So I’m seeing this guy who is amazing and sweet and so chill with super good vibes.
He’s deaf and I’ve been learning ASL. We sign in person obviously but we also text everyday a whole lot.
He very often tells me he’s still shocked that I want to be with him because I’m white and he’s brown, and he says “I’ve never dating a most beautiful woman before.” I asked him what he meant because sometimes ASL grammar and English grammar can make for some miscommunication, but he said “I’ve never dated a white woman before”.
I asked “Why is white a synonym for beautiful?” He said “Because society tells us.”
I’m not sure if PC culture has extended to the deaf community yet but these interactions always make me feel uncomfortable and sad. He says the white women he’s met have told him they don’t date brown or black men. He says his skin is ugly and that he’s ugly.
I always tell him no, I love his skin, I think it’s beautiful, because it is.
I’m not really asking for advice or anything. It’s just kind of a shocking thing I’ve encountered the past couple months and idk. We all need to do better.
Also, is racism/PC culture just an American thing? Because I’ve talked to some friends from Canada or England and they have no idea why Americans are so uptight and PC crazy, and have told me it’s super unnecessary and annoying lol.
He’s deaf and I’ve been learning ASL. We sign in person obviously but we also text everyday a whole lot.
He very often tells me he’s still shocked that I want to be with him because I’m white and he’s brown, and he says “I’ve never dating a most beautiful woman before.” I asked him what he meant because sometimes ASL grammar and English grammar can make for some miscommunication, but he said “I’ve never dated a white woman before”.
I asked “Why is white a synonym for beautiful?” He said “Because society tells us.”
I’m not sure if PC culture has extended to the deaf community yet but these interactions always make me feel uncomfortable and sad. He says the white women he’s met have told him they don’t date brown or black men. He says his skin is ugly and that he’s ugly.
I always tell him no, I love his skin, I think it’s beautiful, because it is.
I’m not really asking for advice or anything. It’s just kind of a shocking thing I’ve encountered the past couple months and idk. We all need to do better.
Also, is racism/PC culture just an American thing? Because I’ve talked to some friends from Canada or England and they have no idea why Americans are so uptight and PC crazy, and have told me it’s super unnecessary and annoying lol.
