Sorry to bring up the racail issue agian,but why.?why? Asain girl and Whitle guy?

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<p>Funny coming from a person who has posted SEVEN more times on this thread.</p>

<p>Do you have the same attitudes with regard to stereotypes about Asian women?</p>

<p>How about? –</p>

<p>Asian women are too materialistic and are “brand-whores”.</p>

<p>Asian women are submissive, but dragons in the bedroom.</p>

<p>Asian women have slanted pu**ies.</p>

<p>Asian women are nothing but social-climbers.</p>

<p>Asian women worship whites.</p>

<p>Asian women are insecure (and with the above, are the reasons why so many opt for double-eyelid surgery).</p>

<p>Asian women are all “sell-outs”</p>

<p>Btw, most of these stereotypes are right on point with the OP’s topic.</p>

<p>And how about some of the stereotypes that posters here on CC have argued about Asian-American college applicants (which also apply to Asian females) – just interested in math/pre-med, geeky, not having a wide-range of interests, not very passionate about their ECs, do nothing but study all the time, etc.</p>

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<p>Actually, what I find more sad is an Asian person who makes judgments about Asian-Americans “abandoning” their heritage and values (how do you know they didn’t just grow up in a non-Asian neighborhood w/ little or no access to the culture of their Asian ethnicity; and what about adoptees?) and yet, turns around and makes gross negative generalizations about Asian males (why learn about the Chinese culture when all it does is produce the same short, non-varied, “lame” and “overly-egotistical” Chinese males?).</p>

<p>Btw, most Asian parents want their children to marry an Asian of the same ethnicity (and for the Chinese, from the same provinces) and not an Asian from a different ethnicity, much less a white person. And yet, it seems there are plenty of AFs who “disobey” their parents.</p>

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<p>So is the white guy who listens to country music and drives a pick-up truck “acting white”? </p>

<p>Or is it the white guy who listens to alternative rock or classical music and drives a BMW?</p>

<p>Or what about the white guy who listens to top 40 and drives a Camry or the white guy who listens to Metallica and drives a 70’s vintage muscle car or the white guy who listens to hip hop and drives a 300c?</p>

<p>As for Asian guys “not having variety” – I think it says more about the people who surround YOU than Asian guys in general.</p>

<p>This is the same old BS that some girls have said about Asian guys being too short (such as the AF Gina on “America Next Top Model” who initially talked about Asian pride and representing Asians – much to Gina’s shock and horror, Tyra Banks totally called her out for her hypocrisy).</p>

<p>So the same Asian parents who produce “tall” Asian girls (Gina, btw, was hardly a giantress at 5’7”) don’t produce tall Asian guys (despite the fact that males, are on average, taller than their female counterparts by about 5”).</p>

<p>So if the Asian guys (who are living/have grown up in the same neighborhoods/families as the Asian girls) don’t exhibit variety or aren’t as spontaneous as you say – then the same also applies Asian girls since they are both affected by the same environments.</p>

<p>It seems that you and Gina have much in common – nothing but hollow words about “Asian pride”.</p>

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<p>Well, American fast food is very popular in Asia – does that make Asians in Asia less “Asian”?</p>

<p>Or what about Northern Chinese who eat primarily wheat-based products (noodles, etc.)? Are they less Asian b/c rice isn’t a staple (or what about Mongolians who also don’t eat much rice)?</p>

<p>Rice is a staple in Southern American cuisine – so does that make them “more Asian”?</p>

<p>In Asia – teens wear tees and jeans, just like here, and they watch more mainstream American films/TV shows and listen to more American pop music than I do – does that make them “less Asian”.</p>

<p>Same with sports – the big sports in Korea, Japan and Taiwan are baseball and soccer. In China, it’s basketball and soccer. And golf has become the chosen sport of the affluent. Does that make them “less Asian”?</p>

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<p>Exactly. Just b/c one has adopted or more likely, always grown up in “American” culture – doesn’t mean that a person doesn’t have pride in one’s roots (unfortunately, tho, this isn’t always the case, since the media/culture tends to do the exact opposite).</p>

<p>Note how the only two East Asian males who are regular cast members on primetime network shows portray foreigners – Daniel Dae Kim on “Lost” and Masi Oka on “Heroes”.</p>

<p>Daniel Dae Kim can’t really speak Korean and had to learn much of what he says on the show phonetically (in a horrible “American” accent, according to Koreans) – nonetheless, Kim has come across industry execs who were shocked to learn that he speaks English fluently (and w/o an accent).</p>

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<p>In Asia – there are plenty of Asians who suck at school, who are bullies, jocks, the heartthrob, the punker, the b-boy, etc. (just as there are here to a much smaller scale).</p>

<p>Btw, China, Japan and Korea comprise 3 of the top 6 men’s gymnastics teams in the world (a sport which probably has the best mix of athleticism, agility and strength) – and the US team has 2 Asian-American males on it.</p>

