It’s not that I don’t believe any of these claims. I just think that saying “I don’t like black women” is so sweeping and broad that it signals a preference not based merely based on appearance, but something else that for some reason isn’t being copped to. At best, that something else is a close-minded view of what black women look like or an insularity that isn’t anything to be proud of (someone announcing that they only like pizza is cute…if they are 3 years old). At worst, it’s a hangup against Africanness that compells someone to casually drop this nugget of insight into conversation.
I hear you about white men, and my own preferences tend towards black men. But I admire the looks of enough non-blacks (whites included) that I can’t get with saying “I don’t find <insert race> attractive”, even as a form of shorthand. Along those lines, your issue doesn’t seem to be white men, per se, but with pale skin. What distinguishes that from say, not liking black women, is that there are plenty of black women who are pretty damn pale, or have long straight hair, or whatever.
All that aside, though, who cares who prefers what and who believes those preferences? I think the thing here is not Meyer being racist, but insensitive in a toolish way. If Meyer were being interviewed about his Asian fanbase, I wouldn’t expect him to start talking about how his David Duke penis makes him turned off by Asian chicks. I also wouldn’t expect him to elevate blonde white women above brunnettes or condenscendingly single out those few exceptional dark-haired women who could break his heart like a blonde by sucking somebody’s dick (WTF???). The guy sounds more misogynist more than anything, and given the songs he’s written, that spells creepy.