Tag Archives: interracial dating

The Definitive History of Asian Men Dating Outside their Race

Posted on March 25, 2010 by jaehwan

So what do you all think of the new look?  As some of you know, something batty happened with my WordPress, and the old theme was one of the casualties from the fall.  The new theme, which I absolutely LOVE … Continue reading →

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Where the Black Man is King/FlashForward's IR pairing

Posted on February 9, 2010 by jaehwan

Neutral Observer asked me to comment on Gabrielle Union and John Cho’s onscreen romance on FlashForward.  He writes: Asian male bloggers have long compared their dating plight to that of black women, and have long said that maybe they need … Continue reading →

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Posterity and Asian Americans

Posted on August 3, 2009 by jaehwan

[pic from randplaty, attributed to dasasaki.  randplaty looks like a church blog (and you know my views on that), but it also looks like he has some very interesting views on church and culture.  I actually had some similar questions, … Continue reading →

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Get Shorty

Posted on June 29, 2009 by jaehwan

I found this NY Times piece at 8A, which offers an explanation on why the AF/WM numbers are so much greater than the AM/WF numbers–Asian guys are shorter, and therefore White women don’t want to date us.  Similarly, according to … Continue reading →

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IR on NPR

Posted on June 2, 2009 by jaehwan

(pic from here) The 4-1-1 on I-R on N-P-R.  Man, these acronyms and short cuts are all over the place. One of you (not sure if it was meant to be anonymous or not) sent me this article and podcast … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Interracial Relationships and the Gender Divide, Asian American Female Perspective

Posted on May 25, 2009 by jaehwan

C-Bruhs (BicoastalBitchin), Eva (Blake and Micah podcast), and Sylvie (Antisocial Ladder) recorded an all-female podcast yesterday.  It’s the third in an ongoing series about Asian American Interracial Relationships and the Gender Divide that we started last year on the first … Continue reading →

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PostSecret for Asian Americans

Posted on May 25, 2009 by jaehwan

(pic from here) Caught news of a new site called PostMimi at Slant Eye for the Round Eye. It’s a PostSecret-style blog, where the author Karen encourages Asian Americans to e-mail or mail their secrets to her. I like the … Continue reading →

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Women Hold Up Half the Sky

Posted on May 7, 2009 by jaehwan

(Pic from here) Was reading some of the comments from the last podcast, and I just wanted to share a few thoughts.  These are just my thoughts.  Feel free to disagree. 1. Asian men and women and women share a … Continue reading →

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Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships

Posted on May 4, 2009 by jaehwan

After our first attempt at discussing IR via podcast, we finally brought back URB4N!  In this podcast, URB4N, a 29 year old Asian American alpha male investment banker from NYC who posts on 8Asians, Yellowworld, and the 44s, discusses the … Continue reading →

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