm"
- walrus01 9y agoin south asia it's much more specific, because there is the unspoken requirement that whoever they match with has to be of suitable ethnic group, religion, caste, etc to be acceptable to the parents. also language, because between the three largest south asian countries there's something like 25 languages spoken...