Off topic but that President Obama and his white ex thread got me thinking.
If an Asian person talked shit on other Asians, married a white person, and tried to then run as a leader for liberal causes, I would definitely slap them down. This includes Asian women who don't like Asian men because "not manly enough," Asian men who talk shit on Asian women for "being too materialistic," or other Asians who say things like "Asians are all so <whatever>."
I don't think marrying a white person automatically disqualifies you from being able to championing social issues around race, but I do think it makes it look more suspect whether or not that's fair. I'll have to look at the other actions.
But do Asian men who marry white women poll worse than Asian men who marry Asian women? Does the perspective of it change among Asian men, Asian women, white women, white men? What about vice versa?
And on a more personal note, does your perception of other Asians change if they have nomAsian spouses? Does it diminish someone's Asianness (pretending that it's a quantifiable measure).