When race and romance collide

I am fascinated by the fact that Asian women date white men so frequently, and yet Asian men date white women so infrequently. So I made it my thesis project.

My name is Vinnie Yuen and I am a Master’s candidate at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia. This project is part of my Master’s dissertation.

Here are some tips for navigating the site.

My Search for Couples will tell you a bit about my search for Asian male-white female couples and some of my findings.

An Uncommon Pairing will give you some statistics, some academic background, and some information about media portrayals of Asian men.

A Multimedia Project is the main attraction of the whole site, featuring a 30-minute audio slideshow jam-packed with amazing insights from my interviewees. Their profiles are underneath the slideshow. Please turn on captions in the slideshow to see their names.

If you’re left wanting for more, click on Resources to listen, watch and read more on this fascinating topic.

For information on how to contact me with questions or comments, click here.