elan_vital
Apr 13th, 2008, 02:52 PM
I guess it is very common to bring this issue up, but I'm going to anyway since it is my personal experience thats makes this truth irk me.
I live in NYC which is supposed to be one of the most open-minded places in America, I am not American born so I expect this country to not be as racist despite their history other countries are known to be worst.
Getting to the point, there are very few Asian males in my school that actually mingle with the student body, two mainly. Merlin and a kid named Dan, both of which people talk about very openly in front of and behind their backs. So I knew it was risky when me and the guy Merlin began to develop a relationship beyond the casual hallway chat, and kiss on the cheek.
Once it became obvious to myself, and obvious to him that we were becoming more than friends we both kind of backed off, but I felt the need to express my liking for him to a friend. The one friend whom I thought would be the least ignorant and give me the least ignorant response, and I didn't hesitate in letting her know that was the reason I chose to tell her.
Prior to me telling her how much I liked him, and how much he liked me. I told her I knew a lot of people would have a lot of negative things to say if we took it a step further, and that was why I was avoiding him most of the time. For his sake, not mine.
This is where I get pissed, her response to this whole thing, issues explained and all;
"Oh thats cute, but Ashley you're a beautiful girl. You need to find yourself a nice white guy."
Now she's Italian, it baffles me why the females of America seriously think a white male is better than say an Asian male, or even an Arabian male. While white is the majority, if you look at the success rate based on intellect and hard work and push aside race. The Asian male and the Arabian male would be first choice hands down. It is not only the white female, black female, arabian female, but even the asian female feels this way.
It pisses me off, and this is where my rant ends.
I live in NYC which is supposed to be one of the most open-minded places in America, I am not American born so I expect this country to not be as racist despite their history other countries are known to be worst.
Getting to the point, there are very few Asian males in my school that actually mingle with the student body, two mainly. Merlin and a kid named Dan, both of which people talk about very openly in front of and behind their backs. So I knew it was risky when me and the guy Merlin began to develop a relationship beyond the casual hallway chat, and kiss on the cheek.
Once it became obvious to myself, and obvious to him that we were becoming more than friends we both kind of backed off, but I felt the need to express my liking for him to a friend. The one friend whom I thought would be the least ignorant and give me the least ignorant response, and I didn't hesitate in letting her know that was the reason I chose to tell her.
Prior to me telling her how much I liked him, and how much he liked me. I told her I knew a lot of people would have a lot of negative things to say if we took it a step further, and that was why I was avoiding him most of the time. For his sake, not mine.
This is where I get pissed, her response to this whole thing, issues explained and all;
"Oh thats cute, but Ashley you're a beautiful girl. You need to find yourself a nice white guy."
Now she's Italian, it baffles me why the females of America seriously think a white male is better than say an Asian male, or even an Arabian male. While white is the majority, if you look at the success rate based on intellect and hard work and push aside race. The Asian male and the Arabian male would be first choice hands down. It is not only the white female, black female, arabian female, but even the asian female feels this way.
It pisses me off, and this is where my rant ends.