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Being of an British-Indian background, I find that the most racist people I've come across are Koreans! I had to stop seeing a Korean American girl a few years ago because her father wouldn't approve. I know a Chinese girl who was dumped by a Korean guy for the same reason.
Chinese can be racist too - I spoke to an Indian guy with a Chinese wife..he went to China with his wife..he doesn't speak Mandarin but his wife said the locals were saying very racist stuff about him because he was with a Chinese woman.
Ironically, the people who seem to have the least issue with my race are white people! They accept me as being "British", whereas many foreign born east-Asians in the US consider me Indian - they ignore the fact that I was born and raised in UK and have never lived in India.
I could be wrong, but I've heard that Whites date out more than any other race.
Being of an British-Indian background, I find that the most racist people I've come across are Koreans! I had to stop seeing a Korean American girl a few years ago because her father wouldn't approve. I know a Chinese girl who was dumped by a Korean guy for the same reason.
Chinese can be racist too - I spoke to an Indian guy with a Chinese wife..he went to China with his wife..he doesn't speak Mandarin but his wife said the locals were saying very racist stuff about him because he was with a Chinese woman.
Ironically, the people who seem to have the least issue with my race are white people! They accept me as being "British", whereas many foreign born east-Asians in the US consider me Indian - they ignore the fact that I was born and raised in UK and have never lived in India.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. When I was younger I always knew a lot of people that were mixed just in terms of ethnicity (Cambodian and Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese, Chinese and Korean, southern Chinese and Vietnamese), and my mom hated it! A lot of them intermarried after their families moved to those other countries or met as teenagers and adults in western nations.
Having two people with the same race but different ethnicity should be closer, but my dad said that he would still prefer to have Chinese on Chinese because "some things about the culture are different" although it's common now. There are Chinese families who disapprove of their kids marrying whites or being half white themselves, that was a common theme for literature when I was younger.
You cant really describe people like Eva Longoria, George Lopez, Danny Trejo or Edward James Olmos any other way, they're not white, black or Asian.
Technically, they aren't supposed to be a race. A "Latin" is the same as saying "Hispanic". I learned in school that they're actually just mutated versions of whites who were mixed with Mayans and some other stuff, but they can no longer be considered the same as white. They've also been known for their high levels of poverty, different values, uneducated (though some are educated), high crime, and some other stuff which whites look down on. Doesn't help that a lot of them had to break the rules.
But you're right, no white would associate as Hispanic and vice versa all the way.
Yeah, I'm not surprised. When I was younger I always knew a lot of people that were mixed just in terms of ethnicity (Cambodian and Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese, Chinese and Korean, southern Chinese and Vietnamese), and my mom hated it! A lot of them intermarried after their families moved to those other countries or met as teenagers and adults in western nations.
Having two people with the same race but different ethnicity should be closer, but my dad said that he would still prefer to have Chinese on Chinese because "some things about the culture are different" although it's common now. There are Chinese families who disapprove of their kids marrying whites or being half white themselves, that was a common theme for literature when I was younger.
Chinese families behave differently though if the guy their daughter wants to marry is rich though right?! I heard it's all about the money with Chinese...
I just came back from an appointment with a specialist, he was Indian-American, tall, good looking, obviously makes good money. I doubt a Chinese family would disapprove if their daughter brought him home!
My parents had zero issues with interracial marriage - they said if I'm happy, they're happy I never heard them talking crap about other races or religions.
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Honestly, race is an issue. I'm a really tall, thick, black guy and I think that may scare a few ladies. (Racial statement about to be made) I'm mostly attracted to White and Hispanic women so I have to take into account if i think they will deal with a black guy. That will coss a reduction in confidence.
I'm a white dude and I've only been with whites and Mexican/Hispanic women. I don't think there is as much a deal about crossing those "racial" lines as it would be with other combo's.
So no.... I never personally had less confidence in approaching women in that regard. I suppose if I were to approach a black woman, I'd probably be less confident, just wondering if she'd be into white guys... IDK..... it's hard to say.
I have picked up that a lot of white men will look, the most secure will approach, but if I'm walking with a group of white girls they flock to me because they feel "safe" and assume I must see dating white guys as an option.
I also see this trend with Asians. Most other races just approach just as if any guy from my own race will.
I am African American but I do get asked by some if I am mixed. I am not at all though.
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Why the word "even"? Is it abnormal to like Arab or Indian guys? A LOT of British women love brown or black guys.
I'm a British born guy of Indian heritage now based in Los Angeles. British women are open to dating anybody, except east Asian men. They don't consider them manly. There's not many around in UK, so they're not really on their radar. I remember a white British lady saying to me, "how can I date a guy who can't even grow hair on his chest?" Her BF was white, but she had dated Indian guys before.
Most Indian guys in the UK under 40 were born there so they're very mainstream. The stereotypes about Indians in the US do not apply in the UK. In fact I never met a person of my generation with an Indian accent until my 20s. British born Indian guys on average have balls too - they have no problem approaching women of any race.
I grew up in a small town, and every single Indian guy at my school had a white girlfriend..reason was because the Indian community is very small and close knit. The Indian females were family friends or cousins, so we didn't go there. Very few blacks in my town and even less east Asians. In fact I never met a Chinese or Vietnamese person until I was 14!
BTW Every single Chinese lady I ever worked with in UK was not with a Chinese guy...I never saw Chinese women with Chinese guys until I came to LA.
Moving to US was a culture shock in the sense that most of the women here disliked Indian guys so much.
That's a ridiculous thing to say, lol. Plenty of white guys don't grow chest hair either. The 'in' look these days is a shaved chest anyway. I'd rather have no chest hair than look like a yeti lol. Black guys, too, especially, and aren't they also really popular in the UK. I've also seen Chinese guys with chest hair, actually. But I do agree, compared to other nationalities British woman might be less inclined to date E.Asian men. Australia is similar. I've not been to the UK or lived there.
But I do detect a bit of defensiveness on your part. I too am surprised Indian men aren't that popular in the US. I often see them dating white women. Btw I think Indian women are really pretty/beautiful, often moreso than white women, so I think sometimes you also can't be blind to what's in your own backyard you know.
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They've gotta be out there. One of my first friends upon entering college was born and raised in Korea and his mom was a Korean woman married to a white American! They met in the 1970s, too. Online, there are some white American or Canadian expats who end up in China and Japan and marry those native people, although they're relatively obscured tucked away from society in their expat groups. I'm pretty sure there are similar groups of white Americans seeking Koreans.
I've heard the white statement about people in New Zealand. There aren't a lot of Asians there, it seems all Asian New Zealanders marry whites.
Also, my friend brought to my attention that in almost all interracial relationships, it is the man who is black. I'm not sure why that is, but I've noticed that too. I think the only exception I've seen is one author who had a black mother but a white father, and that was uncommon.
Actually there are a lot of Asians in NZ, like Oz, and the majority of them still marry Asians.
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I never heard them talking crap about other races or religions.
