Interracial Dating In The U.K.

This is convoluted, so bear with me -

I got quite a few referred hits this week from a U.K. web site called Pickled Politics. Someone put a link to us in the comments, but I got sucked into the article, which required backtracking to figure it all out. I don’t know who all the involved writers are, as I’m ensconced here in the U.S. Midwest, but it all made for fascinating reading while I procrastinate on working!

Apparently, a writer named Ruth Fowler wrote an article on why she likes to date Asian men. I kind of thought the article was all over the place and not necessarily about that, but more of an outlet for how a serious relationship with a Gujarati man went sour because he kept her a secret from his parents (and other sundry insults to her). Or perhaps she had a bad case of white guilt - I couldn’t figure her or the article out.

So then, a writer named Rupa Huq seemed to take offense to the Fowler article, with the requisite, “She made sweeping generalizations about Asians!” blah, blah, blah. The Huq article was better written, IMO, but she definitely got her panties in a wad over something I thought was supposed to be more lighthearted, and a personal experience at that. I didn’t think the Fowler article was offensive. And you know how I’m the ruling authority on sweeping generalizations, so that probably explains why I didn’t think it was offensive.

Here’s where Pickled Politics comes in. Sunny at PP wrote another article in response to these two, entilted, “Why do Asian girls go out with black guys?” I liked Sunny’s article the best (probably because she sounds more like what I’d say, and well, I like me). That’s where the link came in.

At any rate, I thought all three articles were worth a read, especially for a U.K. view of the interracial dating and marriage scene. I’m posting the links to all three here in chronological reading order, so you don’t have to backtrack like I did. Take the rest of the week - you’ll need it (and I really have to work now for a few days straight!):

Ruth Fowler: United Colours
Rupa Huq: Mixed Blessings
Pickled Politics: Why do Asian Girls go out with Black Guys? by Sunny