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Do you think it would be cool to see more relationships portrayed on screen with Asian men and black ladies?

In E.R. there were two relationships of such type between Dr. Pratt and Dr. Chen which ended with a split, then the more successful relationship between Gallant and Neesa which resulted in engagement and marriage, but was sadly short lived due to the producers killing off Gallant in a trip to care for refugees and wounded soldiers in Iraq. To me that was a stupid move because I think their relationship was successful and could have really transcended the series in a way especially if one of them ended up in the hospital and the other had to be the caretaker. Sort of like what happened when Dr. Benton's nephew died on the operating table after being shot and later when he quit at County General to care for his deaf son. That was some tragic, deep stuff that went down that I think the audience could relate to. Anyway I never seen any relationships portrayed between Asian men and African-American women on screen yet and I think that would be awesome! I suspect maybe the portrayal of the relationships between the Asian ladies and African-American men on screen might be partly portrayed more common for the lust aspect far more than for the committment emotional support aspect in popular media which is kind of sad because human communication between opposite genders is so much more than just satisfying sexual passion. So it gives a skewed impression. I also heard and read online that Asian men are often suspected of being reluctant to enter romantic relationships with African-American women because they are afraid of the criticism and constant complaining that might arise or something like that. That doesn't mean nothing to me though. I just think it would be cool to see that kind of relationship in film. In my novel I am writing called Grape Street the main character is a Korean boy whose parents are immigrant Americans and after they are murdered during the 1992 riots the Korean boy must adjust his fearful ideas about blacks (since he saw two blacks rush in, loot, and kill his mother and father at gunpoint) when a loving family of African-Americans adopt him from the orphanage and he must come to grips with coexisting with their son and then with romantic feelings he has for a black girl whom lives across the street from them in their South L.A. neighborhood.

Public Comments

1. I saw an IKEA commercial with an Asian man and Black woman. I thought it was awesome!
2. I think it would be even cooler if we stopped labeling people according to some arbitrary division called "race".