Repped to those on the last page checking out homegirl Mimi's work. Support our fellow creators and small business owners. Whenever I see how you "younger" generation kids have diversified and branched out, it makes me hopeful for my son's future. Its amazing how much Asian American culture has grown. Just to be clear, there are many recent events that show how much farther we have to go, but don't forget, there was a time when we weren't even in the conversation.
If anyone is ever going to Korea or Japan, it's worth it to pay the extra for Korean Air or Asiana imo. All the good things everyone has already mentioned and more. The KAL Lounge at LAX is dope. The Skypass lounge at Incheon is amazing.
My friends in Korea can't get over how busted our American airlines are, especially the stewardesses and service.
I have flown on the business and prestige class back to Korea, and that's just a different level of amazing. Thank God for Chase Sapphire cards and mileage upgrades
I was busy at work I didn't see any news all day... but wondering wth are so many people asking me if I saw the "United" news. I had no idea the doctor was Asian.
This reminded me of a time when I had a job that required working a register. It was one of my first experiences of how uncomfortable people can be when it comes to anything slightly related to race and ethnicity.
Me: "Did anyone help you out today?"
Customer: "Oh some guy, I don't remember his name"
Me: "Was it any of them?" (pointing to a group of 3-4 guys standing kind of close to each other).
Customer: "Oh, maybe. I think so" (suddenly looking nervous)
Me: "Umm which one was it?
Customer: "Err well I think it's him" (Vaguely points in the direction of all 4 of them)
Me: Was it him? Was it him? Him? ........him??? (as I point to each one thinking this to taking too long)
Customer: "I'm not sure, he was about your height and I think he had on a blue shirt" The person continued to struggle and try to describe the person in the dumbest ways..."he has hair...I think maybe an earring....a deep voice"
Me: .......
(In this retail job....all the associates had on blue shirts, including me, and the group of guys were all about my height, 6'1- 6'3,)
Now this group consisted of 3 blond white guys and 1 black guy.
Me: " Do you mean ____, was he black?"
Customer: "Oh, yes! it was _____, but was he black? I'm not sure"
Me: .....................
Granted this was many years ago, in a place very different from SoCal.
First time seeing someone become so awkward. It's like the person was so desperate to figure out a way to not say "the black guy". I wonder if they would have struggled to say "the blond guy".
During my time there I had customers bow to me, refer to me as the Chinese guy, the Oriental, the "are you North or South Korea" the "Oh my son takes Tae Kwon Do" or "I've visited random Asian country" the "You have no accent!?" My sarcastic response has always been "Oh, English is so easy to learn, plus I'm Asian, so it only took me 2 years"
Inadvertently showing their ignorance but I never got belligerent because I knew those were attempts to show some kind of affinity or as they say, that they are "woke". Lol.
I'm no PC crusader, but I'm the type of guy that loves to talk and educate others about my culture. I once asked someone why racism is always talked about only in black and white terms, why aren't Asian even mentioned. The response was stuck with me, why should I stand up for you when you won't even speak for yourself?
for me. The soju cocktail stuff will creep up on you because all that sugar.
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) , comfortable seats, high end entertainment systems, perfect customer service, etc. Companies like United and American do everything in their power to make you miserable. 
