Asian Culture Discussion Thread

[wuchi01]

Shin Choon-ho, founder of ramyeon giant Nongshim, dies at 91

Shin Choon-ho, the founder of Koreaâs largest noodle manufacturer Nongshim, died on Saturday morning at 91.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

South Korea's ramyeon king leaves behind a spicy legacy

He is known as the king of instant noodles in South Korea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

 

[danger style]

Followup: arrested.
Kid’s full identity, pictures and social media were posted earlier this week. Couldn’t relay news and allegations before arrest since minor. Little stuff needs a reality check and lesson in Humanity. Repeat offender.

Teen arrested in Tacoma attack of Asian couple that went viral online

The video of the November incident went viral recently in the wake of recent attacks targeting Asian Americans that have received national and local press.

www.king5.com

15-year-old boy arrested in attack on Tacoma Asian couple that was caught on video

Tacoma police said Friday that they have arrested a teen suspect in connection with asuspected hate crime case in which an elderly Korean-American couple were attacked nearly five months ago, an assault that was captured on video and widely shared on social media. Authorities did not identify...

komonews.com

"According to court documents, the couple was walking home when the suspect, who was with three other people, deliberately bumped into the man and fell over while trying to sweep the man's leg.

The suspect then started punching the man when the man tried to help him up, according to court documents. The man suffered a broken rib during the attack."

 

[wuchi01]

Suspect released due to covid guidelines from attack arrest earlier in week.
Way to go, Kaleeforneeia.

Woman fatally stabbed while walking her dog in Riverside; suspect arrested

A suspect was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a woman who was walking her two dogs in the La Sierra neighborhood of Riverside Saturday morning, officials said. Officers responded to reports of a …

ktla.com

 

[wuchi01]

Really?! A blowtorch.
Minus points for oversize diaper pants.
Jabroni.

 

[danger style]

Son wielding a machete interrupts robbery of Asian parents in Oakland

A man wielding a machete broke up the robbery of his elderly Asian parents in Oakland on...

www.sfgate.com

 

[equality]

This **** really ain't getting better. What y'all doing for self defense?

 

[frink85]

Outrage as disgusting message is left on customer's receipt

The docket was posted on social media this week after the customers ordered a chicken croissant and fish cocktails at the venue in the heart of Brisbane's CBD.

www.dailymail.co.uk

need the great Asian people of Brisbane to firebomb this spot and send the racist jackass manager a message that his half *** apology after promoting racism isn’t gonna fly

 

[tupac jordan]

 

[wuchi01]

 

[wuchi01]

Filipina attacked. Been to Los Gatos. Nice little affluent town in the foothills of mountains of South Bay. Happening everywhere.

Slur hurled at Filipina medical worker shoved to ground in Los Gatos hate crime

Police say a woman who works in the medical field and who was wearing scrubs was attacked from behind while walking in Los Gatos this week.

www.ktvu.com

Asian American Attacks: Filipino Medical Worker Shoved Onto Sidewalk In Los Gatos, Police Seek Suspect – CBS San Francisco

Police are searching for a man suspected of attacking a woman of Filipino descent in Los Gatos on Tuesday.

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com

 

[wuchi01]

Took how many years. Legitimate concern.
Stop the Virtue Signaling and Gaslighting.

 

[wuchi01]

Numbers. and Statistics.

