[Randy30227]

To Asians who are not Chinese, Japanese or Korean – like Filipinos, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysians, etc.: Do you identify with the Asian culture, or do you consider yourself to represent a different racial group and identity? Also, would you consider a relationship with these people interracial? How would you describe the reaction from your parents and immediate family if you were to marry a Chinese person, for example? How would you compare this reaction to one if you were to marry a Caucasian?

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[Lumpur]

Of course we identify with the asian culture. We are Asians ourselves. Some aspects of Southeast Asian culture are very different from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean but, we also have similarities. In fact, many Southeast Asian countries have been influenced by China, such as Vietnam. As for marrying a Chinese person or Caucasian, it depends on the parents. Some do not care and some do. Personally, my parents would rather have me marry a Chinese person than a caucasian.

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[Topramen]

I am half Filipino and half Chinese, and I consider myself to be fully Asian. There is no such thing as one big ‘Asian Culture’, as different Asian groups have different customs, beliefs, etc. So when you ask if someone identifies with ‘Asian Culture’, please keep in mind that there is no single ‘Asian Culture’. For example, Enlish, French and Italian people (from those respective countries) are all European, but they have very different cultures.

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[J21171]

I identify with all Asian cultures. However, that may be because I believe that all Asian cultures are connected by a similar, underlying thread. I am from the Philippines myself. I do not consider dating them interracial. Family reactions can vary. Although they would prefer me to date someone from the same country(Philippines), they do not look down on dating Chinese, Japanese, etc. Some, however look down on dating Whites, non-Asians. They look down on it due to difference in culture, not really race.

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[Trang24873]

personally.. ther are a few rifts between asian cultures and there is that line but asian is asian. i have dated a half korean and half chinese, a white guy, and currently a black guy. luckily for me my family is alot more open minded about this and hasnt given me any trouble about my dating habits, except my grandparents

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[Lish24276]

ah hah! interesting question. i’m afraid there’s no such thing as an asian culture. at least, not a collective one that is practised by all asians. just as there are plenty of nations in the asia part of the world, there are as many cultures. i think what you mean by asian culture is a collection of values such as filial piety, hardworkingness, reticence etc that may be good and all, but not an accurate representation of all people in asia. that aside, what do we identify ourselves as? simple. i was born and bred in malaysia, hence i consider myself malaysian. yet i descended from chinese immigrants, and although am a minority race in my country, it is a significant percentage of the population. thus i am as chinese as i am malaysian. is that easy to comprehend? we all identify with the culture of the country that we reside in. however, cross immigration is a very common thing in south east asia (which, incidentally, contain all those countries you mentioned that you were confused with). we also identify very strongly with our racial background. how does that work out? through democracy, equal opportunity, and understanding. if i were to get together with a chinese-thai fellow, probably that wouldn’t be interracial. it’d definitely be inter-cultural though. if i were to marry a malay guy from my own community, it would be interracial, and perfectly acceptable. that’s not to say there won’t be opposition from the family, if they are staunchly again interracial marriages. these protests are mostly due to different religions, or different social-economic class, not race per se. remember, marriages in asia are not just about 2 people getting together, it’s a union of 2 families! i’m pretty lucky, in that my family has already gone through anything that could possibly shake them. marry into a muslim family? an aunt’s done that. declare myself gay? my cousin’s gay, and we all still love him. run off and marry a caucasian? 2 aunts have ‘been there, done that, have pretty eurasian kids now’. so i guess i’m lucky. many families might be more conservative though. hope this helps you

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