Good for you. I moved to Canada just before my teens and (not to get anyone's knickers-in-a-not, as you say), I caught "white disease", and I was never fully cured - you like the sound of that?
But as for CBC girls, I dated them only after I was over my white-only racist attitude against my own ethnicity (something which the girls you dated were probably inflicted with, promulgated I suspect largely because the majority's disregard of its own non-acceptance of the "other"), and that was when I was living off campus on my own so yes, I cooked, cleaned, and all that shit that you think the asian boys at home can't do (but just refuse to do because their dragon moms would be pissed if anyone touched their territory).
So it's not that you were better than them, it's because you were dating an inferior quality of woman who had disdain for her own kind, an inability to empathize with her own culture, and believed she would be saved by someone who was of the majority. She did not believe in herself, her family, nothing of where she came from and automatically you were superior. Some were so disillusioned that they eventually got caught up in the life of it and married "whitey", as you say. Now of course, despite the unfortunate motivation, one would expect they married a decent guy anyways. And lastly, the irony of it all, the desire to escape a Chinese mother-in-law is that they end up not escaping themselves as Chinese mothers-in-law, or in fact, themselves as a Chinese mother. Because the harder most people seem to reject something that is so bred in themselves, later find that they act in exactly the same ways themselves. I would not be surprised if these same women became dragon mothers (and you here about it all the time) and when their offspring marry, would be just as busy-bodied about their children's spouses as any Chinese mother-in-law.
hello,Normi,I'm surprised it took you 21 minutes to respond.
firstly, I have NO problem with the term "white disease",so,sure I like the sound of that.I'm ok with who I am.
secondly, if the girls I dated had a racist attitude to their own ethnicity(as you confessed you did)they certainly hid it well.Rather, they appeared to embrace their Chinese traditions
whilst fully enjoying being Canadian,as Canadian as I am.so, I doubt they were "promulgated" with your inflictions.
thirdly, you cooked&cleaned all by yourself,well, good for you.However,that is the EXCEPTION(that has a somehow familiar ring to it I believe?)
I went to high school in East Van&had many CBC buddies,about 50% of whom I remain in contact with.
We'd joke about the allocation of domestic chores in their households,how everything would get done for them, by "po po", "ma", "dai gadji" or "sai mui"
fourthly, I'd ask you to please show me where I said I was "better than them".I've re-read my post and can't find where I said that.
btw, these CBC guys also didn't appear to have any self-hatred for being of Asian ethnicity
the girls I dated didn't think I was "superior" or saving them from anything,and they certainly believed in themselves and their families.
I can't say whether or not they will turn into dragons as mothers-in-law because it's far too early in the time frame,but I'd be surprised to see that happen.