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<p>I would be a bit more careful if it was a low-end neighborhood consisting of whites, Asians, blacks, etc.</p>

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<p>I think you are missing msherwood’s point.</p>

<p>Presently, Asian-Americans are “balkanized” (well, the ones who aren’t assimilated) – and don’t share a common language, behavior or beliefs.</p>

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<p>Exactly, and let’s not forget Asians kids of mixed Asian ethnicity (say Korean, Chinese and Thai)?</p>

<p>Are they expected to learn 4 or 5 languages? (English, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Thai).</p>

<p>Most likely, the kids will learn English and maybe an “alternative” foreign language like Spanish or French.</p>

<p>Even today, Hispanic children if recent immigrants increasingly are watching more of the mainstream American networks rather than Telemundo or Univision (the good thing for them is that there has been a huge increase in the no. of Hispanic characters on primetime network TV shows).</p>

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<p>LOL! You can also refer to them as “bananas” (if a sponge-like cake with a white crème filling isn’t your thing).</p>

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<p>Ever notice how advertisements touting diversity (by showing a group of people of different races), including those for universities/colleges – usually consist of a WM, a WF, a BM (or BF – but more often a BM, a HM or HF and an AF?</p>

<p>Same thing with commercial advertising as a whole, as well as newscasts.</p>

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<p>It also likely didn’t help that your parents probably grew up watching Hollywood entertainment which, shall we say, hasn’t always had a positive or balanced portrayal of blacks.</p>

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<p>“Has anyone noticed that Asians tend to be disproportionately politically apathetic? While some Asians are no doubt political, it seems that as a group, they participate far less in voting than other groups,often of similar SES.”</p>

<p>Actually that is incredibly incorrect. Voter turnout for Asian Americans (not immigrants) is almost identical with that of whites. Blacks and Hispanics on the other hand have much lower</p>

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<p>“IMO, if an Asian person prefers eating hotdogs everyday to rice, then yes he IS less Asian. Whether that is a good or bad thing is a different matter. Most Asians would see that as bad because it’s Asian tradition to eat rice and to prefer hotdogs would mean that person is abandoning his Asian traditions.”</p>

<p>Why cant you just eat hotdogs and rice? Since i was like five, when i have hot dogs served with rice, i just cut em up and throw em in. Its soooo good</p>

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<p>Once again. Ewwwwww.</p>

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<p>IK’m a white guy with an asian girl, and I’ll say the height thing is annoying (though not too bad, since she’s above average for her ethnicity and I’m only around 5’11"). In a more extreme case though it’d be problematic. We can’t even interlock fingers- my hands are too much bigger.</p>

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<p>K&S</p>

<p>I now worship you</p>

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<p>Oh please - I’m 6’1" and most of the women I have dated have been around 5’6-5’10" (Asian and non-Asian).</p>

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<p>K&S- thats nice? Congrats? I’m not really sure what your point is. Mine was that a major size discrepancy can make intimacy difficult, not that obviously interracial couples will always fail because all Asians are tiny and all whites are huge and size differences are insurmountable obstacles?</p>

<p>You need to calm down a little but there, buddy. I’m on your side here, honest.</p>

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<p>My point is that YOU had absolutely no point (except maybe some self-grandizement).</p>

<p>NE Asian girls are about on par height-wise with average female height in the US.</p>

<p>SE Asian girls are a bit shorter, but since your gf is above average in height as you say – she should be about the height of the average female in the US.</p>

<p>Plus, due to the huge difference in the make-up of the % of the US pop. – there are MORE WF females who are shorter than the average height than AFs (so the difference in size is actually more common with WFs).</p>

<p>And since you are only a bit taller than the average height for a male in the US – there are many couples who share such a disparity in size (which btw, isn’t really much of one – one of my best friends is 6’9” and his wife is 5’6” – now that’s a discrepancy in size).</p>

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<p>yeah the height thing can’t be a big deal. The difference in height difference is probably only a couple inches. So is a ugy 2" above average supposed to be ‘annoyed’ with the average white female height? I’d say it’s not a big deal.</p>

<p>“There is a strong prejudice against African Americans in many Asian cultures, especially in older generations. I know this is true because my parents, while highly educated and usually rational, are desperately biased against African Americans and certainly would not encourage me to date one (while they would strongly encourage a white male date, and would be neutral towards an asian male date). There’s an idea with many Asian parents, in my opinion - to date a while guy is to “move up a step in the social ladder”, while to date a black guy is to “move a step down”.”</p>

<p>Really? I thought asian parents usually wanted their kids to marry inside their own race (I’m white btw).</p>

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<p>I would say that the majority of Asian parents want their kids to marry a person from within their own ethnicity.</p>

<p>There are, however, some Asian parents who see marry white as “marrying-up” or parents who would prefer their child to marry a white person rather than an Asian from a different ethnicity.</p>