Do You Know All Your Asian and Black Romances?

There’s something about representing romances between Asian men and Black women that I’ve always been a huge proponent of. Maybe it’s because I’m the product of a Blasian couple (who knew “interracial” wasn’t synonymous with “white + non-white partner”?), but there’s also the fact that research shows that Black women and Asian men tend to suffer dramatically when it comes to both inter- and intra-racial dating (you can check some of that research here and here if you’re interested). In fact, with a whole litany of stereotypes between them about failing to live up to societal beauty standards and heteronormative gender roles as well as some downright disturbing fetish fuel, one can’t help but ask, “Where is the love?” Look no further, friends. After a rigorous scouring of the Internet, I present to you a (practically) exhaustive list of fictional Blasian couples that will have you shipping the AMBW romance like no fleet known to fandom. With that said, let us sail forth! Movies

[divider type=”space_thin”] Since I previously co-wrote an article with Jordan extolling the virtues of the 1997 television movie adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella I won’t rehash the film in its entirety. Just know that seeing Brandy as Cinderella and Paolo Montalban as Prince Christopher probably planted the seeds of my AMBW love in the first place.

[divider type=”space_thin”] There are blog posts that go on for days about how disappointing it was that (spoilers!) Trish O’Day (Aaliya…