I guess I had yellow fever from the get go.
In my junior high school there were only three Asians, believe it or not, different times.
A Japanese girl, a Taiwanese boy, and a half white Japanese boy.
That's right no Filipinos and no Indians though Americans back then didn't register Indians as Asian. Certainly no Thais or Vietnamese, etc.
They were all among my best friends.
Coincidence I think not.
Happily nobody accused me of having an Asian fetish though there was a funny story with the Japanese girl. She figured out that I was gay before I did!