Food matching the plate's colour(s), huh? Guess that's why Whole Foods uses green ones.

Well said. And race-related posts almost always only come from a multi-generation American perspective. What about race/ethnicity from an expat? Immigrant? White, non-WASPs? Second generation American?

Don't kids' lines use...you know, actual kids who look like kids?

You're right, I probably don't (and probably don't really need to, anyway, save for a few weirdos who out of "sensitivity" decide to think my family is old country/gaw sik rather than modern. But that has nothing to do with dating out of race and can be applied to just about any culture that doesn't speak certain…

Maybe it's because my family is from Hong Kong and therefore more "enlightened" when it comes to gender balancing, but growing up, I've always been told about how it was "really bad" in India. I never once thought that it was a problem to this degree (yes, there is a preference for boys in my community, but women who…

Doesn't it depend on where you live? Everyone I know seemed to know what they were having. I live in Toronto.

You must not live in an area with a lot of newcomers because sadly, this is somewhat true - even for well-educated women from well-educated families. What they really should have said "when SOME _____" See astrolabe's earlier comment as to what we mean.

You don't think white people AREN'T exoticized? Just thank god you're a woman because some a lot of Asian girls date white guys because they think those guys are exotic.

Actually, the LV/Prada stereotype isn't just those from North America, but women in the "old country" as well. But then again, these ladies are just as educated and are professionals. Otherwise I agree with you. I also think that many guys have a very dated view of Asian women/refer only to very poor women who just…

I don't buy the class thing, considering that I've seen quite a few middle and upper middle class Asian woman/white (Jewish) man couples (heck, I'm one half of this!).

Not for middle class Chinese (at least in Hong Kong/Taiwan/Singapore). There are blind dates that parents set their kids up on, but many more meet their spouses at school.

One more thing: I don't get the whole "Asian women are more traditional" thing either. The women I know can be just as "entitled" as those in North America. I mean, isn't there a stereotype about Asian women and their love for Louis Vuitton and Prada?

Asian women rule, yes, but in traditional times, it was the mother-in-law who had all the power, not the wife. There was enormous pressure for the wife to produce a son if she married the oldest boy. You know, to carry on the family name (but that's pretty much the case in many cultures, at least in Asia and in…

For some Asian women, the fear of dating Asian men isn't because they're Asian, but because the prospective mother-in-law would find the woman not "traditional" enough. Trust me, this was always in the back of my mind back when I was still available. As for Asian men in GENERAL, however, I never got why it was a…

Ahhh!!! don't spoil it for me!!! I have last night's episode on my machine since I was watching and tweeting the Golden Globes. I tried watching it on the west coast feed later on, but fell asleep about ten minutes in...

Yeah, but it's how others view it (retail, for example, is "cleaner") and WHERE you work, too (Starbucks, at least around here, seem to be filled with students and recent grads while another coffee place, Tim Hortons, tends to hire immigrants).

Numbers 1 to 3 make sense, but even those who slum it aren't going to work as maids, are they?

Growing up rich? But no trust fund kid is going to want to be a cleaning lady. Other service jobs, such as a barista or sales associate at a high end shop, yeah, but not cleaning.

According to Wikipedia, her school opened in 2007. I think the girls were in the equivalent of Grades 7 and 8, so it would make sense for the first of them to graduate this year, assuming that grade/school level age ranges are similar to North America.

Heh...I have relatives in Hong Kong who say that the air pollution there disappears for a few days over Chinese New Year.