In case you need further clarification, I’m half Chinese and half Caucasian (mostly German, we think). My mom was born and raised in Hong Kong, and my father is from California. It wasn’t until Hollywood started to have a conversation about whitewashing Asian characters when I fully realized that I was part of a minority group who wasn’t being seen or heard.
No, I wasn’t adopted, and to my knowledge, I’m only partially color-blind. In the last few years, I have suddenly become very aware of my race. I hope you continue reading, continue thinking, and continue growing. For my battle personally, it’s the perception of race and the stigmas behind it, true or not, that is the issue. What I do want to have is a conversation about why this marginalization of Asian men exists not only in our own culture but on a much larger scale. I’m not here to convince you that you should find men of Asian-descent to be sexy. I also understand that we all have our types. I share my experience not for myself, but for the furtherance of inclusion and understanding of minority experiences. Society has grown more inclusive in so many ways, but we still have a long way to go. But it’s also important to reflect and dissect some of the ways that we think about, feel for, and judge others. Nobody wants to be the boy who cried racist.
