racism, sls

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Sep 22, 2008 at 07:08

This is definitely true that Middle Eastern men generally prefer light-skinned wives, but that said, there is a lot of intermarriage between Egyptians and Nubians from what I've seen, and I've heard several Egyptian men speak highly of darker-skinned girls' looks. Therefore it could be that HE is racist, not Egyptians in general, because it would be extremely harsh and unusual to refuse your webcam proposal based on skin colour. Either way, the sooner you find out the better, because he may come from a racist family (and this could be where his concerns stem from).

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