Outmarriage by Asian Americans | Asian American Poll

OUTMARRIAGE BY ASIAN AMERICANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:17 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

On the whole are children produced from interracial marriages advantaged or disadvantaged?
Advantaged | 26%
Disadvantaged | 22%
Neither | 52%

Assuming you are an Asian American male, which best describes your marriage partner or your prospective/likely marriage partner?
Someone of my own nationality | 54%
Someone of another Asian nationality | 9%
Someone of a non-Asian race | 37%

Assuming you are an Asian American female, which best describes your marriage partner or your prospective/likely marriage partner?
Someone of my own nationality | 53%
Someone of another Asian nationality | 7%
Someone of a non-Asian race | 40%

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I don't have the statistics to back this up, but I know it's out there since I've read it in the past, so I agree to disagree with the statement that whites had more interracial relationships with Native Americans than Black Americans in the past.

Blacks and Native Americans were, and still are placed at the bottom of the ladder by white American, so while Blacks were being killed off by Whites "you're my property, so I can kill ya" and Indians were being killed off by whites "your property is now MY property"...

Blacks and Indians would run off, hide out together and band together so there was much more chances of those two races blending. Also, don't forget that any white person who dared to date an Indian was looked down on.

Who invented that saying that the only good Indian is a dead Indian? Of course the Lone Ranger didn't believe in that saying because he enjoyed too much, the cooking and cleaning and tent pitching that his butler, Toto, did.

Also, I think a white person would rather blow their head off with a shotgun than to admit that they have black blood in them because their own one-drop rule would backfire on them! LOL! So, they reach for the next best thing and say they have Native American blood.

Though on some AM/WF forums, I'm seeing a lot of WF's claim that they have "chinese" in them. Never Japanese, Korean, Thai or anything else. Just Chinese...

White Americans don't have a real culture that's why they borrow from other cultures that they see suitable.
my 2 cents Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 00:51:04 (PDT)

To: Jeff Chan

Sometimes when stupid grandparents start getting older and realize that their time on earth is getting shorter, they try to make up for past mistakes.

However, they try to undo years of damage within one day or moment and it doesn't work like that.

Emotional Pain lasts longer than anger.

You must be a big hearted man to forgive that.

Personally, I would've said to my parents "f*ck it!"
unforgiving Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 00:32:35 (PDT)

It is true that most hapa Filipinos in the Philippines are not mexican/latin looking. Most have light skin and look like amerasian or eurasian and not latin. The only difference of hapa Filipinos with the other hapa asians is that the former have a big semi-caucasian eyes while the latter usually have a slanty eyes. Some hapa Filipinos would even pass for looking almost like caucasian like some of the Filipino celebrities and commercial models. Yeah, hapa Filipinos are truly beautiful because they have the balanced, moderate
features of Whites. They have a special beauty all their own! Very exotic!

lucky Monday, October 15, 2001 at 23:22:57 (PDT)

Aw, shaddup!-
If Kimora married Richard Simmons for money, she'd likely be labeled a lesbian. LOL!

tell me why-
I have a feeling that the ancestors of these White Americans had a higher rate of having interracial relationships with Native Americans than Blacks, which may be why some do not make mention of black blood in them.
As for what happened on the "white" forum. That person sounds a bit hypocritical to first boast about his Native American blood on an interracial forum and then later shun it on a "white" forum. I am not surprised by this behavior, though. Sounds like he/she is mentioning his/her Native American blood only when it is advantageous to them and denying it when it is disadvantageous. It's kind of like my Chinese mother who has a tiny bit of Filipino and Spanish ancestry. If she meets a Filipino person she will mention the Filipino ancestry but if she speaks with a Chinese person she'd usually just say that her great grandmother was "Eurasian" and not mention the Filipino ancestry. This is merely not disclosing certain pieces of information while that white person you mentioned was doing something worse, denying a part of their ancestry.

Lucky-
Are you a Filipino hapa or a Filipino guy who has a fetish for “Filipino hapa girls”? LOL!
FYI- I’ve been mistaken for a Filipino hapa on many occasions… probably since my mother isn’t pure Chinese and does not have slanty eyes.

Jay… the hapa Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 23:39:32 (PDT)

I have been married to a white woman for 16 years. We have two kids, one 14 and one 9. Her family disowned for marrying me. This past year, they have tried to reconcile. I accepted it, but my wife was still bitter and hesitant. Anyways, last month I convinced her to bring the kids over to their grannies for a visit. I saw the sadness in their eyes and I forgive them as I have never known hate in my life. But, my kids are very smart and sensitive kids. They know why after all these years, their other grannies have never even attempted to see or speak with them once. When my mother-in-law tried to sit my 9 year old, Samantha, on her lap, Samantha started crying and wanted to go home. All I can say is that once you start hating someone, it is hard to erase. Even a child knows this.
Jeff Chan Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 13:00:29 (PDT)

It is true that most hapa Filipinos in the Philippines are not mexican/latin looking. Most have light skin and look like amerasian or eurasian and not latin. The only difference of hapa Filipinos with the other hapa asians is that the former have a big semi-caucasian eyes while the latter usually have a slanty eyes. Some hapa Filipinos would even pass for looking almost like caucasian like some of the Filipino celebrities and commercial models. Yeah,
hapa Filipinos are truly beautiful because they have the balanced, moderate
features of Whites. They have a special beauty all their own! Very exotic!

lucky Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 07:30:48 (PDT)

White americans have stolen (land) from Native Americans, cheated on Native American, lied to Native Americans and murdered Native Americans where entire tribes were wiped out, yet Whites love to claim having Indian blood in them.

White americans have done pretty much the exact same thing to Blacks as they have done to Indians, yet Whites never claim how much black blood they have in them.

Why is that?

Also, it's only when a caucasian is commenting on an interracial forum, do they then and only then see some strange need to make it known to everyone, that they are more than just white.

Why is this?

Last week, I recognized a white person on a "white" forum whom I knew regularly sing praises of their mixed Native American blood on interracial forums. I casually made a remark about their mixed blood on this "white" forum, and this individual became enraged, insulted and had a memory lapse of their bloodline.

This type of behavior is perplexing to me.

I think it from IR unions like these where the children of those unions really do grow up confused because even their parents don't have handle on their own identity.
tell me why Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 21:57:31 (PDT)

fat, ugly bald black man? Married for money? So what!! If Kimora married Russell Simmons for money, she isn't likely the only one that's done such a thing. What about the asian lady who married old ass Rupert Murdoch. He's rich and I guess since he's white, then that's OK.
Aw, shaddup! Saturday, October 13, 2001 at 05:46:50 (PDT)

Hank,

Raise the child in both cultures and expose him or her to both communities at an early age. At least, both you and your wife did your parts. The biggest task, is how the child will fare vis-a-vis the larger society. It is no joke that racism sometimes influence biracial kids to want to identify with the mainstream culture rather than the subethnic culture of one parent. I'd say it is best to live in a multiracial community, where the kids at school will not find each other strange and different. It is a beauty when people of 2 races can live together and start a family.
Chinese Reality Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 00:53:08 (PDT)

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