Originally Posted by
Ravine
OK, Terryh, I'm not wanting you to get in any more trouble, here.
You mentioned open-mindedness and marginalization. I believe that you are open-minded, and that you are against the marginalization of any person, or group, because of their race. Why would I disbelieve it? "Innocent 'til proven guilty" still works, at least for me.
Just think about this, if you will indulge me [[for real, this time.)
Your original post, with its implicit leering, conveys a sense that your libido is stimulated by saucy black women whose dance style is notably uninhibited. Cool. Mine, too. Why would it not be?
But that is different from having an open mind; that is more like having a, well, you know, one of those, that is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Additionally, while your statement doesn't marginalize black women, or blacks in general, it sort of does something similar; it blatantly objectifies black women, and when you view folks as objects, you-- in a sense-- marginalize them, because Homo Sapiens is a group of actual living, feeling beings who have much more to them than merely their bodies and the ways in which they may sinuously undulate those bodies. When you view them in an objectifying manner, you disrespect them.
So, if you are the socially evolved, free-thinking person that you present yourself as being, I think that you should give that some thought.
And I'm not making you out to be a Bad Guy, or a shit-head. If I felt that way, I wouldn't have this much to say to you.