Outmarriage by Asian Americans | Asian American Poll

OUTMARRIAGE BY ASIAN AMERICANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:10 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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JB

You hit the nail right on the head, brother.

However, when I run into idiots like Jim Horn or T H Lien, they are the ones who will hear me say "I am Chinese-Taiwanese-Scottish-Danish" because they deserve to get it all shoved in their faces. I'm proud of my total heritage, White and Asian, and I'm not going to be made to supress either side by those who would demand that I pass for full Asian or full White.
Andrew Xiaoliang Campbell Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 08:10:40 (PDT)

jmushorn --

Your comments that the white side of hapas are just 'boring white (bland) identity' is stupid. Who asked for your opinion on the boringness of being white (or part white)? Your belief that acknowledging white heritage is a 'fetish' confirms the stupidity of the earlier statement. A fetish is a sexual fixation on a non-living object, not an acknowledgment of half or part of a person's genetic makeup!

Whites or part-whites don't have a right to an ethnic identity? That's news to me! Whites, like all races, are a diverse group of people spanning numerous continents, countries, languages, and cultures. As for hapas and their supposed not knowing 'where their white side came from', is it not possible they *do* know, but choose not to bore you with an overly long explanation like, 'My dad is Chinese, my mom's Dutch-French-Irish-English-Welsh-Austrian-Polish, etc.'? Just saying 'I'm Chinese and white' is quicker and less involved.
JB Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 16:21:01 (PDT)

To those of you out there who seem to be arguing over significance of "Webster's Dictionary",

Here is a brief note: The name "Webster" alone is no guarantee of excellence. It is used by a number of publishers and may serve mainly to mislead an unwary buyer.

"Merriam-Webster tm" is the name you should look for when you consider the purchase of dictionaries or other fine reference books. It carries the reputation of a company that has been publishing since 1831 and is your assurance of quality and authority [excerpt: Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 10th edition].

In my opinion, the "Webster's Dictionary" (NOT "Marriam-Webster's") definitions are quite sketchy, and I personally wouldn't refer to it for any precise definition of anything.
Casual Dreamer Saturday, April 06, 2002 at 02:39:43 (PST)

They want to know how you balance your ethnicity. Sure, some may want to know what you are. If that is the case, explain to them that you are an ever evolving work in progress that attempts to balance asian and euro genetics within an active American context.

In some way, we are all representatives of diverse backrounds merging and influencing the way we act and think. But we all have freedom of choice.

I have often been asked if I am part Irish. I explain to them that I am not, but that I am becoming more and more Irish-American everyday.

Whenever, I encounter Hapas I must admit that I am curious about how they view themselves. I am always surprised at what they say. Most of the time they say. I am said asian ethnicity and part white.

Now, that is a fetish as far as I can tell. Their white side doesn't have the right to have any ethnic identity. It is just a boring white (bland) identity. Quite often they don't even know where their white side came from. It seems to me as if they don't give a damn about their white side.

Maybe that is because of how they have been percieved. If other people only percieve, said asian ethnicity then, I think the hapa believes that, that this how they are suppose to percieve themselves...

Admittedly, the reception of ones ethnicity is often placed in categorical boxes. And often there are time and linguistic constraints which place limitations upon the eloquence of human interaction. This often makes the procedure a brutal and primitive endevour.

If that is the case. Just tell them that it is a sensitive issue, but that you would be willing to discuss it. But only on your terms.

Please e-mail jmushorn@yahoo.com. I am interested in your opinion.

jmushorn@yahoo.com jmushorn@yahoo.com Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 08:33:35 (PST)

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