No French, Italians, Spaniards or Hebrews need apply.
It's jarring not because racism is gone, but because of how blatant it used to be.
In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to have a preference for age, weight, height, facial features, personality, income, religion, intelligence, humor, etc. Racism is ignoring all of that and rejecting someone before you know a single thing about them just because of their ethnicity.
She could have said "no darkies, even if you are European". Then again, French certainly doesn't count. 🤷🏻
Nothing wrong with having a skin tone preference, but I think it's dumb to put it in a dating profile. One, you'll turn people off thinking you're a racist even if you're not. Two, you never know. I've always dated super pale girls. Ended up with a dark Filipino. Who knows?
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cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk · 36 pts · 1y
I've seen several dating profiles where they express their racial preferences so not much has changed here.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 1y
It's jarring not because racism is gone, but because of how blatant it used to be.
In my opinion, it's perfectly fine to have a preference for age, weight, height, facial features, personality, income, religion, intelligence, humor, etc. Racism is ignoring all of that and rejecting someone before you know a single thing about them just because of their ethnicity.
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
I've seen that stuff on dating apps. Usually either excluding black or looking for black specifically.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 1y
"can dance all night"
She DTF.
Asafum@feddit.nl · 24 pts · 1y
Damn still screwed! Mid sized feet, not a nobleman, and am "Italian" American.
Lenny@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 1y
I thought the last sentence was describing her, not what she’s looking for.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 11 pts · 1y
Asafum@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 1y
Oh hell yeah, she doesn't care about my normal sized feet!
Now I just need to do something about the nobleman and Italian part... I'll think of something! Small foot dancing lady here I come!
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Sounds like a Disney movie
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y
I think tagging people like @Asafum@feddit.nl gets a notification over to their Lemmy inbox, FYI.
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y
Flagstaff@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Oh, what Lemmy app are you using? I use Summit which auto-formats the moment you type
@and then the start of their username. It's really handy!Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Well I am not even mentioned on the list so you might have better chances then me.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 12 pts · 1y
I wonder if this worked for her. Surely there’s a record somewhere.
bluGill@fedia.io · 6 pts · 1y
Likely if you care to search local archives that are probably not online.
There are plenty of people who did find someone via newspaper ads. Though I don't think it was ever common.
Zephorah@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y
I just want the drama, not to do the work to find it.
callouscomic@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
According to a comment by editorgrrl in this r/TheWayWeWere reddit post, it is a joke.
https://archive.org/details/life2728mitc/page/n9/mode/1up
Another version they gave:
https://archive.org/embed/life2728mitc
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 8 pts · 1y
Fuck off, vile jezebel.
jj4211@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Can "dance" all night....
shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
She could have said "no darkies, even if you are European". Then again, French certainly doesn't count. 🤷🏻
Nothing wrong with having a skin tone preference, but I think it's dumb to put it in a dating profile. One, you'll turn people off thinking you're a racist even if you're not. Two, you never know. I've always dated super pale girls. Ended up with a dark Filipino. Who knows?