Quote: (03-22-2012 11:11 PM)Golden Boy Wrote:
I couldn't agree with you more Feo. I think A FEW DUDES (not all) on this forum get hung up to much on the color of skin. Nowadays, this shouldn't really matter at all.
...but it does.
Whether it should or not is irrelevant.
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We are all the same, color of skin does not mean anything to me.
That's nice (save for the fact that you are just one person).
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You either have game, style, and CLASS or you do not regardless of color of skin.
Oh sure, that's true enough. The thing is that the color of your skin will a) impact the perception people have of those three factors and b) impact how receptive others are to the expression of those three factors.
Ex: I am a dark skinned black male. Let's judge my experience upon the basis of the three factors you listed within the context of my current environment.
My style of
game in my environment must differ significantly from that of my white peers (much more comfort/rapport, less room for error, lower ROI at all times). I simply cannot approach and/or interact with non-black (read: 92%) females here in the same way many of my non-black peers can. Why? Girls perceive me differently upon the basis of my appearance, which comes packaged with many stereotypes, prejudices, and outright phobias (girls are much more likely here to outright fear me, hence the constant need for more comfort building).
I can ignore this reality and adopt your attitude (did that for most of my life, actually), but I'd be doing myself no favors. Race counts, like it or not.
My general
style must leave much less room for error. I am already perceived as lower class, and must therefore work harder not to dress accordingly-my peers can get away with more. This goes back to having to counter some of the stereotypes, prejudices and fears that my appearance will elicit in women in my environment. The kinds of stereotypes/fears elicited do vary by environment/culture (different girls require different approaches, obviously). Threads like these help to point out how.
Finally, whether I actually have
class or not, I am usually immediately perceived to lack it upon first sight (again, stereotypes). I can prove these assumptions wrong over time, but this is a hurdle my white/asian peers do not have to actually deal with.
As I said before, this example has been given in the context of just one environment (my college campus). Things can vary by city, culture, and nation. Threads like this help to outline how that variation works, and are therefore valuable.
Adjusting for the effect of race is no different to adjusting one's game for differences in education (super-highly educated DC lawyer chick vs. iowa pre-k teacher with bachelors) or location in your targets. You have to know your environment (and the limitations it will impose on you) if you want to succeed. Then, it is simply adapt or die.