We had a networking event organized at work today. A certain bigshot from upper management came and talked about career growth etc. It was a very motivational talk. The guy was White.
But what caught my eye was his wife. She was Asian (I think Thai). That's not the first White manager in the company I saw with an Asian wife. One of the White managers who works in the Pune office has an Asian wife too. And when I asked around, turned out there were a lot more. Now these don't seem like the type of modern couples that come from liberal colleges, where race is not an issue when you're seeking out your life partner. If that were the case then I'd see more Black wives, or Hispanic wives. But these are predominatly Asian women. It almost seems like you need to be married to an Asian woman to advance in this company!
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It is an interesting observation. Contrarily in the US, all asian (thailand areas)women i know are married to white men. One woman was eager to talk about her past to me on a long drive and it seems like most of these couples are formed when the men are in army/navy and have spent time in that region. Seems like thai women don't travel outside of their country unless married to a white man :)
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