I recently found out my very good indian guy friend of more than 2 years likes me more than a friend and im not sure how to react to it. He is a very good person, generous, always looking to help others and believing life isnt worth living unless shared with other people. We get along great; clearly since we've been friends for so long but I'm not sure if i should date him due to a number of reasons.
We work together so:

1. I am Asian (chinese to be specific). In society, i feel as im under pressure to conform to societys views of what is acceptable of a relationship and an asian and an indian definitely does not cut it. Even my friends say its socially awkward and people will think badly of you.

2. It may complicate our long time friendship and any fights, break ups etc. will definitely affect the closeness of our friendship

3. Some other people who we work with have gotten together (white girl/indian guy and they eventually broke up because they couldnt handle the amount of negative attention they were receiving such as being greased off by their peers, stared at while holding hands and simply because their skin colour wasn't the same.

4. Both mine and his family would never approve as my chinese family say i should strictly only date other asians and so does his family so if anything were to happen, it would be a very secretive relationship.

5. Let's face it. If we do get together we're not going to stay together for the rest of our lives so sooner or later we will break up and it is incredibly hard to be friends after dating. The couple i mentioned before barely speak to each other now, both of them miss the texting and msning but when they speak all they can think about is their failed relationship and they cant see each other the same anymore no matter how hard they try

6. I am going into my final year of high school and need as little distractions as possible

I have been liking this asian boy for 7 months until i recently found out he had a girlfriend and one of the main reasons i liked him was because he was asian. How racist is that? im so ashamed of it and i wish i could change my views so badly but i feel so pressured by society, friends and family. I say to myself i dont care but with the thoughts of others pressured on me i begin to think they're right.

What do i do?
i am 17 he is 20.
At my prom, no one brought an indian person. Here in melbourne, australia, there have been some problems with people insulting, bashing and hating on indians or calling them curries so if i go ahead with this, it will be met with severe disapproval.

What do i do?