Japanese thoughts on Japanese people dating gaijin?

[NInja-Turtle]

Hi everyone. This is my first post. Just off the bat I want to say that I'm not interesting in dating Japanese women or any Asian women for that matter. I like Japanese culture. I have visited Japan once and enjoyed it so much I hope I can visit again. This question is aimed specifically at anyone Japanese but feel free to post if your not.

I think in western culture interracial dating has more or less been excepted and is considered normal in terms of our cultural attitude. Japan seems to be a very Liberal country in some ways and very Conservative in others so I'm curious what the consensus is among most Japanese people on the subject if there is one at all. I think a lot of westerners that take an interest in Asian cultures and travel to those places a lot with the intention of trying to find a partner and I feel this is a growing trend among Japan Fanboys.

How do you feel about it personally? Do you feel certain Japanese people feel angry about this. Particularly the older generations? Perhaps Interracial dating isn't that common In Japan at all and is overhyped?

Please give me your two cents on this.

Thanks
Kae

 

[Mike Cash]

What are your own thoughts regarding it? Your post gives the impression you would not consider dating an Asian person, even one born and raised in your own home town. Was that the impression you meant to give?

(By the way..."accepted", not "excepted")

 

[NInja-Turtle]

What are your own thoughts regarding it? Your post gives the impression you would not consider dating an Asian person, even one born and raised in your own home town. Was that the impression you meant to give?

(By the way..."accepted", not "excepted")

Yeah my grammar sucks sorry about that. Yes I was trying to give that impression. I think Asian women are perfectly fine but I just have a preference for people that look more like I do and share my culture. I don't have anything against people who date different races It's just not for me.

 

[Mike Cash]

Yeah my grammar sucks sorry about that. Yes I was trying to give that impression. I think Asian women are perfectly fine but I just have a preference for people that look more like I do and share my culture. I don't have anything against people who date different races It's just not for me.

I specifically asked about women born and raised in your own home town, so it is a matter of race for you and not culture.

Essentially what you are doing is seeking justification for your own racist preferences by finding people on the other side of the equation who share your racist opinions, just in the other direction, apparently unaware of the fact a sh*t sandwich is still a sh*t sandwich no matter which side you take a bite from.

When you say "considered normal" the implication is "but actually deviant", which means that you do in fact find something wrong with it. If you hold racist opinions, have the stones to stand behind them instead of dressing them up with a coat of whitewash like how you think its alright for others but just isn't for you. If you thought it alright for others and consider it non-deviant behaviour then it would never have occurred to you to ask the question in the first place.

You should be aware that many of us here are interracially married and have interracial children and are not likely to warm to or sympathize with your racist opinions.

 

[danno]

Kaboom!

 

[Mark of Zorro]

Ninja -Turtle I think Mike is reaching. But, that is not to say I think he is off base or entirely wrong. I don't. I just think he is extrapolating a bit much.

That said, if he is correct, I just want you know that I at least will probably handle your opinion a bit more gently. I am not a racist, however, I am a racialist, and to be that way means I have examined the topic much more than most people have, and have loads to say on the topic.

That said, there was a family where I grew up that was probably the most overt racist people in a very racist community where precisely zero Black people lived and the people there were very good at subtly making sure it stayed that way. The family probably knew more racist jokes than the rest of the county combined. Their youngest boy married a Black girl last I heard.....that's called Kharma.

 

[Lacertoss]

No one should be forced to think that anyone is beatiful/forced to date anyone. If the guy doesen't find asian grils hot, it's his right not to date them. If the reason for not doing so is not some nonsense about preserving pure bloodlines I don't see anything racist about that. Everyone have their preferences, I don't feel attracted to blond woman, maybe he has the same thing for asians.
Labeling him a racist for a simple question in a forum is extremely impolite, I would think.