Asians are hardly racist, per se. That is, you won't see Asians using the n word or dressing up as members of the KKK.
Asians' version of racism is the racial superiority complex. That is, Asians sometimes believe they are better than everybody else. They look down on other minorities (particularly Blacks) and think that blacks are violent, uneducated thugs who are unenlightened unlike the Asians.
I've seen Asians look down on and talk down to blacks plenty of times. And some Asians buy into the model minority myth, thinking they are superior to everybody else b/c they are more intelligent, attend Ivy League universities at a higher rate, etc.
If you heard of the Tiger Mom syndrome, it's basically Asians' version of the racial superiority complex.
So Asians themselves are hardly racist, but they definitely think they are the superior race. So did Hitler.
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Cyclo Rider
11 years ago
So Asians themselves are hardly racist, but they definitely think they are the superior race.
What???
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smakdaddy99999
11 years ago
There's a big difference between racism and racial superiority. Racism is hatred and contempt for one race and wishing harm on members of that race.
Racial superiority means that one race thinks they are better than another. Like Asians think they are better than blacks b/c they are better educated, attend Ivy League universities at a higher rate, and have higher paying white collar (highly skilled) jobs in medicine and Wall Street. (Obviously blacks dominate the music and sports industries, which pay much higher than medicine and finance, but the number of Asians in medicine and finance are exceed the number of blacks playing professional sports or are professional hip hop artists.)
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ClintJCL
11 years ago
Uh, no. Those are the same things. The bigotry does not have to pass a certain , specific threshold (which you've apparently defined as some hairsplit between thinking a race is inferior, and holding it in contempt) (as if those are mutually exclusive) .. to be bigotry. And bigotry of that flavor is racism. Really, this is for sure the stupidest comment I've read today. And I've been on youtube.
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Augustus_Octavian
7 years ago
He is correct. I am racially Chinese, and this is the commonly accepted position among the traditional folks.
Roughly similar to the Aryan concept, but without the elimination of lesser races component.
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Roark_0009
11 years ago
Asians don't have superiority complex, they outmarry like 5 times more than any other race in America. They basically worship white people and get all kinds of plastic surgery to have caucasian features. Self-loathing is rampant. They also obsess over Western brands, and a white person with zero skill or experience can get on TV or movies in Asia pretty easily.
As for the dad, he was clearly a caricature and stereotypical. A more accurate depiction would have been a crazy controlling Tiger Mom which is more typical in Asian cultures, but that wouldn't have had as much spice in the movie since they wanted to have a physical presence as the parent.
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Augustus_Octavian
7 years ago
His post was with respect to the lesser races as deemed within Asian traditions. Whites are generally not classified as such, hence this concept does not apply to Whites.
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AtheistRevolution
9 years ago
Actually racist as hell in their home country. Japan was called honorary Aryan by Hitler. They only open up because of war. Otherwise they do everything to block immigration even if they're dying out. They all have a similar superiority complex born from God *beep* But they got their asses kicked by the whites so now they kiss their ass. It's the culture. Nobody else has that kissass culture. They think by kissing their ass,it will prevent problems against them. It's hilarious and so naive.
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