There's a lot of Rift-Raft in Woodbridge. The city is well segregated based on income..so the whole "Hoodbridge" thing comes from that. Some parts look really shitty... but, its a big town..
Anyway, I graduate in December..so that's when I'll be back in VA.
I feel like I remember you stating something about the state of Michigan... where do you go to school?
And for what it's worth, I never entirely misinterpreted any of your posts in this thread; I didn't entirely suspect you held all of the opinions that you explained (which I read as explaining the beliefs of other people you have encountered).
What I apparently missed, was the notion that you don't share even a single belief that you described in great detail.
Honestly, it's not entirely terrible if you do in fact hold some tribalism beliefs, honestly I think it's hard for anyone to argue, with the utmost honesty, they hold none whatsoever. Even I do, to a small degree, but it also holds little to no weight in the search for a woman to marry. It's sort of like that initial bias, trying to find the right one, but someone who appears to have all the merits of "the right one" but is lacking, say, blue eyes, it wouldn't be a deal breaker.
I don't want to see blue eyes die out, for I find them ever so breathtaking (I love my blue eyes, but not as much as some of the blue eyes I've seen). And certain facial structures I find more attractive than others, and are more commonly found in some races than others. But alas, I don't put the weight of said bias to the point that I will never look elsewhere. Nor will I consider what other people think of any given situation actually impact who I choose to help provide future offspring.
My biggest bias, one I'm not at all ashamed to admit, is I certainly want someone who is fit, attractive, and healthy. It would be grand if they don't need glasses/contacts, and awesome if they were exceptionally gifted in athletics. Building a better human, one quite fit for the world, is something I personally consider important. Hell, I'd have no shame in a little genetic therapy/choosing of traits "unnaturally", but I don't know if I'd go so far as to completely "design" offspring, choosing every single gene possible.
While it wouldn't cause me to deny someone who is otherwise a perfect match for me, I would most certainly prefer, above all else, that she isn't even a carrier of the "color blind" mutation. Which is to say, I'd like to hear that no one in her family has ever been reported to be color deficient in the past, oh, four or five generations?
I was guaranteed to have it because my mom has the mutation activated (she is color deficient, which is rare for women). My sister is guaranteed to be a carrier. We'll know in a few years if my nephew has it, I hope not. I'd like to reduce the chance of my offspring having it. It's bad enough that any daughters I have are guaranteed to be carriers. And worse yet, instead of diminishing the chances, that daughter being a carrier can still produce a colorblind son.
I'd DEFINITELY sign up to have gene therapy done on myself, and on offspring, to rid my own future bloodline of that mutation, if I can't do anything else. Life can be ugly, but the world is beautiful. And I'm missing out on some crucial visual data that could make it that much more beautiful.
Aren't segues fun?