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fb75 May 6, 2021

I find the authors take on being called exotic interesting. I feel like she is perceiving that in a negative way because of one person's opinion in a book she read.

"A woman of colour being called "exotic" implies that they are "exotic" because they don’t meet standard beauty norms, which are predominantly white."

I feel the opposite. To me, that's a compliment. They probably mean that they find you more attractive than the norm around them.

And I don't understand the correlation to animals.

If you look up the definition of an exotic person, it's nothing like that, and there's no negative connotation.

It's probably not the best word to use, but I doubt the people who said it meant it in a negative way.

This article is food for thought though. I like to know people's background, I think it's interesting to hear of families different experiences. But this makes it clear we need to be mindful of how we pose that question.

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