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Preference, like or dislike.
Discriminate, unjust treatment.
They shouldn't overlap, but the more I think about it, they do.
I think what happens is that a preference can serve as a guise for discrimination. Very sad.
Let's say a black man is dating a white woman. His mother had always commented that he should marry a woman of "his own kind". "She'll understand you better". That qualifies the comment as preference, right?
When the white woman is invited to meet his mother, she says, "I hope you're not planning to marry him because he will marry a black woman." That's discrimination.
Please do correct me if there's flaw in this logic. I so wanted it not to be so, but even the "preference" rings of discrimination.
Hmmmm. Very interesting.
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