"If you want to find the next billion-dollar tech company, look at its white, male founder and see if his wife is Asian. At least, that's what a viral tweet on X claims. The post, by user @123skely, is part of a string of tweets in an X blog post titled "The Rise & Decline of the White Male-Asian Female Couple in America." In it, the writer provides optics: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Brian Armstrong of Coinbase and Angela Meng."
"But the truth is simpler and less sensational. There is no Oxford study and no such findings. What's often misattributed actually traces back to a 2010 study by researchers Murali Balaji and Tina Worawongs titled, "The New Suzie Wong: Normative Assumptions of White Male and Asian Female Relationships" that evaluates how Asian women have historically been fetishized in Western media. The authors have since expressed dismay at how their work has been distorted online."
A viral social-media claim links white male tech founders having Asian wives to future billion-dollar companies, citing celebrity pairings. The claim relies on a supposed Oxford study alleging white men are more attracted to Asian women. No Oxford study produced such findings. The actual source traces to a 2010 study by Murali Balaji and Tina Worawongs that analyzes historical fetishization of Asian women in Western media. The study's researchers protested the online distortion of their work. The trope circulates widely online, perpetuating stereotypes and propagating inaccurate narratives about race and attraction.
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