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[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Finding a specific aspect of someone's appearance attractive, and fetishization, are not the same. A normal person could find melanin attractive, and be fine. When they are eschewing any interest in the person other than them having dark skin, you are fetishizing them. The person in this comment is pointing out how this fictional guy only dates asian women, and brings her around to be shown, rather than to enjoy the experience with in a deep way.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So yellow fever (and other terms) only counts if it's fetishisation and not attraction?

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Correct, it is a pejorative used in two ways, either people racist against asians claiming anyone who isn't asian dating an asian, has yellow fever, or that person in fetishizing them. Just being attracted to a person is not the same thing.

this applies to other ethnic groups, hair colors, and many other things.