Swelling Anti-Asian Violence: Who Is Being Attacked Where (Published 2021)

Using media reports from across the country, The Times found more than 110 episodes since March 2020 in which there was clear evidence of race-based hate.

www.nytimes.com

Amid Awakening, Asian-Americans Are Still Taking Shape as a Political Force (Published 2021)

Divided by generation, ethnicity and class, but currently galvanized by a surge of racially motivated attacks, Asian-Americans are growing rapidly as political players.

www.google.com

In a Role Reversal, Asian-Americans Aim to Protect Their Parents From Hate (Published 2021)

The conversations represent a fraught yet tender shift in the traditional parent-child dynamic.

www.google.com

Asian-Americans Are Being Attacked. Why Are Hate Crime Charges So Rare? (Published 2021)

Several recent attacks have not been charged as hate crimes, fueling protests and outrage among many Asian-Americans.

www.google.com

 

[wuchi01]

Shohei Ohtani has one of the craziest innings you’ll ever see

Shohei Ohtani continues to amaze. The Angels star quickly showed off his freakish dual-threat skills Sunday in just his third start on the mound in more than a year. Ohtani, 26, pitched a scoreless…

nypost.com

Ohtani 'fine' after limping off from historic start

Shohei Ohtani had both the fastest-thrown pitch (100.6 mph) of any starting pitcher and the hardest-hit home run (115.2 mph) this season, but his start was cut short after taking a Jose Abreu cleat to his left ankle.

www.espn.com

Edit:
Sound of crack.

 

[fenixconnexion.]

Praying Ohtani is okay after that collision at the plate

 

[robpzee612]

 

[frink85]

yeah I don't know how "g***" could be misconstrued as simply "lame". and if he really believed that, why not just use "lame" instead of reaching for a word you don't understand. Also, quick google search shows pretty good recent growth of the Asian population in the county.

 

[Kinfolk]

The problem with this is that a lot of people really aren’t mentally equipped to safely carry around a firearm.

People are gonna be pulling guns on each other over parking spots and cutting in lines, not just using guns for self defense.

All of this keeps getting uglier....

 

[MambaForever]

FWIW I believe him. But I do think it's quite ignorant and naive for him not to know that it's also a derogatory term for Asians

 

[Kinfolk]

Took how many years. Legitimate concern.
Stop the Virtue Signaling and Gaslighting.

So now the question becomes how much do people want music censorship?

Or is this just a selective thing? Where people are only offended when they feel like it

For example Eminem is 100 times more famous than YG will ever be so does this lyric have to come down as well or is nobody upset about this lyric from Eminem’s “Bad Meets Evil”:

Why does YG get taken down and not Eminem? Eminem has said wildly offensive things about literally every group of people but after 2002 or so, nobody has really said much about it.

 

[wuchi01]

So now the question becomes how much do people want music censorship?

Or is this just a selective thing? Where people are only offended when they feel like it

For example Eminem is 100 times more famous than YG will ever be so does this lyric have to come down as well or is nobody upset about this lyric from Eminem’s “Bad Meets Evil”:

Why does YG get taken down and not Eminem? Eminem has said wildly offensive things about literally every group of people but after 2002 or so, nobody has really said much about it.

Good point that any censorship is a slippery slope. Bet most people don’t even realize those words are part of the song. It’s interesting you brought up Eminem cause of recent news Millennials and Gen Z going at each other over his fan support.
Don’t care for the line in song. Eminem should be called to task for the stereotype. But don’t believe rises to same offense as YG’s song.
Those words are a pure call for targeted violent crime. Song has an established effect within popular culture. That can not be excused or compared.

 

[MambaForever]

So now the question becomes how much do people want music censorship?

Or is this just a selective thing? Where people are only offended when they feel like it

For example Eminem is 100 times more famous than YG will ever be so does this lyric have to come down as well or is nobody upset about this lyric from Eminem’s “Bad Meets Evil”:

Why does YG get taken down and not Eminem? Eminem has said wildly offensive things about literally every group of people but after 2002 or so, nobody has really said much about it.

White privilege

 

[masagipatron]

I imagine it has to do with the fan base. YG has a much younger fan base who spend more time on social media and engaging politically on social media. Wait until they discover “Black Korea” by Ice Cube.

