"Stuff white people like"

A friend of mine sent me the link for a pretty funny blog on wordpress. The title of the blog says it all: "Stuff white people like". Basically, the blog uses faux-scholarship to explain why white people are privy to X, Y, and Z. Some of the more hilarious posts involve topics like "expensive sandwiches", "Divorce", and "Hating your parents".

On the whole, most of the posts concern latte-drinking, city liberals. I don't remember too many people in Southern Indiana having a passion for Apple products, Toyota Priuses, or indie music.

It's an entertaining read and worth bookmarking. There's even a "Stuff Indian People like" blog which discusses the Indian fascination with things like "Chicago", "Indian fashion shows", and "Taco Bell Fire Sauce". The last one is especially true; I had a friend who grabbed fistfuls of those sauce packets and slurped them like they were vodka shots.

Of course, if there was a blog entitled "Stuff Black People Like", it would be racist. Many of the readers of the white people blog are quick to point that out and I mostly agree with that sentiment. But if one hand you have centuries worth of slavery and discrimination and on the other a good-natured, innocuous blog, I think some mild ribbing isn't worth getting all hot and bothered about.

Anyways, there was one particular entry I wanted to comment on. Interestingly, the most popular post on the blog is "asian girls". The post has sparked some lively (sometimes racist) debate. It's a contentious topic for sure. My East Asian friends are genuinely concerned about that: white guys stealing "their women". There's no denying the discrepancy: Asian women are much more likely to intermarry than Asian men are.

I think there's a domino effect operating here because I'm seeing more and more Asian guys with Indian girls. It all comes full circle when you see that us Indian men buck the trend by being much more likely than Indian girls to intermarry (mostly with white women). By the way, when I heard that stat, I almost didn't believe it. Nerdy Indian guys can be that pimp?

So I can't give reasons for these racial phenomena, but, honestly, it shouldn't matter that much. If white guys are going for asian girls because of their perceived quiet subservience or the whole exotic stereotype, then it is wrong and objectifying. If it's for love, then let it be. Racial intermarriage is bound to happen in a multicultural society so why pick sides and cling to antiquated ideas. Love should be blind to skin color.