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<p>Gee, I guess countries like South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines or former British territory like Hong Kong have never experienced democracy.</p>
<p>And you would be incorrect.</p>
<p>Census data shows that the highest rate for IR marriages with whites is for Eastern Asians.</p>
<p>Hollywood execs don’t even bother to cater programming to Asian-Americans b/c Asian-Americans watch what white Americans watch (unlike black or Hispanic Americans).</p>
<p>Eastern Asians tend to be either not very religious or pretty hard-core Christian; whereas many Indians (be they Hindu or Muslim) see differences in religion being a barrier to intermarriage, etc.</p>
<p>Indians also tend to keep in touch w/ their cultural roots a good bit more (reason why movie theaters in areas w/ a big enough Desi population run Bollywood films) and terms like “Banana”, “Twinkie”, etc. aren’t nearly as prevalent in the Desi community as for the Eastern Asian community.</p>
<p>East Asian watch the same TV shows and films (the only show that really was popular among both whites and blacks was Monday Night Football), read the same magazinesa dn books, wear the same type of clothing, etc. as whites (how many East Asians have you seen wearing ethnic garb?; otoh, it’s not uncommon to see Desi women wearing traditional clothing).</p>