For the most part, I can tell some apart,
just a few people I can't, like my friend, didn't know she was Japanese.
And I'm asian myself.

My opinion...?
you mean like 'those darned asian drivers'?

...then again, I'm not such a great driver myself...

ufoclub said:

I remember becoming aware that "oriental" morphed into a racist term back in the mid-1990s. I'm unsure why (or how exactly) I actually became aware. You're only supposed to apply the term "oriental" to art, cuisine, writings or objects - but never people.

I actually think that using South-Asian, Pacific-Asian or East-Asian as terms of ethnic identification is worse. The terms imply geographic boundaries which are possibly false.

Anyway... When I opened this thread, I thought of Yoko Ono. That's how my mind works, I guess.

Oh yeah, also plastic and horrible standards for what consumer electronics should look like.

the first three girls I had a thing for were Asian...1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade respectively...

thats what I think of...

Oh yeah, Asian women can be really sexy.

No wait, I already sort of brought that one up.

These:

Oh lawd, this is were my thread gets a warner label before a few of us get banned

Kick ass food and brains.

60% of my friends

Some of the worst acting I have ever seen comes from Asians in Holywood movies. I cant name any LOL but just in general. Are there a lack of great asian actors in Hollywood? I admit this was more in the 80's and early 90's when they were either green grocers or henchmen LOL. Iam sure they get fucked over in hollywood, as minorities often do LOL.

Iam not doubting the whole Asian race as bad actors bytheway

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

TheVoid said:

Oh yes! You know I can't stay out an asian thread! In fact, I have a date with one on Thursday! Yes Lawd!

I don't think "anything" of them. I tend not to distinguish people by race or skin color. I don't know much about them other than stereotypes perpetuated about them.

GirlBrother said:

Depends on where you live....in Germany, oriental is synonymous with Middle Eastern.

Vendetta1 said:

thats what im saying cause you know how he is...this shyt will be flipped in couple days and i'll be wondering why black dont like asians no mo or some idiot shyt like that.....

and furthermore, i really dont give a shyt cause i dont give a damn what asians think of black folks, why would you start what seemed to be some innocent shyt, when you got a rep for having a "vivid" imagination...???!!!

thesexofit said:

oh lawd, go to youtube and search for "Thai Soapopera"

Trust me....it'll be even WORSE than your wildest imagination.

KoolEaze said:

It actually irritates me that some Asian Americans consider 'Oriental' derogatory. To me it distinguishes yellow skin Asians from brown skin Asians (like Indians) and nothing more, really.

But apparently, it's not a nice word to say. My friends in the UK use it to make a distinction between Indian and Pakistani asians and Chinese Asians. Of course, some of those in the UK (though few admit it openly) call Indians "Paki's"---and it's quite prevalent, so maybe 'oriental' is being used in the same way.


To me oriental is no different than when Thais call white westerners "farrang"--it's not meant to be hurtful.

JustErin said:

ScarletScandal said:

Vendetta1 said:

You, my dear, are a superstar. Never forget it.

On topic:

People lumping "Asians" into one category has always confused me. Geographically, we have the Orient and the Occident, divided by the end of the Meditteranean, so by that definition, Turks, Indians, Bangladeshi, etc are all also "Asian" by definition.

Now the modern "Western" media has taken the stereotypical Sino-Mongol looks and this qualifies as "Asian" to most people, including overseas born Asians. The fact is, you wouldn't consider a Lithuanian and an Irishman to be even remotely similar, but in the Asian continent there is even MORE diversity than in Europe.

Look at the differences between Indonesia, Malaysia and Japan, for example. Japan as it is today is a fairly young nationality, being a combination of Mongol immigrants and the original local Ainu culture. Few people realise that the Ainu are very very similar to south-western russians and similar peoples and are much closer to them than the Mongolian races. There are even theories that they may be closely related to northern Native Americans!!!! When the Mongolians came and to an extent interbred, they have created the Modern Japanese people. Indonesians are soooo varied as to be incredibly different from island to island. I once worked with a Balinese Indonesian (who I luckily went skinnydipping with...another story ) who was constantly being mistaken for Polynesian!!! In Malaysia you have a combination of races from the tradional Sino-Chinese to the Tamils from Sri Lanka to the native Malay races. It's a wonderful multicultural country.

My fella is from Fukuoka, on the Japan Sea, so close to Korea that you can actually SEE Pusan when the weather permits. So he looks similar to a "Korean" to some people. And yes....he's Asian but also quite hairy

I grew up with two Thai cousins, adopted by my Uncles. They weren't "traditional" Thai as they came from a Chinese background. Fauxie would be able to tell us lots about the differences between the Thai people, the Karen or Hmong (Viet-Thai????) for example.

Soooo much variety, sooo many different languages and culture (yes, there really is NO such thing as a "Chinese" language). Korean and Tibetan follow very similar patterns. Japanese and Korean have more grammatical relation to Turkish and Finnish than they do to Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog or any local language.

Bloody fascinating continent, sadly stereotyped and debased by a usless narrow-minded media.

wow.,....what a long-winded comment. Sorry everyone...lost myself for a moment there. Carry on.....

Ive always thought asian men were small because the people I have encountered were... But then ya'll post these half naked pics of these young asians and im like DAAAAAMMNNNNN! Here in the midwest most asians communities are korean... I do hate how when you go to the nail salon and they be talking korean in front of you and you just KNOW they are talking about you! I personally just find that rude.... If I were to go to a korean business then I expect that, but a nail place in the mall... We have alot of asian families in my townhome complex and they are very sweet, but mostly keep to themselves which is probably due to the launguage barrier because they are here going to college... But then wait... They must speak pretty good english if they are in school...

I have completely just rambled and forgot the original question! I think asians are great! I love all people tho unless your an asshole, then i dont like you!! The end...

connorhawke said:

lawd, you are one big nelly rice queen!

TheVoid said:

Nope. 'Paki' is downright offensive whereas 'oriental' is politically incorrect. I'm with you though - it was a handy way of differntiating between two very different asian groups.

tinaz said:

ahh, but it's not so simple as "the midwest". In the twin cities our largest asian communities are vietnamese and hmong (which are often one and the same, hmong being an ethnic group from various asian countries) and if the proliferation of thai restaurants is any indication (I swear we have a higher concentration of thai restaurants than any other metropolitan area in the US) that's pretty prevalent here too.

vivid said:

Why are they so disliked? (Indians that is)

I mean, indian food is often the only good food in some small English towns. Hell, in the city of Cardiff, it was the only good food there too.

But it seems there's this underlying, almost acceptable racism against them. Didn't Prince Harry himself have a 'paki" slipup?

TheVoid said:

:ginormousbitchslapwithatwist:

That or I grew up in a multi-cultural Sydney household?

Apparently my first swearword was Poutana!

TheVoid said:

Interesting question. There was an undercover documentary on police a couple of years back and I was surprised at how much more venom they had for indians and pakistanis than they did for black people.

It could be that the Indians have been very successful, taking over a lot of the corner shops and also doing very well in the medical profession,and as a whole I think they have integrated far less than black people. This combination could possibly have made them more of a threat to certain sections of society.

I went to a very mixed school and all the black and white boys hung out together, whereas the Indian or Bangladeshi kids just hung out in closed groups.

The food is loved across the country. A lot of Indian restaurants on a Friday night are full of pissed-up white guys downing the hottest curry possible and generally being rude to the staff, especially in those 'small towns' you speak of.

Recently of course, religion difference has contributed to an already difficult situation.

Yeah, Harry did slip- up there, but he's cute as fuck and wears a uniform so he can call me what he damn well pleases.
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