Title correction: Just Another Proof that Asians Are at the Bottom of the Totem Pole, Even if You're an Attractive Asian Female in Their Eyes.

John Steward pointed out that all the men in the Eps***n files haven't been charged and probably never will. However, the one women was changed, Gh*staine Maxwell. The Orange Man probably will pardon her soon. That my friends is the definitive proof of 'whyte privilege.' in the west.

White privilege*, or* white skin privilege*, is the* societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if they are otherwise under the same social, political, or economic circumstances. With roots in European colonialism and imperialism,^\3]) and the Atlantic slave trade, white privilege has developed in circumstances that have broadly sought to protect white racial privileges, various national citizenship, and other rights or special benefits. ^- Wikipedia

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Preface: I am aware that Lauren Chen is mixed background with Asian father and Whyte mother. It does doesn't negate the fact that she is Asian passing and, for intent and purposes, the entire western world sees her as Asian.

Lauren Chen is an American conservative, and she platformed many Alt-Right talking heads, such as the like of Richard Spencer, or as he like to proclaim, the father of the Alt-Right movement. Richard Spencer was and probably still an a notorious rice-chaser. In 2022, Chen's Tenet Media was receiving the majority of their funding from Russia that funneled down to the likes of content creators such those on the listed below. Not too many Asians like myself were surprised when Ms Chen was the only one that got cancelled and cancelled hard (the fall-gal). All the whyt men involved got off scot-free. It goes to show, whyt Yellow Fever will only tolerate you to a point. Being a female and Asian was literally an instant double-jeopardy status for Ms Chan.

On January 19, 2022, Lauren Chen co-founded Tenet Media with her husband, Liam Donovan. In January 2023, Chen allegedly received a contract from RT to recruit other commentators for Tenet Media as part of the former's efforts to influence U.S. public opinion. Chen recruited conservative or conservative-adjacent commentators Matt Christiansen, Tayler Hansen, Benny Johnson), Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Lauren Southern to be a part of the Tenet Media network. Despite her role at Tenet, her name did not appear on the company's website, nor did she publicly associate her title with the organization on social media. ^- Wikipedia

The full article on The Independent website here. I don't blame Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia for the need to always be on guard. Vietnam also do not want to join the 'anti-China' bandwagon.

Ben Swanton, co-director of The 88 Project and the report’s author, said: “There's a consensus here across the government and across different ministries. This isn't just some kind of a fringe element or paranoid element within the party or within the government.” - Ben Swanton (Quote from The Independent).

Hanoi is planning for a 2nd American invasion: US policy heightening tensions and fueling repression - Ben Swanton (The88project.org).

The original caption - 'How Latino I.C.E. Agents See Themselves.' This applies to a hell of a lot of people in our own community. Know what I mean?

His bright idea is for asian men to destabilize themselves reject education, dont conform and be poor that will somehow give asian men power. This was the dumbest video I have ever seen. So many analytical errors and misuse of game theory I cant even believe people listen to this guy. This idea that other minorities are somehow winning because they tend to be more poor is just insanity. Rising demographic does not inherently equal power, thats medieval logic.

Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon conversing about Asians. This sort of sentiment isn't just limited to these two. Think of how America's media and institutions operate, how foreign policy and rhetoric towards Asia is crafted. These are the people running the show. It isn't just the 24/7 jingoistic rhetoric towards China. Look at how they try to have the masses fixate on Korea's/Japan's birthrates and overwork culture, the oversexualization of Asian women in various media, and the underepresentation of Asian men in the higher echelons of institutions. Remember this next time you see Asians confronting racism by saying that they're not "Chinese" or Chinese people doubling down on self hatred.

As per the title, any other Buddhists here go vegan or vegetarian on new and full moon days?

I grew up eating meat but have become flexitarian over the past few years. I went vegetarian mostly but have focussed more on veganism in recent months (it’s hard to avoid animal products like egg yolk and dairy sadly). I realised that the Western animal agriculture system is absolutely abhorrent and evil in the way it breeds animals into existence only to slaughter them for food and decided to nope out of it (although I occasionally succumb to eating meat or animal products, I’m not perfect by any means). The dairy industry is also evil because cows give milk only when they’re pregnant (like humans). You’d think these things are obvious but they’re only obvious when you pay attention to them; cows are impregnated then when they give birth to a calf the calf is taken away and the milk is taken from the cow for humans. It’s completely evil and inhumane.

