[lance]

Yayoi: I understand what you’re saying about not applying U.S. ways of thinking to your living conditions in your part of the world. But it is very strange here in America; the culture, especially the television/movie media, is saturated with images of Asian women (Japanese, Chinese, et al.) dating either their own, or white men exclusively – nothing else. I commute between Virginia and New York frequently, and I tend to see Asian women dating white men. If I were to give a percentage to the number of couples of this type, as opposed to Asian women dating blacks, it would be 95 percent in favor of whites. I don’t know why it’s like this over here; it just is.

As for the cartoon Draemon, I’ve never seen it, but I am more than willing to take your word. It is true, though, that in much of the anime (at least what’s released here), there is a tendency to make the characters look as Caucasian as possible. I’m sure this is a marketing decision to increase sales (people view certain kinds of movies to see characters they can relate to). I’m not trying to counter your position; in fact, I empathize. I’m just trying to explain the way things seem over here.

I hope this doesn’t put you off on traveling to the United States; there are certainly better things here to be concerned with.

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Name : lance, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Catholic, Age : 36, City : Ashburn, State : VA, Country : United States, Occupation : writer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,