As an Asian, I experienced more racism in Europe than America

There is racism everywhere. Go to japan and ask any of the koreans, brazialians, filipino and so on if they feel discriminated against. Now to some extent what we consider racism has gotten pretty broad (i.e. asking a black girl about her hair is racist not curious. In 1860, you would need to consider a black person to be a subhuman to be a real racist).

To some extent this stuff is inevitable. Look at the nazi germany view of the poles. most of us would consider them two white groups. Or look at the civil wars between two groups that outsiders can't tell apart. There is a huge tendency to split groups into us and them and demonize the them. Physical appearance is an easy way to do it.

No I don’t look like any of them. Being originally South American, I guess I’m mixed race. I have both European and Native ancestry.

I think you’re lacking some context. What I was talking about is a general attitude, and one towards blacks and whites in Asia, not other Asians. Sure, there are isolated, specific incidents of racism, but in the large-scale, people of a nation will not react with overwhelming discrimination against people that look very different from themselves. It may be more of intrigue, and at the worst condescension and patronization, which I wouldn’t really consider racism. Racism toward different sub-ethnic groups of Asians is different. In that case, they look similar, but discrimination is of a more subtle nature which can make it more heated.

And of course. Racism in the U.S has evolved to mean “institutionalized racism against blacks” more than anything else. Hell, Steve Harvey has made directly racist comments towards Asians more than once, and no one reacted at all. But if it had been a role reversal, or white-on-black racism, people would’ve exploded. So from this example alone we really see the serious extent of racism towards blacks specifically in the U.S for it to elicit such intense outcry. This disparity in reaction has show that “Racism” has come to mean one race perpetuating dominant and “negative” cultural stereotypes, as well as expressing overt discrimination, of another race.

hansen9952 wrote:

FD3S wrote:

Correction, actually, my mom and dad didn't come directly from China. They came from Taiwan, having been made refugees by Japan in WWII, then ended up growing up in Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War when the communists took over the mainland.

How did you mess that up? There’s a very clear distinction.

Not at the time, sort of. The Nationalist Republic of China was one of the founding members of the UN in 1945,and they retreated to Taiwan by 1949. The UN and most nations recognized the ROC as China instead of the communist PRC until 1971, even though the ROC had moved to Taiwan. That's within the time period my mom and dad came to the US around 1960. That's why PRC is often called "mainland" China - to distinguish it from ROC.

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FD3S wrote:

hansen9952 wrote:

How did you mess that up? There’s a very clear distinction.

Not at the time, sort of. The Nationalist Republic of China was one of the founding members of the UN in 1945,and they retreated to Taiwan by 1949. The UN and most nations recognized the ROC as China instead of the communist PRC until 1971, even though the ROC had moved to Taiwan. That's within the time period my mom and dad came to the US around 1960. That's why PRC is often called "mainland" China - to distinguish it from ROC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-China_policy

Lol that’s pretty clear. all the Taiwanese people I know have never referred to their native country as “China.” I’m guessing you haven’t visited in a while or aren’t very familiar.

GoodIntentions;-) wrote:

*raises hand to answer* wrote:

A. The cop was white and had an Asian partner right next to him. (Long answer, the riots weren't *started* by cops but by groups primed and ready to riot when the next incidence of white cop/black victim violence occurred and *set them off*.)

B. Africans enslaved their neighbors and sold them into slavery to the highest bidder, which could be white, Arab, or anyone else.

Imagine bending over backwards this hard to avoid the fact that whites owned, tortured and murdered black people without repercussions for hundreds of years. Here’s a twist - they did it to themselves!

If you know even a small amount of world history you know that people (of all races) all over the world did this to other people (of whatever race) throughout history. Slavery, torture, and any kind of prejudice you can think of has been going on as long as humans have been around and is still going on today.

le' tigre wrote:

zhueuesu wrote:

What? Asians are more racist to Blacks than whites? What race was that cop that started the whole riots?

Which group was the one that enslaved the Blacks again?

You are mentally ill and/or have reading comprehension problems

Slavery has been practiced for as long as records have been kept. Slavery in America began with opposing African tribes selling each other. Spanish Marrano (Jews) slave traders capitalized on African treachery by trafficking the poor souls to the new world where they were sold to wealthy land owners in both the north and south.

Poor white trash southerners could not afford to own slaves even if they wanted to. What should be of interest to anyone concerned is; what was the racial/religious background of the actual majority of slave owners? WASP, Jewish, white Catholic, black?

Be honest if you're able.

Cool story. A lot of people benefited from American slavery.

