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One bad experience does not suggest a pattern. When you identify a pattern, and a toxic one at that, do you still go into the situation with your eyes closed or are you more careful.
Maybe I will date a black guy again. I don't meet so many anymore but I like my lifestyle so I'm not going to change it just for that. and where one usually thinks, ok three strikes and they're out, more likely, it will be just once is enough.
A pattern of what? If you date 3 consecutive black men for example, and they all end poorly for whatever reason, does that indicate that all black men have some kind of issue in your eyes that you should refrain from dating any more in the future? Was what happened to you something that only a black man would do? Or does it indicate that there is some consistent quality in the men you're dating that have NOTHING to do with color? Perhaps you have historically been attracted to men with certain characteristics, which you have happened to find in some black men. That doesn't mean that those characteristics are indigenous to black men, or the black race for that matter.
Again, when did I say 'one bad experience'? I singled out a scenario with an ex-fiance as an example. Guess what? My last three gfs, including my current fiancee, are Portuguese. And it is strictly coincidence that it has happened that way. Now, the first one ended in a big fight, the second one I found out had another guy on the side. Do I then say to myself "well that's it. No more Portuguese women!" I mean, seriously?? The issue with those women had ZERO to do with their skin color, and everything to do with who they are as people. My fiancee is a TOTALLY different person from the previous two Portuguese women, people should not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Guess who said that? And you know what, truer words have rarely been spoken.
And frankly, if you wish to research the term racism, one of the definitions is a belief that certain qualities exist and are dependent upon one's race. So essentially, if you are saying that you have had negative experience with Black men, if you refuse to date one in the future because you are painting all black men with the same brush as having certain qualities, then that mindset is racist. Which is frankly entirely your prerogative. But let's not pretend it's something other than what it is.