Samantha Allen from the Daily Beast brought attention to an issue regarding the gay community and dating preferences. Are you considered racist if you ‘re sexual preferences exclude certain races. One study found a correlation between sexual preferences that exclude people and racism.

Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. Do you think your sexual preferences are racist? Let us know in the comments.

Read more here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles…

“Please don’t think this is racist but…”

That was the disclaimer that an Asian man sent to Rokashi Edwards, 25, a black programmer living in Toronto, before telling him that he would never consider having sex with a black man. Shocked, Edwards tried to push back on the man’s claim that he wasn’t being racist but he ran up against the same obstacle that many gay men of color face in the world of online dating.

“It’s just a preference,” he was told.

The conversation could go no further.

If you’re a gay man, phrases like “no blacks” and “no Asians” aren’t just words that you’d find on old signs in a civil rights museum, they are an unavoidable and current feature of your online dating experience. On gay dating apps like Grindr and Scruff, some men post blunt and often offensive disclaimers on their profiles such as “no oldies,” “no fems,” and “no fatties.” Among the most ubiquitous are racial disclaimers like “no blacks” and “no Asians,” which are most frequently posted by white men but, as Edwards’s case proves, not always.