MRAsian

English Etymology en MRA Asian men's rights activist. Noun en Internet A member of an online subculture affiliated with the men's rights movement focused on men of Asian ancestry in the West. en Kimmy Yam Kellie Chauvin and a history of Asian women being judged for whom they marry w:NBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20240401185545/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/kellie-chauvin-history-asian-women-being-told-whom-they-should-n1231600 22 June 2020 In 2018, "Fresh Off the Boat" actress Constance Wu opened up about the anger she received from Asian men — specifically "MRAsians," an Asian American play on the term "men's rights activists" — for having dated a white man. Aaron Mak "Men's Rights Asians" Think This Is Their Moment https://web.archive.org/web/20240612144308/https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/mens-rights-asians-aznidentity-stop-asian-hate-reddit.html 15 September 2021 American culture does indeed have a long track record of portraying Asian men as timid and asexual, but MRAsians see women as active accomplices in maintaining the stereotype, contending that, by dating white men, Asian women are upholding white supremacy. Adjective - en Internet Of or relating to the MRAsian community. Steffi Cao Trolls are citing an 'Oxford study' to demean Asian women in interracial relationships. But it doesn't actually exist https://web.archive.org/web/20240613230416/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/asian-women-dating-white-men-fake-oxford-study 12 June 2024 Much of the recent derogatory language around the dating habits of Asian women has been coined in the MRAsian space: "WMAF", or a white male, Asian female relationship; "Lu", an Asian woman who rejects Asian men in favor of white men; "bananarang", an Asian woman who used to date white men but now seeks a relationship with an Asian man.