From: lam@popeye.comm.mot.com (Dan Lam)
Subject: Re: WANTED Open-Minded Asian Woman (from open minded black guy)
Organization: Land Mobile Products Sector, Motorola INC.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:44:03 GMT

First of all it should be pointed out that the bozo (an4767) in Ohio is
not thr same AfAm person (an960) who posted the orig. article (see
enclosed articles from TU and Clare).

IMO, inter-racial interactions/relations should be encouraged.  I think
this is a good way for non-AA to get to know the real AAs, to dispell
all the stereotypes (positve or negative) about AAs, to eventually find
out that AAs are just like other Americans who come in different sizes,
shapes, personalities, and *intelligence levels*, etc.  perhap this is
another way to combat the media portrayal of AAs.

I believe that it takes some open-mindedness for someone to date people
of different-ge for society has put so much presure on us to go out with
same-ge's.  This is especially quite true with minority groups.  Haven'y
you noticed that at parties, some hosts/hostesses *tend* to introduce you
to people of the same-ge first as if you'd instantly click?  How about
when you decline an invitation you may hear something like ".. oh such
and such Chinese girl will be at my party and you should try to make it
... blah blah blah".  And there are cases where your coworkers just try
to set you up with people of the same-ge, never mind that you may have
very different interests/views etc.

When I was in H. S I had a crush on this black-ge girl so we ended up
spend a lot of time together.  However I did not get any sh*t from my
peers.  Perhaps I went to an inner-city school where there was a mix of
different-ge so people just did not care?  Or perhaps this black-ge
girl's girl friend (WF, also my good friend) was dating a black guy so my
black peers just left me alone?  Or maybe we were having so much fun
that no one cared to talk about such a thing as black-fetish?  (I dont
really care to have answers to these questions ...).

I personally getting tired of reading all this Asian-fetish thingy in
scaa.  Why is it that no body gave a dame when an AA advertized here
seeking an AfAmF?  Is it ok to have black-fetish but not Asian-fetish?
(ok i am being sacastic for there are people who tend to *automatically*
stick a fetish label to those who date different-ge).

Well to my AfAm bro, I encourage you to date/make friends with AAFs.
However, Soc.penpal is probably a more appropriate newsgroup to place
your "ad".  We (at least myself and some I know) in scaa value honosty.
So if you do not have any ill intention, there is no need to hide behind
a mask.

dan

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From: g9utxu@fnma.COM (Tanin Uthayanaka)

Guess what I found in soc.culture.china. Looks familiar ?

Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
>From an4767@anon.penet.fi ()
      ^^^^^^
Subject: Single Male (OH) seeks East Asian Female
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 00:04:29 GMT

From: clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)

In article <1993Jan6.161315.1496@fuug.fi> an960@anon.penet.fi writes:
                                          ^^^^^
>I am the individual who posted originally, and to answer some of my
>expected critics, NO I am not the guy who likes techno and is 24 living in
>Cincinatti.  I am 22, and on farther East.

  Well then don't post from that anonymous site because if you read
  this group you'd see that someone who thinks Chinese girls are bimbos
  is also posting from that address, as well as the guy living in
  Cincinatti.  It looks like the address is in Finland!



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