Friday 7 September 2012

Asian woman refuses to date Asian men


It is no secret that on the face of it Asian women  appears to date more white men than the average nonwhite woman (bear in mind this is just eyeball research - nothing scientific) - it's like Black men who on the face of it appears to  be more likely  to date women from all kinds of back grounds. Black men do not discriminate at all when it comes to women. However one has to wonder than in spite of all of the racism that still exists especially between black and white people in the USA that this phenomenon appears to be growing.  Is it a case of the forbidden apple being the most tempting?
With Asian women, is it the patriarchal attitude of Asian men that throws the modern Chinese women off or do they find white men more attractive.
Well if we are all influenced by Western Culture which puts a higher value on tall men, I can see where Asian men will be at a disadvantage. On the other hand it could be internalised racism which makes white people valued than other races.  I am not sure but I would love to hear your views on this topic after reading this article below -

http://www.alternet.org/culture/asian-woman-writes-she-refuses-date-asian-men-she-internet-troll-or-agent-provocateur

Titled " I’m an Asian Woman and I Refuse to Date an Asian Man ," it’s an extended and somewhat bizarre diatribe in which An outlines the reasons why she finds dating someone of her own race to be anathema, and chooses to date white men instead.
“It has nothing to do with skin color,” the subtitle says. “It has everything to do with patriarchy.” An then goes on to write that she’s “one of those [Asian girls] that date lots and lots of (mostly, but not always) white guys. Why? It's simple: I'm a racist.” 
Now, to proudly out yourself as a “racist” in the second line of a first-person confessional takes a nearly terminal excess of chutzpah, blissful ignorance or both. It also serves as a smoking gun that something was up in the piece’s narrative — that maybe it shouldn’t be taken entirely at face value. Especially when An goes on to state bluntly that her “pale, white-bread boyfriend jokes that I'm one of the whitest people he's ever met”; that “Dating white men means acceptance into American culture. White culture”; that she’s “drinking the same Kool-Aid as everyone else [of] white supremacy. The idea that white is still tops, SAT scores, corporate jobs and fancy degrees be damned” — all while simultaneously acknowledging that her “thinking is f*cked up.”

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