來自在台灣加拿大人的觀點 - 異國戀

這是我一個白人朋友在他的期末報告，寫下的對臺灣CCR現象的觀點 ，他現在正在台灣學中文，所以也可以說是White in TW（節錄）:
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Globalization is seriously affecting culture throughout the world. It is not only changing the economic realities for people, but also their self-perception and interaction within one’s changing society. Asia has not been left out of these changes. For close to two centuries, there has been a Western presence in Asia, and with it Western culture has acted as a globalizing force. Since China lost the opium wars in the Qing dynasty, this has been the case. The Republic of China, Communism, and
modern China all have in common the acceptance of modified Western ideas. Also, Meiji Japan conveyed a mix of Japanese and Western culture through colonization. Since the mid 19th century, Asia has been defined by its relationship to the west.

Today, this relationship has more than a geopolitical influence. It also affects people subconsciously. Many people in Asia today are “bi-cultural,” being able to accept their traditional culture and an imported western culture simultaneously. However, due to the West’s colonial success across the world, the legacy of imperialism, and the dominance globally of American and general English speaking media, people may unhealthily want to associate themselves with the symbols of that power. This
being that people may want to be more white, or be closer to white people. This is partially responsible for the types of plastic surgery popular in Asia, stemming from the subconscious belief that Western people are better looking or more beautiful than Asian people.

This phenomenon being, bluntly, how Taiwanese women really seem to want a white boyfriend more than a Taiwanese, Han Chinese, one. Taiwanese men, who represent the more traditional part of the culture due to Taiwan being a patriarchal society, are not particularly interested in foreign women. However, they are mad about Taiwanese women’s preference for the agents of Western culture – white men. With Taiwanese newspapers having more than one article complaining about how foreign men and Taiwanese
women behave with each other.

Either way, the prevalence of Facebook groups that show off one Taiwanese girl, who then acts as an avatar for other Taiwanese girls, with her white boyfriend sugests that this preference does not stem from a true connection between the two individuals. Rather, it shows that having a foreign boyfriend is itself a type of status symbol. Similar to having a luxury handbag, the possession of a white boyfriend is an asset that shows positional value to others. This is why in her Facebook, she writes about
how she was envious of others with a foreign boyfriend. Not yearning for love or connection, she simply wanted that privilege, she wanted recognition of value by being affirmed by a white person. Not only does this show relative shallowness on her part, it more importantly demonstrates that she see’s Taiwanese culture and people as not as fashionable as Western culture and Western people. And in that domain, she puts herself, as a member of that culture, as deferent to the foreign cultural force.

Not only does this behaviour fail to respect one’s own culture, it also over simplifies the person who is the object of affection. The foreign boyfriend becomes nothing more than a foreigner. If we examine the titles of the three Facebook group examples, two of them refer to the people by nationality. If we allow these Facebook groups to act as an indicator for this larger trend, then we can see how these foreigners do not get to inhabit the roles of full people. Meaning that because these men
are shown to have no value outside of being foreigners, they cannot be appreciated for their unique personal qualities. This amounts to a fundamental lack of respect or understanding of foreigners by these Taiwanese women. Even despite saying that she does not love him for being a foreigner, she does not state what she does indeed like about him outside of that. This statement also fundamentally focuses on him being a foreigner, and does not humanize him. It would not be a stretch to call this mild
prejudice, for these people are pre-judged on their appearance and nationality. Even if the prejudice is positive, this process of reduction to only being a foreigner does not allow for a full human interaction and exchange, it does not foster mutual respect or understanding.

In this way, both parties (Taiwanese women and foreign men) are being devalued by a globalized exchange. It is not that globalization causes this problem. More so, that this type of shallow or superficial interaction does not promote a positive type of globalization. These relationships, and their promotion on the Internet as a form of entertainment, devalue both the host Taiwanese culture and the foreign Western culture.

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說實在的CCR現象這樣的關係不單單只是白人不尊重我們同時也是我們不懂的尊重他們，因為尊重是一種互相的事！

有些白人男子來到臺灣對女生有多糟糕多不尊重，這裡就不談了，版上已經有很多文章有所敘述！

這裡想講的是那些來台的外國人，當我們面對他們的時候除了＂外國人＂又或者＂法國人、美國人、英國人、X國人...＂他們是什麼，又或者什麼都不是！還記得最近很夯的交外國男友趕快去申辦FB粉絲專頁，標題常常以國籍為主，我不想直說是哪些，但像是X國男孩帶來的溫暖，x國George+台灣Marry.....etc.相信大家都耳熟能詳！


但除了國籍和膚色外他們是誰？因為我也是個道地的台灣女孩，所以我知道在台灣很多CCR女生覺得交了外國男友就像買了個LV包，看起來好像社經地位瞬間可以提升，傲視眾多姐妹們擠進名門之列，但明眼人都看得出來，就算妳買了LV包，酒店妹還是酒店妹，妳不可能因此變成孫芸芸！清醒一點，更何況，這位白人男性他是人，他也有自己的個性與故事，就像每個人都有的那樣，他不只是妳的Swarovski拿來炫耀用的，與任何人交往都該站在平等的立場，不要矮化自己也不要物化別人，不管對台灣女生或在台的White都一樣，如果CCR歪風再繼續擴散下去，最後兩邊都會造成
傷害！

看到這請版上姐妹們不要覺得我全然反對跨國戀情，因為種族純化更危險，跨國戀情是未來必定有的趨勢，只是我們準備好了嗎？

很多人一直在說臺灣人對外國人都很NICE，但其實事實上很多台灣人根本不懂得如何跟外國人相處！根本就還沒準備好，我不誇張，去看看夜店風情，講那什麼破英文！只會送上身體逗外國人開心，當然每個人都希望賓主盡歡，尤其是台灣人我們天性好客，民族性使然，但讓來台灣觀光（幾乎所有來台的外國人都不想長期在這裡定居）的外國人喜歡這裡絕對有更好的方法！

如果一段關係的建立是由於外表（白人、黑人...）而不是因為內在的事物，只能說這樣的關係嚴重傷害了我們的亞洲文化血統的尊嚴！請為身為亞洲人感到驕傲好嗎？因為未來不管你到世界哪個角落，大家看你就是亞洲人，不管你怎樣拿到了綠卡！

而對這現象該負責的就是現在那些無腦霉體與歷史共業！當然那些FB的部落客也要負責，你們不知道洗腦了多少台灣年輕一代的美眉！希望最近這樣就是CCR歪風的高峰了，畢竟很多是最後都物極必反，全球化的浪潮台灣絕對躲不過，只希望我們全體臺灣人不要在此迷失方向，互相尊重每個民族，CCR現象也不要再吵了，謝謝！



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