“No Fats, Femmes, or Asians”

• DOI: 10.1515/mopp-2014-0023
• Publication Date: 2015-07-13T08:58:02Z
• Authors: Xiaofei Liu
• Keywords: Dignity

Abstract A frequent caveat in online dating profiles – “No fats, femmes, or Asians” caused an LGBT activist to complain about the bias against Asians American gay community, which he called “racial looksism”. In response, was asked that, if himself would not date a fat person, why should find others so upsetting. This response embodies popular attitude that personal preferences tastes are simply matters they subject moral evaluation. this paper, I argue, attitude, preference like racial looksism is indeed wrong. wrong because it overgeneralization disrespects individuality by treating people as exchangeable tokens of one type, and such disrespect denies its objects appreciation their dignity entitles them to. As turns out, there on my account relevant difference between simple looksism.