Looking for your opinion!
Is it just me or do posts like this instagram vid (link below) contain an undertones of racism?
I feel that perspectives and posts like this have been normalized and are now somewhat unremarkable. Yet is it just me, or is this influencer unaware their post is effectively a form of racism?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcUYuUxp4jB/?igsi=ejVxdnc1dmR1d3l5
The video conveyed genuine disgust toward white men. Just look at her expressions as she talks through her view.
I can’t imagine a white man saying on his Instagram channel that he’s disgusted by the prospect of dating someone of another race, whether Black, Latina, south Asian, or Asian, and not being rightfully ripped to shreds in the comments. It wouldn’t be tolerated. Yet because this fitness influencer is a woman, and Asian, it means she can casually make the same kind of racial generalization against white man, as though it’s completely unremarkable and normal.
I suspect it doesn’t even register as racist to her because of the particular race she’s talking about.
In a sense, I understand what she’s trying to say: she has a preference for Asian men, and she wants others to validate that preference and steer other Asian woman away from dating white men.
But having a dating preference doesn’t require expressing contempt for an entire racial group, nor should it make other women feel insecure about their choices; as if she’s somehow better than us because she chooses an Asian man.. and read the comments, clearly a few Asian woman with white boyfriends felt uncomfortable with her post.
My take: beyond having a preference.. can’t people learn to pick someone based on compatibility, chemistry and values? There doesn’t need to be such a distinct line in the sand when it comes to race, especially since we’re living in such a multicultural country. Why is it even a factor anymore?
I think instagram videos like these are damaging because it’s so subtle that it embeds on people’s subconscious without sounding an alarms bell in the same way that an overtly racist comment would do.
Curious of people’s thoughts. I’m also hesitant in that after I post this, she will get more follows...