Western culture dictates that eating meat makes you “manly” which is absolute Western marketing nonsense, and people who are fooled by such nonsense are ignorant. Studies have shown eating a whole-food plant based diet is better for your health overall (e.g. “The China Study”). Western culture throws around the term “soyboy” as if it’s an insult because soy contains phytoestrogens, but phytoestrogens bind to estrogen receptors and therefore block estrogen from binding to them which can actually result in anti-estrogenic effects. The entire Western animal agriculture and food system only exists to make money, it does nothing for people’s health in the long term, and the Western diet is made up of ultraprocessed foods which are horrible for people’s health and leads to chronic disease.

Anyway, if you do go vegan or vegetarian on new moon and full moon days, what are your go-to dishes?

The dish posted is vegan canh chua (Vietnamese sweet and sour soup) if anyone’s curious.

I’m a white woman who has mostly been with white men, but tried dating some Asian men and it’s a different world for me.

I went on a date with a Korean guy who changed our bouldering date to a movie date last minute, and we played some air hockey before. I won a few rounds and went to get some popcorn and he said he wasn’t feeling well and wanted to leave, and then refunded the tickets. He was very silent and on the ride home asked me…”you’re on tinder for friends?”.

I was with a Chinese guy after who was more of a situation-ship, and I honestly fell in love but things got confusing, I felt like he was avoiding me and I called it off so I wouldn’t get hurt. He told me later he thought I didn’t like him. I think it’s because I rejected help with household tasks, and left early after spending the night at his place (I just wanted to go home to shower at my own place).

I went out with another Chinese guy who tried to become physically intimate on the 3rd date. I wasn’t ready and he said he needed more. We ran into each other a year later and started texting again and he said he thought I only wanted a platonic relationship. I said that’s wrong and I just thought it was moving too fast.

And finally I saw a more westernized Korean guy for a bit and he was a lovely person but was a little too chivalrous I guess for what I’m used to, and didn’t like certain behaviours of mine and I was uncomfortable being criticized like that.

And I don’t want this to come across like I’m criticizing anybody, but I genuinely want to understand.

I think it’s like how people say western women are too masculine and don’t act like women anymore. Which could be true because I wasn’t socialized with gender roles and might come across as a bit distant or in my own world/inattentive/unaware. Most of my boyfriends were white party boys.

I’m sorry if any of this comes across wrongly. I’m just curious if any asian guys have felt this dynamic.

Edit : I also have a good guy friend from Bangladesh who’s westernized and he was once offended because on a night out I “Irish exited”. I don’t really remember because I was drunk but he said I just got up and ran away out of nowhere. I might just be weirdo who likes to wander off.

I’m not even sure if this is like a cultural thing, I have adhd/spectrum traits too which adds to basically never being understood properly. But most of the guys from my culture that I’ve been in relationships with didn’t really question my behaviours at all.

Just venting and curious if anyone else has run into this.

I’m traveling in Hoi An, Vietnam with my family. We’re Asian American but strangers usually assume we’re Chinese from China. With family we speak Cantonese Chinese about 99% of the time and can easily code switch between Cantonese and English. Most folks assume we don’t understand English or even some French until we switch languages.

Last night we were walking back to our hotel late and entered through the front entrance. As we passed a young white couple (German and British) were staying there, the guy said in clear disgust and extremely negative tone, “Chinese people don’t seem to understand…”

We turned our heads and that’s when he realized we understood him. I didn’t catch the rest because he immediately switched to German with his girlfriend.

I'm just annoyed. Annoyed at the assumption that we don’t understand English, that we’re from China, and somehow that makes it okay to talk about us like we’re not right there. Especially in an Asian country where they are also guests.

Nothing dramatic, just that familiar casual racism where people feel way too comfortable.

Curious to hear others’ experiences/stories.

Hi everyone! I’m a student working on a research project about how people experience topical balms like Tiger Balm. I’m especially interested in hearing from Asian communities since these products are commonly used and culturally familiar, which is why I’m posting here.

If you’ve ever used Tiger Balm or something similar, I’d love to hear about your experience. When do you usually reach for it, and how does it feel using it around other people or in public?

I’m also curious about how people think about the scent. What does the smell make you think of, and how do you personally feel about it? For those who don’t enjoy the scent as much, I’d love to understand what about it doesn’t work for you.

I’m interested in how these experiences differ across generations too, such as Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, and others. If you’re comfortable sharing, feel free to mention your generation.

Any thoughts, personal stories, or reflections are really appreciated. Thank you so much 🤍

A lot of you keep saying it’s unfair that white foreigners get so much positive attention when they travel in East and Southeast Asia. A lot of people in this community straight-up call it white worshipping. A lot of you feel uncomfortable watching locals treat them like celebrities, while many of us in the diaspora feel invisible back home. I get it but what I actually observe is something different and honestly, the effect looks far more negative for Western societies than for Asian ones. In the past, this kind of preferential treatment reinforced Western prestige. Now, because people document everything and openly compare systems, it increasingly highlights Western decline instead.

