vivid said:

Completely different here in Houston, Texas, USA. The Indians are considered to be a "harmless" minority that is usually professional. The kids are just completely Americanized, but there are large clicks of the same ethnicity in the schools and colleges. When I was in school I was one of maybe two indian kids in the whole school, so I didn't have much cultural immersion or identification to Indian roots.

connorhawke said:

Your post is very interesting and on point....especially the parts about language. I used to teach Turkish and my best students were Japanese people. They also share a few cultural similarities. And I´ve also heard about the connection with the Mongolians and the Native Americans before ( I read it in a book I bought in Turkey) but I didn´t know that the Mongolian people and the Japanese were related.
Just one thing I would like to add though....you´re right about Turks being part of the Asian group geographically speaking, and maybe also ethnically but keep in mind that the ethnic structure in Turkey has changed drastically in the past 200 years. Many people came from the Balkans (Albanians, Bosnians,converted Greeks, some Arabs,the Laz, people from the Caucasus region, even some Polish and Russian and Latvian and Lithuanian people who somehow ended up in the eastern parts of Turkey, a lot of intercultural marriages, Ottoman Africans ( I have a few black uncles but they don´t really consider themselves as Africans anymore because their ancestors have been living in Turkey for more than 300 years), lots of Jewish immigrants from Spain who sought refuge in the Ottoman Empire during the Inquisition (Sephardi Jews...most of them later moved to Israel though but there are still some left in Turkey with dual citizenships), immigrants from Bulgaria who are ethnic Turks but who intermarried with people from the Balkans, etc. etc.

Just wanted to add this to your excellent and very informative post.

ufoclub said:

Interesting. I had Indian friends at Primary school (where like you there were only a couple), but at secondary they didn't mix at all. I later had Indian/Pakistani friends in adult life, who are still very dear. Never had an Indian lover though

Well, since you said "no politically correct bullshit" then I'm about to be politically incorrect ( to a degree) and some of you may not like it. Of course I don't give a shit what people think unless I'm trying to fuck them, fix them up with one of my friends, borrow money, or go shopping with them...then your opinion is of the utmost importance!


Okay enough of my silly humor...


When I think of Asians, which is not all that often, I think of:

How sad it is that the Chinese in China kill girl babies, piss in the open, pick their noses, manufacture synthetic hair and have such an easy time opening businesses and buying property in the US. I also think their ethnic clothes are quite beautiful and how cool their martial arts movies are. I also think of Bruce Lee.


How sad it is that the Japanese became more skilled at electronics than the U.S and we're the ones that gave them the blueprints. I also think of sushi, which I can't get enough of, and how beautiful their ehtnic clothes are. I think of Tokyo which is unbelievably clean despite having so many damn people living there. I think of how lovely Japanese women are and how rather plain the men are.


How sad it is that every Vietnamese person I've ever met has been so scrawny like they don't ever eat and how they've had a bad habit of picking their noses. I think of the little old Vietnamese lady I saw throwing rocks at pigeons perched on top of doorwars and in trees and when they fell, she just picked them up and put them in her satchel. I thnk of nail salons. I think how lovely Viet Nam looks in travel mags...all the beautiful green grass.


How much taller and light skinned Koreans tend to be compared to other Asians. I thnk of Korean BBQ. I think of how many Koreans in California are in interracial relationships.


I think how odd it is that Indians are considered Asians and Russians/Afghans/Armenians are not considered Asians. All nations are on the Asian continent, all nations have a small group of indigeneous peoples that fit the asthetic of an Asian (yellow skin, black hair, slant eyes, somewhat flat face), yet none of these peoples look Asian.

I don't think of Laotians, Taiwanese, Hmong, or Cambodians.

How sad it is that Thailand has such a high child exploitation/prostitution
problem.


that's my politically incorrect but basically valid contribution to this thread.

connorhawke said:

THIS POST IS USELESS WITHOUT PICS!!!

TheVoid said:

(Bolded part) No. I always knew what it was like to be Black in America. In regards to Asians. Hmm... I'll pass on my opinion of Asians for now.
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TheVoid said:

One time I was flipping channels and my eyes flew OUT OF MY HEAD from what I saw. It was a tragic scene where people are crying all over the place and I saw tears coming from one of the actors scalp!

Big shout out to my favourite Asians, the bhoys at Anarkali, an Indian takeaway on the southside of Glasgow, which is probably the best in the world.

I'm just not feeling this thread. What was the intention again?

GirlBrother said:

to determine whether Asians were Asian enough.

I think this whole thing of lumping people into categories like race or continents is sooooo passé....these days, there are so many people in interracial relationships or who happen to have a very mixed background, or who are ethnically of "European" or whatever descent but happen to live in other continents (sometimes for almost a century), and even within those continents you have such huge differences when it comes to looks, language groups or religions and traditions.

1..2...the evolution will be colorized.

GirlBrother said:

Because there are over 900 million Indians and 1 billion Chinese, I've come to the realization Asians outnumber everyone else by at least 2 to 1 if not more. Ergo, I've decided to incite a race war since it works out in my favor.

I'm an opportunist.

TheVoid said:

and 350 million of them are black.
[Edited 1/19/10 16:14pm]

cborgman said:

Hah, I've noticed that too on the subway.

Growing up, all Asians were referred to as Chinese by my family. And that's because pretty much all the Asians that settled in Trinidad were Chinese. My mother's side of the family is part Chinese too so that might have something to do with it. Chinese were all we knew.

ScarletScandal said:

You've seen pics

Nail salons and farmers markets.

There are a lot of Hmong people in Madison and many of them work as nail techs and farmers.

vivid said:

That's a shame.

sextonseven said:

my in-laws from Argentina call all asians los chinos

(I googled los chinos and got this - it about sums it up)

what about Yul from Survivor? He's an American Korean hottie.

One of my dearest and longest friendships (about 15 years) is Korean. We were makeup artists together. All I've ever known is she's fierce and that Me love her long time. I can't distinguish many Asians' backgrounds at first glance. I'd have to actually talk to the person and learn from them. Most around me are Korean, the next town over is actually referred to as "Little Korea".
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ZombieKitten said:

Actually, now that you mentioned it, as a kid in PR. I don't remember any other term other than Chinos.

They're great. Just really great.

(Mon is looking over my shoulder and it's well known that Thai women, if angry over food, infidelity, or criticism of their king/country/culture are capable of killing a man with their bare hands)

Fauxie said:

I never understood that expression. Bare hands, as opposed to hands in...say...mittens? Is it easier to kill someone with mitts on? What about shiny opera gloves? Are they more lethal?

I don't get it.

JustErin said:

Let me show you.

p.s. Thai women can't drive AT ALL.

Fauxie said:

You just gave me a shiver down my spine.

I'm ready. Take me now.

Will you be wearing the mitts or the opera gloves?

JustErin said:

With brute force rather than using a weapon.

johnart said:

Why not just say with their hands then?

JustErin said:

To piss you off, probably.

johnart said:

Fucking stupid shits that come up with these expressions.