Note: This is not my opinion and I’m sorry if this seems more focused on weeaboos/koreaboos or AMBW related, please read below.
When I checked my stats, my top post (beside the Home page) was a response post I did a while back to an AMBW topic. The top search tag was also ambw. It surprised me knowing it wasn’t a J-Pop or K-Pop but upon seeing that, I’ve decided to write more posts on the topic and include a tag for “Interracial” posts that I may write in the future. Anyways, apart from the usual Why do you like Asians? that I hear, there were two questions that are talked about upon people that I thought I’d talk about: Why is it not okay to like only one race? and Why do people stereotype non-Asians to have a fetish for Asians?
- Why is it not okay to like only one race?
The idea that someone only likes one race gives the impression that a person could be ignorant and blind. You could focus on one race but never see right in front of your face that someone from another race may like them. Maybe that’s what most people need to.
Some people do feel offended by this as a racist remark – that you would seclude yourself to one race and others may wonder why. The reason usually falls to a negative conclusion by other people. Imagine that’s probably what some of the weeaboos/koreaboos do.
Also, a fetish? Which brings me to the second question.
- Why do people stereotype non-Asians to have a fetish for Asians?
The way people see it , the first words that people think about is: weeaboos and koreaboos. The fact that their vocabulary makes it seem like a fetish for their favourite idols or anime/manga characters. If you know the things they say about idols in their fandoms, you would not imagine how deep some of them describe some things. Take a look at fanfiction as an example and it tells you everything.
And the idea of finding their perfect look-a-like of an Asian celebrity they like just goes to show that some people find it hard to draw a line between reality and fantasy.
But then you could also think about people in general who just get stereotyped and are not a “boo.” The way people look less in the personality and culture of a person but more of their race and looks. The problem is that all we can see from a person is their appearance and attitude before they even speak so it’s hard to not base it on that. But to call it a fetish? I have no clue why.
This is however an unbiased, research post. As for my opinion, I have no clue what I believe to be right or wrong. I’ve never dated an Asian guy honestly. Plus these were only some things that I have noticed while talking with my friends and from observing the thoughts of others on the internet. You are entitled to like who you like for whatever reason you have regardless of gender or race.
Anyways, what do you all think about this?
Think its alright to like only one race if that’s the race that you are.
Hey Nyasha ♥
Ohhh I could talk about this one for hours on end.. Massive rant coming your way x
It’s impossible to avoid the “boo” stereotype so I myself don’t bother…I completely understand that I fall under this label more than any other….I even call myself a “weaboo” or “sinophile” to cut a long story short sometimes……
My interest in the far-east and things from there started right in the beginning of my life, I have ALWAYS been drawn to things of asian origin, initially it was the general design styles from there [toys ect]…Moved onto media, languages and eventually people…it is in no way a phase and I know my interests are only going to grow stronger, broader and more informed as I age.
Due to common interests, my best friends at school were always Asian…because they were like-minded to me in many ways and didn’t just think I was strange, but actually understood completely why I liked what i liked and dressed how I did. [ribbons, bows and hello kitty everywhere everyday.] everyone else clearly thought I was actually insane…and maybe I am but hey that’s another matter…….at the end of the day the whole liking Asia thing is just a part of my life and personality, a mixture of hobbies.
About liking Asians~ ha.
Well. Guilty as charged…lmao..
My situation I’m sure is similar to many other’s….for me, It’s always been Asian men if not men with very Asian features who I have been attracted to and seen as compatible with myself…I KNOW it’s freaking strange but when you place a man of my own race in front of me I find it incredibly difficult to imagine ever being with them in that way… I guess it’s the same way a homosexual thinks of the opposite sex. that’s how I think of non-Asian men 97% of the time………Now, a non-Asian who likes the same things as me and maybe even speaks an Asian language or two so we would always have things to talk about and have great chemistry, THAT actually really does appeal, but who are we kidding, those kind of men are few and far between just like girls like us are……AND these men are most probably gay and/or suffering from yellow fever too, so that cancels us out.
It’s far from just a physical attraction to Asian men, It can also be a mental compatibility.
Come on, who wants to be the non-Asian “weaboo/koreaboo” girl with a boyfriend of their own race with whom they don’t share common interests and even worse, the boyfriend finds them strange, believes they are just having a phase, all his friends down at the pub snicker at how weird his “chinese-stuff loving” girlfriend is and he himself may even feel insecure for not being Asian himself… haa…….. I just know it wouldn’t work.
The danger comes when a person attracted to Asians is too blind to see what makes a bad person or not……e.g. falling for a guy/girl who treats them badly……or is in fact nothing like what they should really look for in a partner. They may not even get on well and be completely different but said Asian-lover can’t see all of that and thinks their boyfriend is Jaejoong…..But really he may be a clinically insane wierdo with underlying cannibalistic or paedophillic tendencies……then you have your problems.
If not, IT’S UP TO PEOPLE WHO THEY LIKE. Condemning people for being attracted to Asians is unfair and just like condemning someone for being homosexual.
Mattaku. Live and let live people… Girls have to accept when a gay guy won’t like them in that way….people of one race may in certain cases have to accept that someone prefers another race….. & people who like any race, any sex! good for them!
Calling such preferences racism is a bit extreme….like calling homosexuality sexism……..Most people have very understandable reasons for liking who they like.
/rant…
Well that got me going…….thanks NyNy ♡
Georgia x
Thanks for your opinion, Georgia! x
I do agree that only secluding your search for possible crushes/dates/whatmayhaveyou to one particular race of people does seem slightly on the racist side. I have heard many people online and in real life who say it’s just a preference and that compatibility with someone of a different origin is just not possible, which I find to be untrue. Especially living in America, cultural lines are blurring like nobody’s business! So, it’s not really a matter of cultural differences but personalities. Make me smile, make me laugh, and cute to boot too plus being Asian; total perfection ^-^
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