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ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES
Are AA Women the Real Victims of Prejudice?
sian women get a free ride at the expense of Asian men. That's the received wisdom here in the U.S. This belief appears premised on the suspicion that American society sees Asian women as sexy exotics in need of rescuing from the cold clutches of Asian men who don't know how to smile except evilly.
The real victim?
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Credit Hollywood for its tireless casting of Asian women as sexual accessories to white heroes while suppressing the very existence of Asian men except as unsavory paper tigers. Credit too the TV networks that uncover bevies of talking Asian women but rarely their male counterparts.
In fairness this media fantasy of the Asian race was partly inspired by recent history. Devastated and impoverished Asian nations sent tens of thousands of war brides and orphans, followed by several million desperate immigrants willing to hock their identities while toiling to build new lives.
Male-dominated societies toast new women as exotic sexual prospects while suppressing new men as an exploitable lower class or even enemy aliens. The women get all the breaks and the men get all the lumps. Even worse, the women have their heads turned and adopt a scornful attitude toward their own men. So goes the complaint of some AA men.
The women have a different take. Sexual predators bearing insulting stereotypes must be fended off while coping with women who see them as unfair competitors. Add to that the pain of being scorned as sellouts by AA men for no more reason than their apparent welcome by American society. Worst of all, complain AA women, is being begrudged the right to take simple pleasure in their own identities. How much easier just to face straightforward racial prejudice!
Do Asian women really have an easier time in America? Or do they suffer from the double-whammy of insulting stereotypes from non-Asians and unfair persecution from Asian men?
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Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 06:10:41 PM)
Just thought i'd engage in a bit of selective quoting for a bit of a luagh....see if you can guess the source!
"White women have a long, long history of being known as sluts"......okaaaay
"most WFs don't want AMs anyway".....well that's a bit of a kick in the teeth
"many AFs do act like they are God's gift to man"....those nasty AF's
"white men who go after these [Asian]women are either fulfilling some Asian fetish".....take that AF/WM couples!
"or are closet pedophiles who just want someone who's built like she's only 13 years old"......naturally
"I don't flinch at all when there are other AFs in the vicinity!!".....how brave
"Oh, I do agree w/the media representation of AFs w/WMs but again I think it stems from Asian fetishism"....love that F-word
"WMs know they have to face the wrath of black men when they go after black women".....does wrath="you stealin' our ho's white boy"?
"Many times when I have seen WM w/AF, they are looking me up and down right in front of that woman so obvious that they are strictly after AFs (since I in no way look Asian)".....oops didn't you just contradict yourself here?
"bottom line (and you can argue it all you want) is that majority of AFs ARE built like preteens".....i will argue all i want thanks
"not so much a slam against AFs"....not at all, adult women just love being told they have they body of a 12 yr old and their boyfriends are closet paedophiles
and hey let's throw another unrelated insult in for good measure.....
"so many AFs seem snobby and act like they think they are the best thing since sliced bread"
Well there you have it AF's. The "majority" of you need to start packin' on the pounds and "so many" of you should realize you are NOTHING compared to sliced bread.....so wise up!
maxdacat
Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 11:14:39 (PDT)
maxdacat,
One last point I want to bring out is that;
I know you have a lot of respect for asain people and I think it is great, I do appreciate people like you. I too have a lot of respect for non-asains as well as asain, I guess you can tell by my name. The point here is that I am just trying to balance everything from the two side.
Thx, you sound like a cool guy.
Azn-Pride
Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 08:43:00 (PDT)
repost if the first one fail
maxdacat,
I am not at all against you finding AF attractive, by all mean do so. I am not bother by this, it is not something new to me. I've heard it many times and you are not alone. Anyway I hope I didn't spoiled it for you.
The term "asain fetish" isn't something new. Asain fetish is also know as "yellow fever". And it is more common to non-asain guys. And this is why people assume this for you. But I am sorry for calling you this.
The term "white fetish" however is not as common or I would think that it isn't. I don't consider myself this and it will be silly for people to assume me as this
[but if i do have black/white/spanish fetish, I won't be embarass either]
b/c ironically I have more asain friend than non-asain friend. And I am in more contact with AF than non-AF.
[btw i was only using my first few post as an argument against AF b/c i thought you were one and white-wash while diss on AM. Sorry if i misunderstood you.]
Don't ask me why, this is just how it is. I didn't choose it to be this way.
I do also have non-asain,
[black/white/spanish] friend that I see and chill with. But.. I am not as tight with them as I am with asains. But I do wish I have close bf, wf and Lf friends. I think it will be very interesting and it will sure make life more exciting. Anyway, you sound like a nice person and i'm glad i got to talk.
Azn-Pride
Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 06:09:31 (PDT)
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