It’s an odd place to be. There’s also the people with wealthy fathers and poor mothers who divorce, so their SES changes depending on which parent they are living with.

I share the source so that if people want to look further, they can, in theory.

Right, because it’s also about choosing the right wine to go with the right cheese. That doesn’t even include the issues of Muslim students who don’t drink, and the large % of POC who are lactose-intolerant.

As a west coast kid from an educated but not UMC family, I am glad my dad bought the Sunday NYT weekly before I left for college on the east coast.

When he said that the work of Wong Kar Wai, especially In the Mood for Love, inspired Moonlight, I swooned on the inside. It’s such a beautiful movie, and one of my favorites.

Yes, I did that and actively hated it for the 1st year, and passively hated it the 2nd year.

Prepare the child for both an artificial intelligence-based future AND a climate change-based one?

I have no kids, but I still weep for the children.

It is amazing how some people can bellyache tons about the discrimination they face, only to align with its source when push comes to shove.

Folks STAY asking kindergarten questions and making kindergarten comments, while thinking they’re at the same level of understanding as Ph.D.s

I agree that who you grow up around often shapes your dating preferences, and there is a cultural difference between “the only ones” and those from a cultural community.

Studios whitewash characters, even non-fictional ones sometimes.

Well, the whole “I’ll excuse casual racism b/c I wanna get laid” thing was on point.

For some reason, Leslie, Ben, Ron, Andy, April, John Ralphio, and Jerry had episodes in which their families were present, but that never happened for Ann or Tom. No visit from the parents, cousin, childhood friend, etc.

Yes, we are moving closer to one global culture, but plenty of people do not like it. See: Brexit, current POTUS

Yes, I think for Asian American women who are dark, or not tiny (height or width), it makes sense to go for men who care less about such things.

I strongly agree, but even some people used to being the top choice “get in their feelings” when an attractive person of their culture dates/marries out. It’s easy for people to pretend those insecurities do not exist when they are rarely tested.  

I look at it as being denied an opportunity, rather than being denied a person. If you are a straight person living life and many of your opposite sex cultural counterpart regularly publicly disrespects you and tells the world how horrible you are, using the same racist stereotypes as a nazi, then you might not…

Thank you for your honesty.

My guess is that they 1) centered themselves; and 2) took things personally, rather than evaluating broader trends.