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In reply to the discussion: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan in a surprise ceremony [View all]mainer
(12,022 posts)40. Speaking as a member of a minority myself
I just find it sociologically interesting.
And yes, I should have said "of Asian extraction," because "Asian" doesn't refer to nationality, only to race.
Also interesting to note that Asian/White couples have the highest incomes in the US:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/us/pew-study-americans-more-accepting-of-interracial-marriage.html
I just wonder about this phenomenon.
As an aside, when I was in high school, I was told by my (white) boyfriend that he could never marry me because I would "hurt his business prospects" since I was a minority. I have to laugh about it now, because I've out-earned him many times over.
(p.s., minorities ALWAYS notice race. Only white people claim it's "sad" that race is ever noticed.)
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jannyk
May 2012
OP
How's that Google+ going? All of the Mountain View Ad Agency's 'products' are being usurped...
onehandle
May 2012
#31
Gaudy displays like that (overly expensive weddings) are a way of showing off your wealth
4th law of robotics
May 2012
#47
i'm referring to your comment about wealthy white guys and asian women, since Zuckerberg wasn't
JI7
May 2012
#48
in the case of Soros and Zuckerberg,they are Jewish and i think it was more common or accepted
JI7
May 2012
#50
I think it's more that Jews and Chinese, anyway, have many cultural similarities
mainer
May 2012
#51