Asian Culture Discussion Thread

[equality]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/telemu...ea-rescues-mexicos-world-cup-2-200735305.html

still dont get why people think its cool to do this stuff

Don't care if this is overreacting, but fire the ****. If you're ignorant enough to think that's fine to do on TV, you're too dumb to be on TV anyway.

 

[wuchi01]

Ep 2 is out, actually like it, my 1st Wong Fu series i'm watching

Check out some of the older previous vids.
Dudes actually do good job. Full production work.

 

[wuchi01]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/telemu...ea-rescues-mexicos-world-cup-2-200735305.html

still dont get why people think its cool to do this stuff

I really don't get how that is so funny to them.

Don't care if this is overreacting, but fire the ****. If you're ignorant enough to think that's fine to do on TV, you're too dumb to be on TV anyway.

Latin ballplayers across other sports have pulled that scheisse too during games. Not exactly sure what you want to talk trash about. Besides Germany much more Legacy program.

 

[whatscomplex]

Don't care if this is overreacting, but fire the ****. If you're ignorant enough to think that's fine to do on TV, you're too dumb to be on TV anyway.

Both of them were "indefinitely suspended." Hopefully that's a nice way of saying they're fired. From what I hear, that tv program is always covering racism against Latinos as well.

 

[shogun]

wong fu is aight. I watch their behind the scenes and lunchbreak vids but have only watched maybe 3-4 of their sketches. They’re a little too “nice guy” focused.

I recommend listening to bobby lee’s tigerbelly podcast. The guy and his stories are crazy. He posts vids and clips of the podcast on youtube.

 

[wuchi01]

HomeBoy liked the brownies.
Who would have thought.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...ied-from-heat-stroke-new-book-claims.amp.html

 

[mike awesome]

Man, I might be late on this but first time trying the Vietnamese netted egg roll wrappers and they are
Best wrapper for egg rolls ever. It was kinda hard rolling in this wrapper but eventually I got the hang of it.
Refrigerated the left over egg rolls after frying them, and the next day it will still have the crunch as if it was fresh out the fryer
Dip it with the nem nuong sauce
netted egg rolls



Vietnamese Rice Paper Egg Rolls with nem nuong sauce

 

[Nawzlew]

Never seen anything like that and I eat a lot of Vietnamese food.

is that just made out of rice?

 

[whatscomplex]

Interesting video on Koreatown and the Korean versus Bangladesh community in it. Vote went 98-2 so apparently not much of a dispute but still an interesting debate.

There's so much about ethnic enclaves like Koreatown, Chinatown, etc that I have questions about. Like, is it completely an organic, informal thing or is there some sort of formal recognition legally?

 

[frink85]

Interesting video on Koreatown and the Korean versus Bangladesh community in it. Vote went 98-2 so apparently not much of a dispute but still an interesting debate.

There's so much about ethnic enclaves like Koreatown, Chinatown, etc that I have questions about. Like, is it completely an organic, informal thing or is there some sort of formal recognition legally?

The way I understand ethnic enclaves, they spring up randomly usually in poorer areas where new immigrants can afford to settle. After those folks get established, the next wave/waves come and join them in the same neighborhoods to help their adjustment, get them set, help them find work, support system etc. After this, places with the history and that still have a strong connection to that history will have their neighborhood renamed and recognized by the city. Historic Filipinotown in LA got the name back in the early 2000s i think, and its like 4 square blocks

 

[mike awesome]

Never seen anything like that and I eat a lot of Vietnamese food.

is that just made out of rice?

The ingredients on the package says: rice flour, corn flour, sugar, salt and oil

I first discover this when I was in Socal last month at a store called Top Baguette. Check out their yelp page

We were walking around and uncle walked into the store and saw the same egg roll wrapper they used here like the one in Vietnam. I didn't even know what that was. He was like its called cha gio re (egg roll Re).
We got the chicken and vegie rolls. Chicken was meh. Ground Pork would have been better. Bought a few more and went to Brodad and bought their nem nuong sauce to dip it in.

