arotaro:

Hot fucking take, but you know what? Designating aromanticism and asexuality as a “white people thing” is, in fact, racist.

To give in a example: I am hispanic. We’re stereotyped as being overly romantic and sexy, good “lovers”, seductive, always get married and have big families, etc. By saying that aromanticism and asexuality are only for White People™, you’re denying me agency over my own sexuality and romanticism. You’re saying that because I’m hispanic, that I have to be romantic, and I have to be sexual.

Labeling aromanticism and asexuality as a “white people thing” erases aspecs of other races and ethnicities- many of whom need extra support due to perceptions of romance and sexuality within their own cultures- and forcibly subjects them to harmful stereotypes. That’s racism.