A friend (actually, current gf, to be explicit) had this with a guy she dated -- Indian, not Asian, but similar reasons for secrecy (in his case, not ageism and racism, just racism.) More commonly, I'd imagine, it's the black person joining a white family.
I disagree that you should give him a pass (or even a temporary pass) because he's "going along with his culture." Respect of this basic a form is transcultural, it's not like which fork you eat the fish with.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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