Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!whuxl!hash From: hash@whuxl.UUCP (HASHIZUME) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: Interracial Dating Message-ID: <266@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 15:59:03 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.266 Posted: Mon Oct 1 15:59:03 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 06:09:12 EDT References: <865@abnjh.UUCP> <148@sdcsvax.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 26 > > ... Are people hostile to non-whites dating whites > (Especially non-white males dating white > females.)? > Do people consider Orientals, hispanics, etc., to be non-white > in male/female relationship (the case of black/white is the only one > that usually gets discussed... when it does get discussed at all)? Or > am I just paranoid? > --Alan J. Hu, sdcsvax!hu Alan, A couple of comments to your inquiry on interracial dating: 1) The operative term is "Asian" not "oriental." Oriental is akin to Negro and considered demeaning. 2) The fact that you were born in the U.S.A indicates that you are an American not a Chinese. Even though you (legitimately) feel that you are of Chinese heritage, I'm sure that you probably consider yourself an American. This point is important to those of us who are of 2nd, 3rd, etc. generation Americans to distinguish ourselves of that identity. 3) You are not being paranoid. There are a lot of racist people out there in the world, no matter where you are. I have not consciously perceived any hostility towards me/us when I'm out with my Caucasian wife but she notices some of it sometimes. Since this country is made up of a majority population of white people, anybody who is not white is considered to a minority. Asians fall into that category. However we (Asians) are perceived with more ambiguity than most other minorities, e.g. Blacks. But that depends on the area of the country also. --Mark Hashizume, AT&T Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ (..!whuxl!hash)