Outmarriage by Asian Americans | Asian American Poll

OUTMARRIAGE BY ASIAN AMERICANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:06 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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To Please Stop the Patronizing,
Not at all, thank you for the website! I will go there and read.
To Rare Stuff,
I don't know that there are any standards or not. My understanding in this so far is that when an Asian and another race mix and have a child, the result is a mixed racial person, on this board and other places as well, they call the slang term HAPA. The meaning behind that is on this forum also.
I mentioned something that AC Drop out had previously stated awhile back about when a child comes from two cultures, he is neither exclusively either, yet he is both, so he is in a way, has his own culture, a Hapa culture. To me, that meant that my son may have different experiences or encounters in life related to racial incidents or questions from people that I or my husband may not ever encounter. He may or may not, but I am assuming from reading from other Hapa posters that he will. My job is to learn about his father's culture, since I already know my own, and to teach him both, and to educate him, if that time ever comes when someone asks him something or calls him a hurtful name, or even if someone is not meaning to be hurtful, but are just curious...I will be in some way prepared and know the best way to handle it .
Hannybunbun Friday, July 05, 2002 at 04:46:52 (PDT)

Hannybunbun ad Hank Lewis,
I have another Eurasian site for you. You can have a look. The address is www.eurasiannation.com

PLease Stop The Patronizing,
I don't know, most Eurasians I met are arrogant. Well, most of them are males too. I don't know why. They think they are more superior than others just because they have some European blood in them. Most Eurasian guys I met can go on all day talking about how goodlooking they are and so on. It really freak me out. Once, I asked this Eurasian guy, " What makes you think that Eurasians are beautiful or more superior than the other races? ". He said "Well, because we are born beautiful and that's what people believe". I mean not all Eurasians are born "supermodels". Maybe it's because after so many years of being colinized by Western powers that most Asians think Eurasians are better than Asians? It makes me wonder.
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 20:33:55 (PDT)

SOG:
Arrogance among hapas probably comes from that widespread propaganda phrase "best of both worlds." I think the popularity of the idea that mixed-race children get the best cultural, physical, etc. attributes of both their parents came about as a backlash against the old idea that mixed-race kids are trapped between two cultures and couldn't understand either. We say we're "both" just because we were once told we were "neither." Since many hapas hope to promote this idea, we write about it in the media, on bulletin boards, etc. all the time, and well-meaning parents pick it up and teach it to their kids. Similar to the way in which hypermasculine behavior became popular among blacks in response to Jim Crow era attempts to demean their manhood and sexuality by calling them "boy" and portraying them as happy-go-lucky childlike beings who needed to be watched over by whites.

As usual, the best path is somewhere in between two extremes. A kid who is raised in this American culture should learn to fight for his acceptance where it is rightly deserved. But no one can be "best of both worlds" unless they actually understand and function in the two linguistic and cultural spheres. A kid without that understanding and functionality who is continually told he is special will assume he is special just because of the fact that his two parents trace their ancestries to different continents. As a result he will naturally become arrogant towards monoracial people, even those who may be more bicultural than himself.
T.H. Lien Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 18:18:21 (PDT)

SOG,

Maybe you're just worried that your future son might want to kick your a** when he gets older (hint: martial arts forum). *LOL*

BTW- what's with the superiority complex of the Eurasian male/female you met?
Didn't they know you're gonna become a hapa papa in the future?

Jay... da hapa Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 15:07:19 (PDT)

"Boxing all Whites in the State of Texas according to who wins the Senatorial election is a very ignorant thing to do. Both of you are more intelligent than that."

Like I said, I would shut my big mouth if the white crook looses...and by the way...the white folks in the Texas GOP (not GW) do not like out-marriages...just read the Texas GOP platform of 2000...xenophobia, racism, contempt and hatred for "foreigners" and non-whites just come spewing out....it was actually chaired by a white woman named Susan Weddington.

Political Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 12:31:12 (PDT)

"They speak only for those who voted for one candidate over another, and even that doesn't tell the whole story."

By not voting, we are letting those who would create a bad image for the state get the upperhand.

"You can't cast everyone who voted for George W Bush as "evil" or "good" anymore than you can cast everyone who voted for Al Gore like that either."

No. I was not talking about GW or Gore. I am talking about "Enron John" Cornyn (who would defend the honor of Texas) and the centrist black mayor Dallas...Ron Kirk. At present, Kirk is ahead...so I would give the state the benefit of doubt at least until November 5.

"There are ignoramuses and racists in both political parties and not all of them are White either, bud."

That is precisely what I have said before...very few Asian women would vote for a white (particularly a white woman) in Hawaii and DC is not likely to have a black mayor. But, what I have noted in this country is that racism declines sharply when no one group is a majority...Arlington, Virginia is an example of this.

"Some of these idiots do something called "voting a straight ticket"--meaning they mark only one box, "all Democrats" or "all Republicans" without conscience to what those individuals stand for."

I am a swing voter, although I cannot vote for the GOP this year, because I am concerned about their leadership in Congress.

"Boxing all Whites in the State of Texas according to who wins the Senatorial election is a very ignorant thing to do. Both of you are more intelligent than that."

True. However, when a majority white population votes for a minority based on what they stand for...it tells us about the level of acceptance. Why is this Senate race important? Because we have a crooked AG who is white and who was at least partly responsible for the Enron fiasco (took money from them during his elections) running against an average black man...and if white folks, especially those who were thrown out on the street voted for the crooked AG...there is only one reason...racism...in effect it says I would rather stand on the street than be employed with a black man at the top.

"Not all White Texans would feel that way about you because of the color of your skin."

Surveys indicate the majority.

I don't know if I like you or not, Sociologist.

You dont have to like me.

"Some of it I agree with, some I don't. Sometimes you come across as either an agitator or a pedagogue. Whatever..."

Both

Sociologist Wednesday, July 03, 2002 at 12:26:28 (PDT)

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