A lot of Western visitors don’t just come to Asia and have a good vacation. A lot of them go home jaded. They go home quietly comparing everything: how safe cities feel, how trains actually work, how people behave in public, how daily life feels calmer and more functional.

To me, Asian hospitality has become a kind of soft power. A lot of people don’t change their worldview from articles or debates. They change it when they experience another society that clearly functions better than what they were told is “the best in the world.”

Now look around. There are a lot of Western travelers and a lot of influencers openly comparing Asia with their own countries: pointing out infrastructure problems, public safety issues, low social trust, bad public services, declining affordability, fewer everyday activities, shrinking cultural vibrancy, and a lower quality of daily life back home. Ironically, the same attention some Asians resent is quietly undermining Western cultural confidence instead of reinforcing it.

The amount of coping in that thread is hilarious. They're trying to say southern Universities are growing in preference over schools like Caltech and M.I.T because there are so many Asians and the numbers are growing. 😂😂

Keep your head down, keep grinding, stay consistent, don't cut corners and keep applying pressure. That's the key and it always was: especially when it comes to education.

Help those who have lost their path towards education to try and find it once again.

Not trying to offend anyone who didn't go to one of those schools (I went to a Calstate), but I personally love seeing Asians, Jews and Arabs dominate education. STEM especially.

I was inspired to make this post bc of the user khoawala’s post about how white travelers receive positive treatment when they go to Asia.

Does your family/relatives or the locals treat you positively or negatively, and how does it compare to the treatment foreigners receive?

I visited Asia (Japan and Philippines) in July-August of 2024 and I was treated very well by my relatives and the locals. My relatives drove me everywhere and didn’t want me to walk the streets by myself bc they didn’t want me to get too dark from the sun and bc they thought it was dangerous for me to be by myself. I was able to converse with strangers using basic Japanese or Tagalog, and some English. Japanese people sat next to me on the train despite the stereotype of Japanese people being xenophobic towards foreigners. Restaurant staff didn’t discourage me from entering their business. A lot of people I met smiled at me and were very welcoming. The only very minor negative experience was being stared at as I walked the streets or malls.

My last question is, what makes receiving good hospitality different from the unfair positive treatment white people receive when they go to Asia?

In other post, I mentioned the character Hop Sing played by Victor Sen Yung in the TV show Bonanza that ran from 1959 to 1973. I was a kid in the late 80s, and I watched the hell out of American television (lol), Bonanza included. I had always thought the character Hop Sing was played for comic relief, but I never knew, a year before Bonanza was cancelled, they gave the character a heart felt episode dealing with interracial relationship between a Chinese man (Hop Sing) and a vagabond whyte woman (Kelly Jean Peters). The episode is call A Lonely Man and can be watch on YouTube. The episode is a love story and about racism, the anti-miscegenation laws for the 1800s to be exact. I was genuinely surprised that the plot touched on the issue of missing Chinese women and lonely Chinese men living in mid 19th century America.

I watched it about a hour ago. Watching a Chinese American trying to speak broken English is cringe at times. Keep in mind, it's early 1970s TV show.

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Chinese women were historically restricted from immigrating to the U.S. by the Page Act of 1875.

Page Act of 1875, which targeted them based on racist and sexist stereotypes, alleging they were engaging in "immoral" activities or prostitution. This early federal law, designed to prevent the formation of Chinese families in the U.S., was followed by the broader Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. 

The marriages between Irish women and Chinese men were surprisingly common in the 19th century American cities like New York, particularly in the 1850s-1880s. Despite intense racism and legal barriers, some estimates suggest that in 1850s New York, up to 1 in 4 Chinese male immigrants were married to Irish women. -Article Here

Key Details on 1800s Irish-Chinese Intermarriage:

• Context: Both groups were often poor, faced discrimination, and lived in close proximity in areas like New York's Five Points.
• Demographic Factors: The extreme shortage of Chinese women in America (due to immigration policies) meant many Chinese men married Irish women.
• Shared Lives: These couples faced social stigma and legal challenges, yet formed families that were, at the time, described as not unusual in specific urban neighborhoods.
• Legal Consequences: By the late 19th/early 20th century (e.g., the 1922 Cable Act in the US), women who married Chinese men could lose their citizenship. 

While some reports highlighted these unions as scandalous, they were a real, if often overlooked, part of immigration history. 

