There is an interesting debate going on over at FriendFeed tonight about color, race, colonialism and the book White male seeking sexy Asian women that was featured on Salon.com.

The debate has moved into the why does color, race, nationality matter, and like all subjects, this one is touchy. It depends on where you are, and what your outlook on color, race, religion, ideals, and just how color blind you are. While my friends run the gamut of color, race, religion, and sex, the open debate of color race and sex is one of those twitchy subjects that is really hard to discuss intelligently. But then that is one of the reasons to love FriendFeed, most of the debate is intelligent.

Bloggers and indeed people who use social networks is a microcosm of the country that they live in. We all have people we follow regardless of color, nationality or sex. We like them for what they say, not the color of their skin. Some of the best people I follow like Andrew (who asked the intelligent question on this issue, which is I have never been a minority, how would I know what it is like) who asks how a white male can know what it is like to be a minority, to wondering how the asian woman feels about the whole thing, is in all a fascinating conversation to be in.

Pull back on what every your sacred beliefs are and read/join in on this conversation. It is a worthy one to have. Personally, I follow people because I think they are cool, color, race, religion, sexual preference, goes by the way side. When you are reading what they are saying, who cares if it is a “white guy” or not.

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