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I absolutely hate that people actually judge others by the color of their skin.
I can't even fathom having to live with those feelings.......imagine how much a person who is racist loses when they limit themselves to those who are only just like themselves......let alone if one is darker or lighter than the other.....sheesh
I live many, many clicks from Portland now but while I was there it seemed the main headliner in the weekly newspaper was "How white Portland is." Or perhaps I just noticed it because I found it to be an odd news feature. That was replayed again. and again.
Portland is not very diverse. It is a lovely city. I dug it. I have many good things to say about Portland. But it is not diverse. As a minority who has lived in many many many places where I am a minority (in many ways) this isn't such a big deal. Something about segments of the "white" community in Portland began to strike me as fairly odd though- a good level of education but a disastrously high level of ignorance and xenophobia.
That said, met many lovely people there. Eventually had to chalk up the ignorants as, well, ignorants. Portland is lovely, but kind of sheltered actually.
Portland I agree is a beautiful city. But as you said very xenophobic, which is ironic because they pride themselves as being very liberal.
I found people to be polite but not overly friendly. Of course I came from CA....LOL.
I had more than one person tell me change your license plates ASAP.
But yes I actually had someone tell me (your typical white Portland liberal) that they where way more diverse and accepting up here compared to LA.
This was of course from a native who never lived anywhere other than Portland.
as an australian 'white girl' i have come to prefer black/coloured/dark-skinned/ebony males. they are generally superior in looks, manner and personality.
Light-skinned blacks are a product of race mixing (some would say "race traitor"), a practice I disagree with. Another way to put it is: if I had the choice of making someone either full black or mulatto, I would definitely prefer full black.
as an australian 'white girl' i have come to prefer black/coloured/dark-skinned/ebony males. they are generally superior in looks, manner and personality.
Yeah but definitely not intelligence, work ethic or responsibility.
Most whites don't make nearly as big of a distinction between light skinned and darked skinned folks as blacks do. Whites either are racist -- and hate all blacks, one drop of blood rule applies -- or they're not, in which case coal black and milky caramel are pretty much the same in their eyes.
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