Outmarriage by Asian Americans | Asian American Poll

OUTMARRIAGE BY ASIAN AMERICANS
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:11:05 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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Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18

what u r saying r so so true..for example like my ex...oh my....she's so vain, i never met anyone like that in my life...always says that she so prefect and all etc etc...and always look at herself in mirror every minute went she gets the chances...she has all this mixed blood in her until i got myself confuse..she has this paki blood in her, kazaks in her etc etc....too bad it didn't work out with her..plus with my mixed heritage...my child would have same problem like her...

if i have a child of my own..if i married to another race...i'll still want my child to say that she/he's a malay... a bumiputra...u know like signing a document or something like that...and still know/learn about their other heritage....
mixed malay&chinese guy Thursday, July 11, 2002 at 02:39:47 (PDT)

Min Soo Kim,

Is Lan Kwai Fong a region of Hong Kong where alot of Eurasians hangout?

Good thing this "hapa punk" was 6'1" at only a mere 170 lbs. Many Hawaii Hapas at that height would probably be 200+ lbs, being that we workout alot more than them HKers or even mainland folk, and some are 1/4 or 1/8 Hawaiian.
Things are a bit different in Hawaii so there aren't as many hapa punks and definitely no hapa gangs I know of.

BTW- what's the Korean population like in HK? Are the Koreans there very conservative/old fashioned or are there alot of Korean-Chinese intermarriages?
Jay... the nice hapa Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 23:11:49 (PDT)

Min Soo Kim,
I know what you mean. Since young, I've been hanging out with people of all races. Indians, Chinese-Indians, Chinese, Malays, Eurasians etc. Like what I've said, I never understand why most Eurasian friends of mine think they are more superior than others. If you've read my previous post, I mentioned that Eurasian guy who told me "We are born beautiful and more superior than other races". It makes me wonder because I've never thought that I'm more superior just because my dad's a European. Maybe it's about the stereotype that Asians think Europeans are more powerful and having some European blood in you means u r more superior? I don't know. I've been asking myself several times about this question. Or maybe it's also about upbringing? My parents constantly remind my siblings and I that, we are never more superior than other races and that we should respect people for who they are, not race. I must admit that sometimes, being a Eurasian, people will constantly shower praises over you about how beautiful you are and stuff. I'm getting sick of that. I don't think I'm better or more beautiful just because my nose is alittle longer, eyes alittle bigger or alittle fairer than Asians. I don't think I'll ever get the answer why most Eurasians think that way. But I sure can say is that, those Eurasians who like to think that way, lead shallow lives like what "stop the patronizing" say.
Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18 Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 21:02:05 (PDT)

Min Soo Kim:
It's known as Expat Attitude. What do you expect when you're in a club full of rich international school kids with daddy's credit card, exchange students who found themselves utterly unable to blend in with the local population at their universities but don't care cuz they only came to HK to drink with Americans anyway, and US salary-matched white guys getting off a hard week of screwing around in Central and eating $2000 lunches? Everyone thinks they're better than the next guy.

But yeah, the whole "best of both worlds" BS that parents in interracial relationships like to feed their kids along with a bunch of Chinese relatives cooing over how good-looking he is compared to his cousins couldn't have helped your victim's humility either.
T.H. Lien (mixed race Chinese) Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 16:40:38 (PDT)

I meant fast forward to 2001.
Kim Min Soo Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 11:45:31 (PDT)

Political:

You are as guilty of making gross generalizations and snap judgement about people as those whom you are accusing. Judging a whole state or demographic therein based upon elections results or the blatherings a few idiots is a form of prejudice. I'm not wasting anymore time with you.
Hank Lewis Wednesday, July 10, 2002 at 10:59:40 (PDT)

Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18,

I remember one English/Chinese kid from when I lived in HK who used to treat me with contempt all the time. In highschool, he was always taller and bigger than I was. I was tall too, but kind of skinny. I am Korean, and have very 'Korean features'. He would make fun of them all the time, and it bothered me at the time. He beat my ass on a couple of occaisions. Back then, we were kids, maybe 16 or 17.

Fast forward to 2002. We are all 21 years old now. When I went back to HK visit my friends last winter, my 6'2" frame had filled out to about 185 pounds. When I saw him at the same dive in Lan Kwai Fong on a friday night, I could see that he had stayed about the same; he's about 6'1" and 170 pounds now, I think. Anyway, I was catching up with HS friends over a few beers (we all went to diff Unis all over the world) when this foo had the nerve to come up to me (I was trying to ignore him coz I decided he was beneath contempt) and speak to me in a condescending way again , in front of a girl I was with. I quietly asked him to step outside, and to my delight he did... probably because he was drunk and felt like f***en around with some sob. Boy was I happy to oblige him.... To cut a long story short, that cocky f*** ended up with a broken nose and a bloodstained shirt. He had passed out on the ground, and had to be carried away on a stretcher, and I made my timely exit with my girl and friends before the ambulance came.

I know that not all Eurasians are like that, but it's true that a lot of them in Asia think they are special because they have some 2nd rate European dad who couldn't make it in their homeland and had to come to Asia to leach off the local populace. It truly was a privilege of a lifetime to beat the snot out of some hapa punk in front of his girlfriend.

Sorry, I do not hate all hapas, but some arrogant assholes (of any race) need to be taught their place in the world.
Min Soo Kim Tuesday, July 09, 2002 at 20:20:55 (PDT)

"Susan Weddington's viewpoint doesn't reflect the viewpoint of all Texans or all Republicans for that matter."

The proof is in the pudding. I would wait until November 5, 2002, or perhaps the morning after.
Political Tuesday, July 09, 2002 at 11:18:18 (PDT)

Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18:

I really liked EurAsianNation.com. It had a lot of well-thought-out articles and info without being preachy or patronizing in any way.

What I would like to see happen is some kind of resource set up for parents in mixed marriages with mixed kids to help deal with issues which will come up over the course of raising their children.

Some examples:

-How to handle your child acting ashamed of one parent because of their ethincity

-How to instill pride in your child's complete heritage

-Equip your child with verbal/behavioral tools to deal with racism on the playground/in the classroom

-Helping your child deal with how people of single-ethnic ancestry will try to label them as of one heritage or the other

and so forth on down the line.

Granted some of the above issues would be relevant regardless of the ethnic mix of the marriage/children. There are some more specific issues which would relate to Asian/Caucasian marriages and EurAsian kids:

-Establishing Western and Asian holidays in the Household

-Teaching your kids to appreciate "typical" Asian and "Amercian Cuisine"

-Training your child to save his/her hungbao AND birthday money

-Recognizing that Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism don't have a race-requirement for practice

I could think of others, but these are a start.

Thanks again for the website.
Hank Lewis Monday, July 08, 2002 at 11:47:18 (PDT)

Political:

Susan Weddington's viewpoint doesn't reflect the viewpoint of all Texans or all Republicans for that matter. Just ask Phil Gramm, Mitch McConnell, and Clarence Thomas.
Hank Lewis Monday, July 08, 2002 at 05:54:19 (PDT)

Malaysian-Eurasian Gal18:

I've been out of town and just saw your post today. Yeah, I really think that's what causes it...they are constantly told from birth how beautiful they are so it goes to their heads at a young age. Oh well, those that don't outgrow it will surely lead shallow lives.
Stop the Patronizing Sunday, July 07, 2002 at 23:25:57 (PDT)

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