eh , happens in other nations also . for example , Canadian healthcare doesn ' t necessarily cover medication , dental care and eyeglasses or contacts . people just like to bash the USA , but somehow don ' t know about Canadian pensioners who can ' t afford cancer meds and have to mortgage the house to pay the bill . <| sep |> First off , actually read my comment because I never interjected my ego into it by saying I ' m a good person and I shouldn ' t feel guilty . Secondly , I agree it does POC no good to perpetuate those stereotypes , but if you don ' t want to date or sleep with someone it ' s not exclusively because of those stereotypes . You might be Latino and prefer Latin features , you might like more body hair than most Asian men have , or not like the texture of black hair . Whatever the reason , shallow or not , why is someone not allowed to have the their reasoning and not also be labeled a racist ? And to your last point , yes , in this day and age I think we need to be explicit and clear about the word racist , because language matters . You could argue democrats lost and entire presidential election based in part on identity politics and the labeling of anyone who disagrees with them as racist . We really aren ' t that far separated from Americas very racist history slavery , Jim crows laws , segregation , KKK , etc so when people throw that word around so carefree , it does have damaging effect and distorts the message of what racism actually is . Actual racism permeates our criminal justice system , where blacks are thrown in jail at a disproportionate rate than white . Actual racism with voter ID laws dissproportionately effects POC . But only wanting to have sex with your own race exclusively ? That ' s a hard sell placing in the same category of racism . Maybe if the issue were about laws that prevented you from being with another race , I could jump on board .