Amethyst,
Whatever I said or did not say in previous years that influenced you to stop contributing to the forum, I assure you was not intentional, and was as you said above, my own personal views
And I apologize in advance to the mods for what follows:
However, the reason for my suggestion that this be closed is exactly that, I CANNOT express my views and or experiences in this particular topic because comments like "previous government" and "the way we were raised" are simply bullshit. People (me included) make our own choices. I like many others have been on both sides of the issues in this country related to race.
I like most others gave varying opinions on varying things, preferences on various things . . . yet the only one I constantly get challenged on is the one in this forum.
The other day in the Gym I was talking to a couple of guys (yes their complexion was different to mine) and one guy said, "I am sick of the transformation story all the time, he added, one cannot expect transformation until one is transformed themselves.
Just because some people don't want to have sex with people of a different skin tone , does not make them prejudiced, racist, close minded, stupid or anything else that they get accused of!
Forums may be a platform to discuss topics, but only a select few can say what they feel or have experienced.
The underlying suggestion that members who choose to to interact with the same ethnicity as themslevs are racist is in itself offensive.