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First-generation Asian immigrants tend to be more traditional in their value system and would prefer to marry within their culture to keep their traditions alive and the family structure intact. Language may be another reason why first-generation Asian immigrants are more likely to date and marry people from their background than second-generation Asian-Americans who have become more acculturated.

Second- and third-generation Asian immigrants have adopted American cultural values and absorbed the stereotypes they see on TV. Although there is considerable awareness about stereotyping, younger generations of Asian-Americans cannot help but respond to the images they see of their ethnic group. If the only images of Asian men are de-sexualized then it makes sense that Asian women would cease viewing Asian men as desirable. Similarly, if the only views of Asian women on television are eroticized then it would make sense that Asian women seem more attractive to other ethnic groups.

As I reflect on the ways Asians are depicted on American television, I can now recall instance in which first-generation Asian immigrants are shown together.

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Usually those couples speak their native language to each other, and almost always those couples are older. Asian couples on television are also shown to be racially segregated because all their friends are Asian too. Therefore, the media suggests that only the older generations of Asian immigrants marry within their cultural group.

On the other hand, when young, hip, attractive Asian-Americans are shown, they are the ones that date Caucasians. Usually the second- or third-generation Asian-Americans can't even speak their native language and have many communication problems with their parents and grandparents. Therefore, television may be signaling the breakdown of traditional Asian values in our society. Children of first-generation Asian immigrants seek partners who will "tame" them, teach them perfect English, American values, and American concepts of beauty, sexuality, and mating......

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