http://goldsea.com/AAD/Parsing/parsing.html

I thought it was rather informative if you have a few moments to spare.

 

From the article:

I thought you spelled Korea with a 'K'...have I been miss-informed?

Good article.

Mark

 

not if your spelling in Spanish

It should be with a 'K'

 

I can relate. I spent the better part of 3 years working in Japan and Thailand (building an oil refinery in Map Ta Phut, Thailand). I subconsiously always perked up when I heard or saw an American (white, black, asian and/or hispanic).

I think it used to astonish the young black sailors I befriended. Here was this middle-aged, white Texan wanting to buy them a beer in Pattaya, Thailand. Six months earlier, all they knew of white Southerners was the stereotype of racism. All I saw was an American who could speak English, talk about the Dallas Cowboys, and could appreciate good beer and Tex-Mex food (I recommend the Blue Parrot restaurant on Land Soy Road in Pattaya).

By the way, an Asian-American would stand out just as bad as I did. All they had to do is wear their "normal" clothes, open their mouths to speak, and buy a Diet Coke (Thais are astonished that anyone would buy anything decaffinated or sugar-free).

Regards,

Al

 

Interesting article. I've always wondered if the "Asian" and "Black" cultures have the same nationality breakdowns (stereotypes) that whites know so well among white-European cultures. There's this joke about white European cultures that goes something like:

Heaven is where:
All the lovers are Italian
All the cooks are French
All the cops are English
All the bureaucrats are German
and the whole place is run by the Swiss.

Hell is just the opposite:
All the lovers are Swiss
all the cooks are English
all the cops are German
all the bureaucrat are French
and the whole place is run by the Italians.

(I'm not sure if this is complete or in the correct order)

The "joke" about this, of course, is that different white-nationalities have very specific stereotypes that most white culture mythology is based on.

Do the big monolithic Asian cultures (monolithic to us whites anyway) have the same style of stereotyping? Like, are Japanese known for being good THIS'S and Koreans for being good THAT'S? Could you substitute 5 Asian nationalities in the above joke and would it be funny to those Asian culture too?

Oh, and the more I think about this... What about the Chinese? I mean, I can kinda tell if someone is Japanese or Chinese, but honestly, Chinese are Chinese too me. But, I know there are different languages and there must be different national identities within china. So, how do Chinese people stereotype each other within the "Chinese" culture?


http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/intervi...t2002-04-26.htm

 

Interesting thoughts there, jprivara. My friends and I have been referred as "chinese" just because we are azn. Most azn here are being called chinese by the ppl (mostly white) we've (asians) just met. That's an example of generalisation by some ppl. When these ppl ask us what is my origin and i answer them, they would sound as if they were astonished. I think it's quite normal...

As for stereotyping, i don't know about that, my azn friends (mostly viets) don't have any differences except their origins, looks and tastes...So stereotyping is hard to recognize when we hang out...

just my experience...

 

jprivara,

I can usually tell the nationality of an Asian person just by looking at the person. I usually know for sure by the time the person starts talking. Regarding the Chinese dialects, there are many. Even to an American born Chinese like me, I can tell the difference between the dialects. For instance, even though the people in Beijing and Taiwan both speak Mandarin Chinese, they roll their tongues differently and you can tell that a person is from Beijing or from Taiwan. This is similar to me identifying someone who grew up in New York vs Boston vs Chicago, etc. However, Chinese dialects are not like English dialects. It's not like American, British, Austrialian, etc. English where you can understand what the person is saying without much effort. You would be hard pressed to understand Taiwanese or Cantonese if you only spoke Mandarin.

 

Can you tell Chinese from Japanese or Korean? Take this test and see how well you score 8-)

http://www.alllooksame.com/

 

Good reading.

I took the test and failed miserably. I am asian. I always get mistaken for another asian race even though I am Vietnamese.

 

Having yet to read the article provided, did you know it's asian pacific month? I didn't know there was such a month.

http://espn.go.com/gen/asianamerican/index.html

I was just reading my daily sports articles, when I came across it.

I'm asian and have been told that I look Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Laos, Half Japanese, and half white.

Lately, some chinese girls have been telling me I look like Ekin Chen (I think that's his name). So I had to watch one of his movies to see for myself (Toyko Raiders) and my
reply was PLEEEEEEEEEESSSSSEEEEEEEE....