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...... Stereotypes can have a bearing on who are friends are, who we become intimate with, and who our enemies become. Someone who I might be compatible with could be turned off because of my ethnicity or afraid to relate to me because they don't understand my culture. Cofer does not discuss her personal life but it is apparent that being Latina has affected her interactions with men. Similarly, being Asian has affected my relationships with women. I have found that American popular culture supports two distinct and opposite stereotyped caricatures of Asian men. The first is the kung fu action hero and the other is the nerd. Asian men are either masters at martial arts and therefore able to win any fight. If we cannot live up to that stereotype then we are usually cast into the latter category and labeled as a math and science nerd. The caricature of the smart, overachieving Asian man is everywhere in the popular media. It has become as pervasive as the martial artist stereotype. Recently I saw a film in which an Asian couple played cold, calculating genetic scientists. The images were chilling because they portrayed the couple in an unfavorable light,

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