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Old 12-30-2017, 07:36 AM
 
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There is a subtle "alpha" aspect to Asians, both male and female, that I think people are missing.

"He bum, he no pay, he no tip, not good customer, very bad."

I love that kind of directness!

Just for that, I could never dislike Asians.

They're my kind of people.
For the record, that's how our sentencing structure works in our own languages. You guys can make fun of how we talk all you want. We will laugh with you while we walk to the bank while you guys have to worry about your daughters getting pregnant at 16
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Old 12-30-2017, 04:11 PM
 
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"Americans"?

So the "East Asians" in Hollywood who are U.S. citizens are "Not Americans"?
Not if they live in a "Chinatown" and have a closed-off micro society and make little to no effort to assimilate. They're "Americans" in name only in that case.

Not too many east asian actors/actresses in the entertainment industry As a group, their emotional range isn't the same as other races. And their isn't as much individual variance within East Asian populations either.
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Old 12-30-2017, 04:25 PM
 
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Not if they live in a "Chinatown" and have a closed-off micro society and make little to no effort to assimilate. They're "Americans" in name only in that case.

Not too many east asian actors/actresses in the entertainment industry As a group, their emotional range isn't the same as other races. And their isn't as much individual variance within East Asian populations either.
You know, some would argue that it is un-American to not be able to distinguish between "there", "their", and "they're".
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Old 12-30-2017, 09:26 PM
 
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For the record, that's how our sentencing structure works in our own languages. You guys can make fun of how we talk all you want. We will laugh with you while we walk to the bank while you guys have to worry about your daughters getting pregnant at 16
I agree. We should be more Asian, culturally speaking.
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Old 12-30-2017, 09:49 PM
 
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I agree. We should be more Asian, culturally speaking.
No, please don't.

There are aspects of my culture that I can't stand. Frankly, I think there are aspects of our culture that are detrimental to our overall well-being.

How about we combine the best parts from both worlds and leave out the bad parts?
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Old 12-30-2017, 10:54 PM
 
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No, please don't.

There are aspects of my culture that I can't stand. Frankly, I think there are aspects of our culture that are detrimental to our overall well-being.

How about we combine the best parts from both worlds and leave out the bad parts?
That's a good idea. There are bad parts of my culture as well.
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Old 12-31-2017, 09:14 AM
 
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I like where this conversation is going. Asians and whites should marry more!
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Old 12-31-2017, 09:29 AM
 
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I like where this conversation is going. Asians and whites should marry more!
Ya, I'm engaged to a white guy now. Go figure...
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Old 01-02-2018, 05:37 PM
 
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Not if they live in a "Chinatown" and have a closed-off micro society and make little to no effort to assimilate. They're "Americans" in name only in that case.

Not too many east asian actors/actresses in the entertainment industry As a group, their emotional range isn't the same as other races. And their isn't as much individual variance within East Asian populations either.
OMG I don't know whether your comment is ignorant or racist.

First of all, the vast majority of Asian Americans today do not live in Chinatowns. In fact Chinatowns are now business places and very few long-term residents live in those places.

China, Japan and Korea all produce lots of great actors/actresses. Many of them won international awards in film festivals in Europe.

Your last sentence literally says Asians are all the same. Typical racist/ignorant comment.
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Old 01-02-2018, 06:08 PM
 
Location: Japan
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This may explain why East Asians can hardly get promotion, and there is no East Asian hero in Hollywood movies.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/a...eaders/257135/

The dominant East Asian employee was more disliked than the non-dominant East Asian employee, the non-dominant White employee, and the dominant White employee. A separate trial showed that participants held descriptive stereotypes of East Asians as being competent, cold, and non-dominant, while another showed that the most valued expectation of East Asians was that they "stay in their place."
Most East Asian Americans are ethnically Chinese and, let's face it, the Chinese have some cultural traits that are bound to rub Westerners the wrong way. I suspect this is mostly about disliking "rude" Chinese people.
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