If friendship is a rare occurrence, then marriage is almost out of the question. Once more, Asians are quick to say that it is their tendency to marry within their culture. However, there are far more sinister elements to matters of the heart in this case.
Kampala-based teller Harriet K had a secret relationship with an Indian man which ended when he told her that marrying a black girl would not be acceptable to his family.Harriet talks about the number of Asian men who use Ugandan girls for sex or as mistresses.
“For some it’s the Ugandan girls they want, but the racist nature of their families means they will never marry these women; so, a mistress is the next best thing. Others view Ugandans as so inferior that they think it is fine to use girls for sexual purposes and leave them with STDs or pregnant.”
Some young Asians based in Kenya and Uganda have spoken about how their families would “kill us if we even thought about bringing home a black”, while in a strange twist one Ugandan boy refused to marry an Asian girl because his family were put off by their experiences of “racist Asians.”