the two go hand in hand, black/brown solidarity is accepted (and was once a necessary virtue) BECAUSE white power was evil, in fact whitness and power (in a racial sense) were synonymous, white power is a meaningless term. white implies power.

whites don’t grant poc individuality, it’s just not self hatred when they date out of race because poc have more in common with each other rather than simply racial superiority, whites do not. what binds them is that they are historicaly privileged.

so why are you taking Meena to task for her entirely sensible observation that a Western European like herself probably wouldn’t be compatible with your average DBD?

Im not taking her to task, Im saying that generalisations exist irrespective of the number of people you generalize on. but her assertion was less desis in the US than white people, hence generalizing against them is more justified, and Im saying we generalize against them because it’s an artifact of white privilege. Whites are granted individuality (and in many cases, superiority) where as we are not.

granting white men their individuality on a person to person basis, while a small sample of Indian men

well, by accusing woc of self-hatred for dating outside their race, but avoiding that label when describing whites who do the same thing, aren’t you pigeonholing woc into a particular culture while allowing whites the individual freedom to appropriate any cultural values without repercussions.

that black/brown power is considered a virtue but white power considered evil, is the ultimate expression of white privilege.

FUCK. should read “you too”

this should rad

“more numbers there are, the more problematic it is”

Then read vikrams link, or this, or this.

And pray tell where does your number of ‘half a million Indian men’ come from and exactly where did I generalise them?

The population of the Indian subcontinent is approximately 1 billion, 50 % of them are male, approximately. (probably more), I corrected myself later when I said Billion instead of million.

You provided a statement, which you later said you stood behind:

“the number one reason why I most likely won’t marry a DBD – the cultural difference is just too big, and I was raised with values that don’t coincide with the values of most men in India.”

which indicates two things:

1. almost 500,000,000 men in India share a value system
2. That value system is likely substandard (in your eyes), and isn’t shared by you.

Now, instead of tippy-toeing on these abstract terms, like “raised with values that don’t coincide” you can come out and just say what you really mean.

All this was in response to your statement that the more numbers there are, the less problematic it is to generalize behavior, what you fail to understand is , you two are falling pry to white privilege, and granting white men their individuality on a person to person basis, while a small sample of Indian men , you’ll easily graft to the larger group without batting an eye.

Nice try though.