Not only is the policy prescription of relying on interracial marriages to solve China's complex gender imbalances as preposterous as the " babe tax ," the racial comments translated from Chinese are fairly typical of the impolitic language used in China. It's pretty blase by Chinese standards, but certainly would be considered offensive in the West. I won't say anymore, other than if you so choose, read the comments, which range from the awkward and strange to grating and outright offensive. This diverse range of opinions, on such a narrow topic, is as much a part of contemporary China as the head-cracking underway to quell the spate of protests.

A spate of pandemic-era violence has shined a light on anti-Asian bias, stoking concerns of division between two minority communities. A something woman thrown into a set of newsstands in Flushing, Queens. An year-old man fatally assaulted in San Francisco. A recent spate of violence against Asian elders has left many Asian Americans across the country feeling targeted, wondering whether these are random acts of crime — or fueled by anti-Asian bias. Some, including Asian movie stars and celebrities, have called for greater recognition of the racism that targets Asian Americans.

The Molly-Andrew relationship is part of a larger cultural trend in which black women, especially those of medium-to-dark-brown complexions — long positioned at the bottom of the aesthetic and social hierarchy in the United States because of racist standards — are increasingly appearing as leading ladies and romantic ideals in interracial relationships onscreen. In many ways, these romances push back against racial bias in the real world. In , the online dating site OkCupid updated a study that found that of all the groups on its site, African-American women were considered less desirable than, and received significantly fewer matches than, women of other races.

KIM November 15, Which begs the question: why? I sometimes ask that aloud. Nor should we feel obligated to constrain our options to Asian men. But too often, Asians are as guilty as anyone in refusing to see Asian men as sexual partners.