The authors of the book “Freakonomics” did a study on women who used online dating services and found that half of those women said they would date a man of a different race. But statistically they found that 97% of the replies of white women go to white men. So then they conducted a study on how much more money a man would have to make before he became popular to women of another race. What they found is that white women prefer white men, but respond equally to profiles from hispanic men if they make 77k+ more, black men if they make 154k+ and asian men if they made 247k more than their caucasian counterparts.
That’s sad. I’m sure stereotypes have something to do with it. Personally I feel like I won the lottery since I ended up marrying the hottest red-head in the office that every guy talked about!
Looking at this data, it’s also easy to see why Hollywood is still reluctant to feature strong asian leading men. Even though these statistics were taken from online dating services, I would say that this is the general attitude from the general public - that asian guys have to try harder in order to be respected in non-stereotypical roles. But I also find hope in this. I figure, if I was able to charm my way into the heart of my dream girl, why can’t I charm my way into the hearts of people in Hollywood and middle america?
I just need to keep working on self confidence. Here’s a good role-model: Bruce Lee.
Cool site. I especially liked Alter Ego and Supernova. I’m an actor also but a white guy in SE Asia.
But from what I can tell you’ll go far in acting…
-Andrew