The same way men on average prefer big boobs, women on average will prefer taller men. Both can't really be changed by the person but exist as attractiveness scores against a person.
It matters to people who it matters to. Not many in the grand scheme and definitely not related to race.
Of course it is because it's relative to how tall they are. But taller women already don't expect you to tower over them, because that's hard to find, so it's ok if you don't.
> and obviously not specific to their race.
It is within a specific ethnicity and generation. If you're in a country where the men in a specific age are short because food was scarce 2-3 decades ago, they're not all single because their women aren't attracted to them.
And depending on culture and economic class, it matters more what impresses their parents, which is being a doctor-lawyer-astronaut who owns a house.
Thinking someone thinks a certain way based on their height is weird and wrong.
You are reading way too far into this and your take is incredibly wrong, not to mention racist.
I have no idea if women really are attracted to taller men, but I know what you hear people say isn't the whole truth either.
I’m glad you haven’t had that experience. Doesn’t discount that it’s a real thing.