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In the end stereotypes are created for a reason, to describe things that are foreign and that we as individuals or socieites or cultures cannot explain based on our own logic. Stereotypes have become an evil meaning when in fact their just compilations of observations of a group of people who may or may not be related. It really is just a general way of looking at something, and not delving deeper into the reason why the phenomena occurs.
When you think about who you like, a lot of these things you live with, these stereotypes may they be based in fact or fiction do affect the way we perceive people. Subconsciously and consciously we acknowledge these "facts" and they help us think about the world. To say these things that are in our environment don't affect our judgement on who we find attractive then that's just complete poppycock because our thoughts and actions are all structured around the codes that we learn when we are young. This actually kind of falls into the philosophical question of whether or not man has free will or not, but that is quite a question, so to say that the things we hear as we grow, the negative and positive connotations about certain races or cultures does not affect our decision making is ridiculous.
Can you find love that contradict the ideas instilled in you? Yes, because all humans have the ability to defy their "programming" it's what separates humans from animals, we can overcome the order created by our surroundings and truly choose to do things that go against what we have been taught, what has been ingrained into our psyches but to say the least that our notions of race don't affect how we initially think of certain groups is stupid, and actually the movie District 9 really brought that up well.
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