Blog Post #7

I thought I'd just sit down today with nothing to really reference because I do that much too often for this class when I focus on the facts, statistics, and history. I really do have a lot on my mind with this class discussion of race because I encounter it much too often with this world we live in as technology cuts its size nearly in half. With the weird things that I am into, it'll make sense later, I face gender issues daily, but race is always a shadow in the background that varies in size with the topic or the people that I am dealing with. Because I spend most of my time writing for work about Drag Queens and LGBT issues and occasionally night life, a job which many of the people in this school are probably too aware about because it is what I truly dedicate my life to (and I never shut up about it), I have been given the opportunity to meet resilient and unique individuals from all around the world from a million different walks of life. This path I have fallen into has given me the chance to develop an incredibly open mind to talk to everyone and to give everyone a chance past first impressions no matter their appearance or choices.
This brings me to the statement of "I would never date an Asian." My personal view on this is that if you believe this or any statement adjacent to it, it is racist, but the only person you are hurting in the grand scheme of things is yourself. I do not think anyone could convince me otherwise because it just reflects close mindedness if you are not even giving the person a chance. I understand that we are teenagers and we are attracted to shiny things and scantly-clad females, but there comes a point where you can't decide who you want to be with solely based on looks. The least aesthetically pleasing could be the most brilliant and mentally stimulating person in the world to you and the most attractive could be the most banal and vapid. You are completely neglecting at least 75% of the person if you base what you desire in a partner solely on looks, and if you continue to chase this perspective, you will only end up empty inside. Surely, this works sometimes, but only in the smallest percentage of cases and that is why I'll always give people a chance to talk before I make my judgement into if I should associate myself with this person of not. Shallowness concerns me, but it truly should not because it does not affect me. If you are shallow and avoid to be friends or to date a person who is black, for example, you are not even giving them the chance to showcase their inner selves. Their personalities and thoughts could be on the same wavelength as yours and maybe after a few conversations you could start to develop a link with them that could lead to a strong relationship, platonic or not. If this is your way of thinking, you are only hurting yourself because you are living with a closed mind and these individuals who you dislike aesthetically who will be saved the trouble of having to deal with your thinking. Sure, it is not the worst thing in the world, but it is still something to consider before you judge a book by its cover.