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Questions on Race and Desirability in Dating

by Doris

From Ray Yeung's Cut Sleeve Boys

A recent conversation with some friends in a Jacuzzi sparked the topic that seems to be reappearing of late. In the world of rice queens and potato queens, what is the social hierarchy of the dating scene? Is sexual taste and preference an individual choice or is it more about supply and demand? Why do some gaysian (and straight) men and women only prefer Caucasian partners? Is it personal taste or societal socialization that white is the barometer of attractiveness and desirability? Some say that there is an over supply of willing attractive potato loving gaysians fighting over the same “limited” supply of rice queens with the latter seemingly having the pick of the litter. What happens when one is put on a pedestal or deemed desirable only because of the color of their skin?