Thought you might be interested in this article about how the World Cup, in some ways, is helping improve race relations in Germany.

On the flipside of that, when people find out I do such “Asian” things as eat with chopsticks (Gasp! Shock! Horror!), practice kung fu and listen to Canto pop, they ask me “And I bet you date Asians, too”, as if one automatically must lead to the other.

We get a lot of odd looks in the street and have both become pretty much hypesensitive to people staring at us.

Another question I now get a fair bit is “So have you always dated Asians?” when they find out the race of my boyfriend as if it’s more about some sort of fetish than about two people being compatible with each other on a pesonal level.

“By that logic, the white slavemaster would be considered a pro-black militant nationalist because he was gettin’ more black pussy than I’ve ever seen.”

It’s also tantamount to saying you can’t be a feminist if you’re not a lesbian.