p***@yahoo.com
2006-11-26 17:11:46 UTC
I don't understand this trend particularly when the majority of
Asian American couples in this country are Asian male and Asian female
pairings. I don't see the media doing this with any other group of
people. Shouldn't Asian Americans who have influence in the media raise
a concern about this? I just don't see this as right when the media
doesn't do this to any other ethnic group or race. Why do they think
that Asian Americans would tolerate these kinds of portrayals to the
extent that they make up a majority of pairings in the media without a
sense of insensitivity and indignation towards Asian Americans as a
whole? I don't have a problem with interracial relationships but when
the media continually prefer to portray Af/Wm pairing as some sort of
normality over Am/Af pairing, Asian Americans should feel a certain
amount of indignation from these kinds of depictions. Also, why is it
that the media rarely if ever at all depict Am/wf pairings particularly
when a portion of Asian interracial relationships are between Asian
males and white females? Isn't there a racist double standard here?
Shouldn't Asian Americans as a whole make a concerted effort to correct
negative portrayals and stereotypical portrayals of their image if for
nothing more than to assert the dignity of Asian people?
Asian American couples in this country are Asian male and Asian female
pairings. I don't see the media doing this with any other group of
people. Shouldn't Asian Americans who have influence in the media raise
a concern about this? I just don't see this as right when the media
doesn't do this to any other ethnic group or race. Why do they think
that Asian Americans would tolerate these kinds of portrayals to the
extent that they make up a majority of pairings in the media without a
sense of insensitivity and indignation towards Asian Americans as a
whole? I don't have a problem with interracial relationships but when
the media continually prefer to portray Af/Wm pairing as some sort of
normality over Am/Af pairing, Asian Americans should feel a certain
amount of indignation from these kinds of depictions. Also, why is it
that the media rarely if ever at all depict Am/wf pairings particularly
when a portion of Asian interracial relationships are between Asian
males and white females? Isn't there a racist double standard here?
Shouldn't Asian Americans as a whole make a concerted effort to correct
negative portrayals and stereotypical portrayals of their image if for
nothing more than to assert the dignity of Asian people?