Can confirm that Mexico is racist AF, makes the US pale in comparison. I have personally experienced not being let into clubs, and people in my group because we were too dark skinned. If you go to prep high schools and good universities, a huge number of the people there are fair-skinned Mexicans. Being fair-skinned is a huge plus in Mexico when joining exclusive clubs, with work, and in social circles.

Source: Have lived in Mexico and travel there several times per year. Wife and kids are Mexican citizens.

My wife is Asian, our kids are mixed race, we live in as redneck a part of the US as you can get, never once have we experienced any type of discrimination or prejudice from anyone. Yes, I know that's a statistical sample of one, but it's also over a time period of 30+ years, so it's anecdotal but not insignificant. I think people in the South are less discriminatory than elsewhere because there's a greater risk of getting your a$$ kicked if you offend someone.

Runner10287 wrote:

le' tigre wrote:

Slavery has been practiced for as long as records have been kept. Slavery in America began with opposing African tribes selling each other. Spanish Marrano (Jews) slave traders capitalized on African treachery by trafficking the poor souls to the new world where they were sold to wealthy land owners in both the north and south.

Poor white trash southerners could not afford to own slaves even if they wanted to. What should be of interest to anyone concerned is; what was the racial/religious background of the actual majority of slave owners? WASP, Jewish, white Catholic, black?

Be honest if you're able.

Cool story. A lot of people benefited from American slavery.

Exactly who were these " A lot of people"? Or is that too difficult for you?

I know it's easier to suck up to populous narratives than deal with historical fact, but you bit.

hansen9952 wrote:

Lol that’s pretty clear. all the Taiwanese people I know have never referred to their native country as “China.” I’m guessing you haven’t visited in a while or aren’t very familiar.

You are correct about that. I visited Taiwan twice, in 1976 and 1983 (age 14 then), and China never. The difference is that my parents consider themselves from China even though they came to the US from Taiwan. They were actually born in China. Chinese people of their generation still believe in one China, at least my parents do. Technically, I think the US counted them as immigrants from China. I'm aware that the Taiwan leadership voted in in the past decade or so have been for Taiwan independence, so you are probably from a younger generation. I haven't followed those politics much as an American with no connection other than my parents.

"Iceland has a very low level of crime attributed to its high standard of living, small population, strong social attitudes against crime, a high level of trust in their well-trained, highly educated police force, and a lack of tension between social and economic classes."

They also employ 33% less police per 100k people.

The same can be said about other low crime nations such as Canada and Finland.

Less crime means less police. Nobody likes paying taxes.

Got it. I didn’t realize that your parents were born in Mainland China. That explains it

ilonggo wrote:

My wife is Asian, our kids are mixed race, we live in as redneck a part of the US as you can get, never once have we experienced any type of discrimination or prejudice from anyone. Yes, I know that's a statistical sample of one, but it's also over a time period of 30+ years, so it's anecdotal but not insignificant. I think people in the South are less discriminatory than elsewhere because there's a greater risk of getting your a$$ kicked if you offend someone.

So F'ing what. That's why people aren't in the streets protesting that Asian Lives Matter. Of course 'all lives matter', but Asians aren't getting murdered by cops. Blacks are. They have been for decades (centuries actually). It's only now that people are waking up to it b/c of cellphone videos. Just imagine how many thousands of blacks have been murdered in just your own lifespan... the kind of murders that would make George Floyd's murder look merciful. Lynchings... torture... hangings... being dragged behind some redneck's pickup truck. It's all real. All of it. It's not just some Hollywood depiction of a rare event. It's real. No go back to liveleak and watch the killing of George Floyd again.

And then watch it again.

And again.

And let it sink in.

Then all us your fun little story about your Asian kids never having faced racism.

ilonggo wrote:

My wife is Asian, our kids are mixed race, we live in as redneck a part of the US as you can get, never once have we experienced any type of discrimination or prejudice from anyone. Yes, I know that's a statistical sample of one, but it's also over a time period of 30+ years, so it's anecdotal but not insignificant. I think people in the South are less discriminatory than elsewhere because there's a greater risk of getting your a$$ kicked if you offend someone.

Or maybe it has to do with the fact that you are not Asian, and your kids are only half Asian. Even your wife is married to a non-Asian. That makes her less "foreign" in the eyes of rednecks.

You pale ass incels are missing the forest for the trees

What you are talking about is xenophobia when you went to Europe for 2 weeks or being bullied at school b/c you were a scrawny nerd.

What Black folks have been experiencing for the last 400 years is SYSTEMIC racism in their OWN country. Basically, Black folks experience every type of discrimination other groups face on top of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHIQIO_bdQ

How did the national victim narrative start?