I Used to Resent the Asian Girlfriends of White Men

I’m an older white woman, married, not looking for a lover, but for some inexplicable reason, I used to feel a little sting of resentment towards the Asian women I’d see in interracial couples around San Francisco. That white men were choosing Asian women for their partners felt like a personal rebuke. But now I see that kind of thinking is both racist and irrational, a pernicious wedge that keeps women divided and weak. Women aren’t in competition, love isn’t a contest, and no one is served by over-identification with race. Here’s the story that woke me up. See how she put “my own kind” in quotes in the subtitle? We all need to do that. <a href="https://medium.com/fourth-wave/i-used-to-resent-the-asian-girlfriends-of-white-men-07338599f260">Read More</a>