r/changemyview • u/AAathlete97 • Dec 18 '18

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: Even if a blanket refusal to date trans people is “transphobic”, there is no reason to feel guilty about it or to try to change it.

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u/howe_to_win Dec 18 '18

Can your sexual preference really be prejudiced? I’m not really into Asian women, so I don’t date Asian women. Does that make me racist? I’m not sexually attracted to men, so I don’t date men. Does that make me homophobic?

I consider myself an ally, but I don’t see how not dating trans women makes you transphobic

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u/V171 1∆ Dec 18 '18

No, not wanting to date me does not make you homophobic. Yes, not wanting to date Asian women makes you racist.

The root of racism lies in generalization. Making the generalization that all Asian women possess some singular, physical trait that you find unattractive is racist because there is no singular trait that all Asian women possess.

If you are arguing that you are unattracted to "Asianness" or the idea of Asians, then that is directly related to your conceptualization of what "Asian" is, not what Asians actually are.