{"id":87238,"date":"2018-05-17T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=87238"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:59","slug":"voor-een-man-van-kleur-ben-je-best-knap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/17\/voor-een-man-van-kleur-ben-je-best-knap\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;For a man of colour, you\u2019re quite handsome&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I went on a date with a guy I\u2019d just met. It was a sunny Friday evening and we decided to go out for a few beers. We had a nice conversation and at one point I told him that I felt I had to compete with white men because, as a man of colour, I sometimes felt less attractive than white men.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-1600x656.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-1600x656.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-300x123.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-875x359.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-1280x525.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-150x61.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/12112355\/Rocher-Koendjbiharie-0817-032-e1526478160934-225x92.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139127 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/levien-willemse\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Levien Willemse<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More columns<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/10\/zin-maken\/\">Finding motivation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/05\/15\/onderzoekers-en-hun-emoties\/\">When researchers get emotional<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/04\/26\/een-oppervlakkig-laagje\/\">A superficial layer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>My date, a white man, told me that he knew what I meant because he didn\u2019t find coloured men attractive. However, he did find me attractive for a man colour. I looked at him and just laughed because I didn\u2019t know how to react. On the one hand because I hadn\u2019t completely registered what had just happened, on the other hand because I can\u2019t believe that some people still have such thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>These things happen more often than you might think. Other examples are: \u201cI don\u2019t understand why I like you, you\u2019re so extravagant.\u201d And \u201cYou\u2019re quite nice for a gay guy.\u201d Friends have had to hear the same kind of remarks: feminists who aren\u2019t as hateful as expected, people from a non-Dutch background who had integrated \u2018quite well\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n<p>When you look up the definition of \u2018stereotype\u2019, you\u2019ll find the following description: \u201can exaggerated image of a person or group from a negative point of view and which is used as a justification of discrimination\u201d. If you compare this definition with the aforementioned examples, it almost looks as if those people are shocked that the stereotypes aren\u2019t true. Astonishing, right?<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/quote\" class=\"align\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t<figure data-component=\"quote-with-author\" class=\"@container\">\n\t<blockquote class=\"text-md italic @2xl:text-xl @4xl:text-2xl text-purple\">\n\t\tSome people remain silent while others make rude comments about how surprised they are when somebody isn\u2019t a stereotype\n\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>Stereotypes have existed since the beginning of time (let\u2019s hold on to that exaggerative element) and we\u2019re all guilty of having them, yours truly included. However, some people remain silent while others make rude comments about how surprised they are when somebody isn\u2019t a stereotype.<\/p>\n<p>According to psychology, stereotypes do have a function: the human brain thinks in categories in order to make sense of the world. The most common characteristics are used as the central features for describing a certain group. Pop culture also uses stereotypes and even makes it worse: gay men are seen as accessories, black women are always angry, feminists don\u2019t shave their armpits (seriously?) and more nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>So, my message to you is that the next time you feel like making a comment about how somebody of colour is actually pretty, someone doesn\u2019t sound like an uncultured migrant or isn\u2019t an extreme feminist: remember that you\u2019re talking to real people, not one of the stereotypes stored in your brain.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/persons\" class=\"mt-6 md:mt-8 lg:mt-10\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"sr-only\">De redactie<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4 md:gap-8 md:items-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"teaser-person\" class=\"relative flex gap-4 items-center md:gap-8\">\n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"image:rounded-full image:size-20 image:aspect-square 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