 

[Kinfolk]

Good point that any censorship is a slippery slope. Bet most people don’t even realize those words are part of the song. It’s interesting you brought up Eminem cause of recent news Millennials and Gen Z going at each other over his fan support.
Don’t care for the line in song. Eminem should be called to task for the stereotype. But don’t believe rises to same offense as YG’s song.
Those words are a pure call for targeted violent crime. Song has an established effect within popular culture. That can not be excused or compared.

Yeah, no. you just tried to imply that Eminem’s catalogue doesn’t have the same impact as YG’s. That screams “I have no idea what I’m talking about” lol. YG may be more popular today, but Eminem was a phenomenon that we probably won’t see again for quite some time. People know his songs word for word.

There have been multiple times in this thread and countless other times in real life where I’ve heard people say how they are offended by racist things said about their eyes.

Eminem’s line normalizes a racist idea.

You can’t allow some racism and condemn other racism.

You're either against racism or you aren’t. There is no in between. Which ironically ties to the idea of you can’t be anti-black and pro Asian at the same time....

When you get into trying to define degrees of racism (or championing some racial causes while denying others) you create an environment for racism to flourish.

So the distinction you made about YG’s being worse... not gonna fly.

 

[wuchi01]

Yeah, no. you just tried to imply that Eminem’s catalogue doesn’t have the same impact as YG’s. That screams “I have no idea what I’m talking about” lol. YG may be more popular today, but Eminem was a phenomenon that we probably won’t see again for quite some time. People know his songs word for word.

There have been multiple times in this thread and countless other times in real life where I’ve heard people say how they are offended by racist things said about their eyes.

Eminem’s line normalizes a racist idea.

You can’t allow some racism and condemn other racism.

You're either against racism or you aren’t. There is no in between. Which ironically ties to the idea of you can’t be anti-black and pro Asian at the same time....

When you get into trying to define degrees of racism (or championing some racial causes while denying others) you create an environment for racism to flourish.

So the distinction you made about YG’s being worse... not gonna fly.

Gee here I thought you were actually asking a sincere question about opinion on issue. Actually agreed censorship a slippery slope. Guess we go back to detente.

Stop telling Asian people how to react to Asian racism and hate crimes. For all your multi paragraphs of lecture and repeated slogans, words ring hollow. Never seen you react, reply, condemn any specific single act of racism and hate crime news posted. And I’ve seen numerous other non Asians do so.

Your virtue signaling and gaslighting is getting tiresome.
Wouldn’t shed a tear if both songs disappeared.
Maybe I care more about actual call for violent crime.
Back to ignore.

 

[Kinfolk]

Gee here I thought you were actually asking a sincere question about opinion on issue. Actually agreed censorship a slippery slope. Guess we go back to detente.

Stop telling Asian people how to react to Asian racism and hate crimes. For all your multi paragraphs of lecture and repeated slogans, words ring hollow. Never seen you react, reply, condemn any specific single act of racism and hate crime news posted. And I’ve seen numerous other non Asians do so.

Your virtue signaling and gaslighting is getting tiresome.
Wouldn’t shed a tear if both songs disappeared.
Maybe I care more about actual call for violent crime.
Back to ignore.

You’re completely missing the point.

Nobody is telling anybody how to react. I posed some questions. Questions that you validated (even though I don’t need your validation) until I also pointed out the fact that your alleged disgust with racism doesn’t apply to all racism.

Guess what Wuchi- you don’t get to determine what racism is acceptable. You are the arbiter of nothing.

Just because I highlighted the fact that you would rather be selective with what racism is acceptable and what racism isn’t doesn’t reflect poorly on anybody but you.

You’re really full of it if you want to condemn some racism and allow other racism to flourish. THATS COMPLETE BS on your end!

you can’t play both sides of the fence and expect for nobody to say anything.

Be serious for once and not intentionally obtuse and unwilling to see beyond yourself!

Racism is racism is racism and if you want to separate what Eminem rapped about from what YG rapped about then the problem is actually you.

Both have to be taken equally as seriously if racism is what you’re taking issue with.