Attraction and racial stereotypes

Vesko Cholakovv gave his blog the title "Rules of Attraction: Why white men marry Asian women and Asian men don't marry white women".

I disagree with his summation.  I have seen many Asian men who have married white women.  Especially those of Cambodian men who have married British women.  I appreciate that what he wrote is a generalisation, but even so ...

Cholakovv's blog lays reason to sterotypes.  Movies, television, etc. influences the decision.  The way characters are depicted in our entertainment impresses upon society the stereotypes that the authors or producers either believes in, or wishes the society to conform to.  The entertainment industry mostly originated from white American society, which felt the need to protect themselves from the Asian and black-skinned immigrants who would seek marital partners from their kind.

Three stereotypes were introduced:

1. That black men are aggressive and hyper-masculine, while Asian women are perfect wives because of their docile, submissive and obedient behaviour.
2. That Asian men are desexualised math brainiacs while black women are too aggressive, independent and outspoken to be attractive wives.
3. That white men and women are in a position of power and consequently desirable globally.

Although there would be exceptions to this rule, the subtle power of influence from media gets society to behave in a way where men and women subconsciously finding people attractive or not, and end up choosing their marital partners based on these stereotypes.

Of course, society is changing, and there are more deviations to this stereotype today compared to before.  Movies are also less likely to depict their characters based on these stereotypes compared to the past.  And Bollywood, Korea and other nations are injecting entertainment that are not based on white society.

Do you think our choices are based on racial stereotypes which are based on our entertainment industry?  Why or why not?

What should we believe about other people, if not what we have learned about them?  How do we shake off the influence of the subtle messages we have absorbed?

What do you think?