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>power dynamics don’t preclude authentic love
This will ultimately come down to a question of definition, so I don’t see much point in arguing. But I do want to offer a problem: if you have power over your partner, how do you know they actually love you? They might be lying about how they feel to protect their access to your home or finances, or to avoid being beaten. If there is no power imbalance, they may still lie, but their motivation won’t be selfish or extrinsic; the lie can only stem from their compassion for you.

>noticing that multiple social prejudices can affect one person is an “ideology”
Is it also an ideology for me to point out that when you mix red and blue paints, you get purple purple paint?

>[whiteness is considered more attractive] to you but not to black people
Personally I like latinas, but the dominant cultural beauty standard, even in black communities, is that lighter skin = better. Haven’t you seen those cringe photos of black guys in their 20s dating obese white HR workers in their late 30s? The fetishization of light skin is so powerful that many objectively hideous white women are often considered more attractive than a fit, young black woman.