“Inside the ‘Asian Men Black Women’ Dating Scene”
“The perceived passivity in Asian men can be interpreted through American eyes as femininity, and the consequences of this manifest in everything from Asian men’s near-exclusive representation as “bottoms” in gay porn, to the bamboo ceiling, a term for Asians’ lack of leadership representation in the workforce…
In the way that Asian men have been distorted to reflect femininity, so too haveblack women become masculinized. The idea of the “strong” black woman is one that is either feared or mocked…
Simply put, being white fits “the dominant paradigm of what’s desirable and normal… you go to a movie and there’s a beautiful woman and the [guy] who wins her looks like you. That’s big. That makes you feel central,” a white interviewee recently told VICE…
As it stands today, many black women and Asian men have been left in the casual-dating corner. Which might explain why some have banded together to create the AMBW community, which includes websites, Meetup groups, and online forums.”
Related: “Yes, Your Dating Preferences Are Probably Racist”; “I’m a Single Black Girl and I Refuse to be Scared by the Statistics Saying I Will Never Get Married”
