Is it racist to refuse to date people of a certain ethnic background?

Recently, black singer Jill Scott said that she felt her soul "wince" whenever a black man married a white woman. See http://www.essence.com/relationships/commentary_3/commentary_jill_scott_talks_interracial.php Many people have denounced that as racism, and I agree with that. However, I was shocked to see a black man (known to me only via FB) say that he'd never date a white woman due to the history of slavery in America. He even suggested that Tiger Woods was some kind of traitor to his race for marrying blonde beauty Ellen Nordegren. Is that racist?

Anonymous , 13.05.2011, 09:38

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Brandon Killen, 14.07.2011, 14:07

In conjunction with the idea of being a "traitor to his race", I have come across people who accuse you of "self-loathing" if you date outside of your ethnicity. As if by finding a white person attractive, I must not care for my own Asian attributes.

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