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I disagreed and basically told her that history doesn't lie.

Where exactly did you get these "historic" facts?

I honestly admit - I don't have any US-based experience since the only black Americans you meet over here are usually soldiers (or at least former soldiers) and I only dated one so I cannot talk about blacks in large numbers.

Most other "ethnicities" in Germany originate from Arabian backgrounds (mostly from Turkey) or Eastern Europe, which is more a cultural difference than actual race.

I wouldn't exclude a potential mate based solely on racial features. I don't find Asian men attractive so I've never dated one but that's simply visual so I wouldn't consider it "racism".

Most women I met who are exclusively into men of other racial features are more interested in the exotic, having something different from anybody else - which, in my opinion, is just as racist as not dating anyone based on race.

I'd say our dating patterns are as influenced by social background and education as they are by demographics. To people from significantly different communities these patterns may appear racist since people simly do not understand/comprehend them and have a very different view on things.

Silly example: I'm British, living in Germany. So naturally the majority of my partners are German. Still my brother keeps asking me why I don't date English men ... there simply are none. Yet he - still living in England - always fails to remember that.