Has anyone considerd how Tigers mother may factor in all this.
Dad - a soldier in the Vietnam war, taking some R&R around the area of say.... Patpong, Bangkok - somehow meets a non-hooker and decides to marry her...
If that's the official story - who am I to doubt it ?
Black soldiers, they tend to like women who do as they are told, and either search for submissive American women, or when abroad (like Korea or Thailand) think that they are in heaven, because American and black women are too independant and have too much mouth. They more than anybody, especially old skool one's like his Pops want a submissive chick.
Plus, his mom had some disparaging words about black women (no doubt some of the feelings from his dad).
One time I was helping a 40+ yr old Filipina, and she said to me, "What do I know, I just some Asian woman", her husband was a American...