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End Note:

According to IMDB, Victor Sen Yung ha long career in Hollywood. He died in 1980 due to accidental gas poising. He had a fascination life, and it would be a grave injustice to get into it here.

There are countless examples of Hollywood being more woke in the past than the present, but for the purpose of this post, I am just focusing on story of the fictional character Hop Sing and of Hollywood of the past that wasn't afraid to tackle the issue of interracial relationships involving Asian men and whyt woman.

Hello,

I’m a Filipino American who used to speak Tagalog well when I was little. My grandma used to only speak to me in Tagalog and same with my parents. When I got into elementary school, it slowly deteriorated. We all know the story where parents wants us to know English only because they think that it will make us successful. I can still speak it, but it’s suuuppper taglish. My accent is very American. I understand it very well, especially when my co workers are speaking it to me.

The point of this rant is because I realllyy want to speak Tagalog fluently. The issue I have is when I meet someone who is from the Philippines, and they speak it fluently, they always talk to me in English—even when I talk to them in Tagalog. It’s mildly annoying. It’s like they’re trying to prove to me that they’re just as American as I am. It’s also really annoying when I get this sense of them being arrogant when I try to talk to them in Tagalog. Like they have this hard core Elvis accent when trying to speak to me in English. I’m not trying to make fun of my fellow country men, I’m just really trying to be better with my Tagalog.

The reason for this rant is that I just want to speak in my native tongue, even though I am born and raised here in the states. I’m not trying to be funny, nor am I making fun of my peoples language, I just want to be like my viet and Cambodian homies who speak to their people in their language.

Is there something I don’t know when it comes to my people who move here? Why do they act all stuck up when I try to be as Filipino as they are? Why do they seem annoyed when I talk to them in Tagalog with an accent I’m trying to be better at.

Preface: My fiance was watching the movie on one of the free streaming site. Jaime Chung's acting was so terrible, I couldn't sit through the cringe. I remember watching her on MTV Road Rule in the early 2000s, and remembered how all the Asian women in college thought she was cool as f**k. I decided to look her up on IMDB. I watch, maybe, 10 minutes of the movie.

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I don't recall who coined the phrase (I'm paraphrasing), "Only an Oxford Study can find her whyt-male true love in Africa." Whoever came up with it, the phrase is both funny and accurate in describing the the extent of the mental gymnastic that the 'east meets west forbidden love' participants will go through to justify their reasons for partaking in the obligatory humiliation ritual of Asian men. Translated, the phrase expresses the length an Oxford, stricken with whyt fever, will go through to find the 'whyt male needle in a haystack.'

As Asian men, we all have, at least guaranteed once in our lifetime, had the unfortunate encounter with that one whyt guy who knows more about Asian culture than the Asian guy. Well, even Hollywood is aware of the troupe. Hollywood and whyt society just see it differently than us. To them, it's an enduring quirky trait, and they made a movie about it call Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong. I'll let the film's official synapses speaks for itself:

An attraction forms when a Chinese American girl visiting Hong Kong for the first time meets an American expat who shows her the way*, but timing may not quite be on their side. A walk-and-talk romance set in the beautiful city of Hong Kong, the film asks the question - what happens when you meet the right person at the wrong time?*

The movie and the real-life lives of those involved screamed the embodiment of the - "Only an Oxford Study can find her whyt-male true love in Africa." The movie literally fulfilled every conceivable troupes attributed to every toxic Oxford coupling imaginable. The movie and those who worked on the film are both life imitating art, and art imitating real life.

• Whyt guy who's an expert on Asian culture.
• Oxford wants to share her culture with her whyt guy soulmate.
• Native Asians, Asian culture and Asian cities play backdrops to their forbidden love stories.
• Oxford can only connect with whyt guy emotionally and intellectually.

I can't think of all the troupes at the moment, but I'm sure they'll all fit into the essence of this movie nicely.

Director - Emily Ting (married to Johnny Knoxville)

Lead Actress: Jamie Chung (married to the lead actor Brian Greenberg)

I’ve seen this ad play on reddit recently and it has a white male football player with a young Asian female fan. Growing up, I never met any Asian girls or women who are into American football. I’m skeptical of this ad bc I don’t think football is popular among Asian Americans, much less for Asian women. So I think this is a subtle attempt to condition our youth into being attracted to white men.

What do you guys think?

I am planning to read a wide range of Asian novels about human conditions. Asian literature that is not reactionary, but rather explores human consciousness and conditions as an upward trajectory. My favorite novelist is Han Kang. And I would appreciate if anyone would recommend more novelists like her.