Finally was able to track down a store selling the wrapper in Sac. Going to try to cook them in Air Fryer today to see how it turns out

 

[whatscomplex]

The way I understand ethnic enclaves, they spring up randomly usually in poorer areas where new immigrants can afford to settle. After those folks get established, the next wave/waves come and join them in the same neighborhoods to help their adjustment, get them set, help them find work, support system etc. After this, places with the history and that still have a strong connection to that history will have their neighborhood renamed and recognized by the city. Historic Filipinotown in LA got the name back in the early 2000s i think, and its like 4 square blocks

Ahhh, that makes sense. That's pretty cool.

 

[bigjny88]

 

[QU!K]

 

[QU!K]

On one side you can say cultural appropriation

On the flipside if you deny them it's like not accepting asians in hip-hop

 

[anderson]

bacon love!!

 

[Kinfolk]

Interesting video on Koreatown and the Korean versus Bangladesh community in it. Vote went 98-2 so apparently not much of a dispute but still an interesting debate.

There's so much about ethnic enclaves like Koreatown, Chinatown, etc that I have questions about. Like, is it completely an organic, informal thing or is there some sort of formal recognition legally?

Those two idiots at the end tried to say that Bangladeshis were trying to move into Korea Town overthrow their community... AS IF THERE HASN'T BEEN A SIGNIFICANT BANGLADESHI POPULATION THERE FOR OVER 30 yrs!

Once the gentrification of K-Town is complete the joke will be on them.

 

[W)taps]

On one side you can say cultural appropriation

On the flipside if you deny them it's like not accepting asians in hip-hop

it's interesting how Asian men have been deliberately **** on for ages in western culture/media and treated like garbage and finally when they are doing something big in pop culture, these guys just waltz into Korea and hop on the wave..

a comment in youtube that I agree with. not the mention kpop idols train for years since their teenage days (some even earlier) and they sacrifice a lot. this includes foreign k pop idols such as Japanese, Thai, Taiwanese, Chinese.

but then some white guys just come over hopping on the wave and supposedly learning korean and korean culture is considered to be super hard and that automatically makes them "hard working."

also, people saying kpop is just western pop in korean are wrong. kpop isnt just a genre, its an industry with heavy korean culture embedded into it.

 

[QU!K]

a comment in youtube that I agree with. not the mention kpop idols train for years since their teenage days (some even earlier) and they sacrifice a lot. this includes foreign k pop idols such as Japanese, Thai, Taiwanese, Chinese.

but then some white guys just come over hopping on the wave and supposedly learning korean and korean culture is considered to be super hard and that automatically makes them "hard working."

also, people saying kpop is just western pop in korean are wrong. kpop isnt just a genre, its an industry with heavy korean culture embedded into it.

So I'm gonna take the same quote and switch a few words and let me know how you feel about it.

it's interesting how black men have been deliberately **** on for ages in asian culture/media and treated like garbage and finally when they are doing something big in pop culture, these guys just waltz into America and hop on the wave..

 

[QU!K]

 

[W)taps]

So I'm gonna take the same quote and switch a few words and let me know how you feel about it.

if black people were in a position of power like that, my opinion would still be the same. but your argument is invalid because they're not. and this goes back to systemic racism.

white people control Hollywood, the media, etc. from breakfast at tiffany's to the hangover movie, look how asian men are treated and portrayed while asian women are sexualized.

 

[QU!K]

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm just saying the dynamic is weird

Btw the comparison was:

white guys trying to make it in kpop
Vs.
Asians trying to make it in hip-hop

 

[W)taps]

I'm not saying I agree or disagree, I'm just saying the dynamic is weird

I find it weird that they wanna come all the way to korea to become idols.

not saying this directly to you but,

If "kpop" is just western pop in another language, why dont they just try to become idols over into the west? did anyone in the youtube comments think about that?

Its because Korean culture is part of kpop. they're attracted to the korean culture and want a piece of it/wish they were a part of it.

and with Jay Park, he was born and raised in Washington state. hes korean-american. So he prob grew around hip-hop/rap. he didnt just see that hiphop was popular and decided to go in there.

edit*
also, lets be honest, the white guys are not good in singing or dancing.

 

[QU!K]

Ya they're pretty bad, but to deny them the opportunity just cause they're white in itself kind of racist

All I was trying to say

If they're hated on cause they suck then sure

 

[whatscomplex]

Comparing America to Korea doesn't make sense.

Korea is a homogenous country.

America actively denies representation and opportunity to Asian Americans. Koreaboos trying to be in a K-Pop band would be like Korea forcing representation and opportunity to non-Koreans.