Posts Tagged: America’s Adopted Koreans
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America’s Korean Adoptees, Part 3: Dating Inside and Out

"Most white men either see me as the ‘me so horny' girl or I'm ‘cute.' My white girlfriends think, ‘He thinks you're cute!' And I think, ‘No, he wants me in a school girl outfit," said my adopted Korean-American friend Rachel, who grew up in my small hometown.

Well, this isn't new. Most Asian-American girls could probably tell you a similar story. Rebecca, a 23-year-old adoptee from Wisconsin, once had a guy tell her that it's "every guy's dream to have sex with an Asian girl." Rachel knows that "when I go to a bar and there are 80 white girls, 19 black girls, and me, I'm not surprised [...]