<p>I'm thinking of this pic of this korean guy..he had dreadlocks...drool...</p>
<p>Yes, asians are definately under represented by the media, men even moreso. But hey, you still have lucy liu, so it can't be all bad!</p>
<p>true, asians are underrepresented in the media as "hotties". but I suppose it had alot to do with the cultural divide. Alot of asians come from rather conservative backgrounds-no? Or atleast, their parents do which complicates matters often.</p>
<p>this reminds me of waynes world...</p>
<p>Business Guy - I can't claim to speak for black men, but as this is a topic that comes up in discussion fairly often at school, I figure I'll chime in on why they seem so drawn to white women. A large part of it has to do with the standard of beauty that's propogated in America, which basically tells us that white is beautiful, and anything that strays to far away from that is no longer desirable. It's the same reason that lighter-skinned black women are generally considered more attractive than darker-skinned ones.</p>
<p>Another contributing factor is the running stereotype that black women are too difficult and demanding, and that white women are more docile, compliant, and are generally perceived as being "easier."</p>
<p>The last possible explanation is the deep, historical, slavery-related issue, which suggests that black men may see dating/sleeping with white women as a sort of revenge for white men's sexual appropriation and abuse of the black woman's body during slavery - a sort of taking from the white man what was taken from the black man. Also, because in the past the idea of a black man with a white woman was so taboo that people were lynched for it, flaunting a white woman in everyone's (or just white people's) faces might be a kind of deliberate slap in the face to those old values, and the people who held/hold them.</p>
<p>There was a proposal made somewhere that since Black guys are getting with White Girls and White Guys are getting with Asian girls, it would make sense for Asian guys and Black women to get together. </p>
<p>Of course there are some cultural differences to get past for this to happen as SOME Asian families are somewhat racist or at least disapprove of the African American race.</p>
<p>Yeah I heard that black women and asian men have the lowest marriage presentages (maj. of asian females are with white guys and black guys are with white girls) I mean it WOULD makes sense if asian guys and black girls got together and married and dated each other but I honestly dont see that happening. I do think that interracial dating and marriage is becoming the norm. My brother-in-law (soon to be) is Mexican engaged to a black girl (my sister). I see that more and more espeically in college. People just are more open minded (as far as dating is concerned) in college. There arent as many stigmas as there are in highschool. I mean I only knew of ONE interracial couple in my high school (white foot ball player with black girl) and that was just really rare in the fact that you dont see very many white GUYS with black girls. Its usually the black guy white girl pair up.</p>
<p>What about South Asians and Arabs? Where do they come into the mix? Usually when everyone talks about about Asians, they mean Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc. (oriental).</p>
<p>as far as dating..u got to see who u like..not what race they are from..that probably has little bearing on any relationship.and by the way..what about south asians and arabs? i agree with fuzzman8me,,,where do they come in?</p>
<p>This thread makes me sad, that in this day and age, people still care who dates who and the color of the skin</p>
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<p>Um...Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated less than 40 years ago. Not much time has passed. There are still people living that grew up in that era. And that means there are still racists living in this one. Those people could be your grandparents.</p>
<p>^^^
I think the poster new that as her name is "Citygirlsmom". If she is a mom, she probably lived through that era.</p>
<p>Eh I don't look at usernames</p>
<p>citygirlsmom: no one here cares who dates who, we are just analyzing the dating/marriage scene.</p>
<p>Yea, I think ignoring such analysis in discrepancies is in itself a bit racist or at least ignorant. </p>
<p>Through addressing and analyzing, we can figure out a lot about ourselves and maybe even present solutions to fix contemporary issues. I think the suggestion of having Asian males be more confident and aggressive is a good idea along with diversification of friends to include other races.</p>
<p>i watched this prime-time special on race. they did this experiment by filming a cab ride. the driver was an actor who would use racial slurs and stereotpyes. then they would see the reaction of the passengers. they picked up about 49 ppl and only 7 had the mindset to strongly disagree with the driver. many ppl just laughed through it or supported it. however, i was not surprised. there is still a lot of racism and it makes me really sad to say this but we might never be able to eradicate it. there will always be ppl who judge others by the color their skin not the content of their character.</p>
<p>I watched that special too! Was it the ABC one? That was an insane segment.</p>
<p>yeah..it was the ABC one</p>
<p>I don't think the OP is trying to ask if interracial dating is socially acceptable. Nobody should care about that. Instead, the OP, like many different people, just probably wants to know if there is an "accepting" atmosphere of different races, as well as people who could care less about race and date people from any race (and if there are a lot of people like thatout there in college). </p>
<p>Summary: Not worrying about if "socially acceptable", but instead if there are many OPEN people in college, who wouldn't mind having interracial relationships.</p>
<p>(I hope anyway ; )</p>
<p>"There was a proposal made somewhere that since Black guys are getting with White Girls and White Guys are getting with Asian girls, it would make sense for Asian guys and Black women to get together. "</p>
<p>That's not easy. The differences in cultures are PRETTY DAMN BIG. and it's certainly true that some older asians are somewhat racist. If the black woman is ultra successful and classy (like Operah), I'm sure the Asians parents would love her. But most asian parents think of the "aggressive and loud" version of black girl when the term "black girl" is mentioned, just like how most people have the picture of "a short and nerdy asian guy" in their minds when the term "asian boy" is mentioned.</p>