Are Asian people offended when someone assumes that...?

they know martial arts or they only want to eat at the chinese or japanese food places? Anybody else? What sterotypes bother you? (this is open to all races)

Are Asian people offended when someone assumes that...?
I know I get insulted so much I want to rip the persons head off when the say, "your son will be bruce lee!!!!!!!"








I know my child is half asian and half american, but he is also something more than a karate person, he is a human being.
Reply:Doesn't bother me. It's silly. And yes, I am asian, although my avatar doesn't look like it. It's because I don't either!
Reply:I'm not Asian, but I know a lot of Asians. They do get offended if you automatically assume they're all Chinese - or worse, if you assume they're Japanese. It seems like most non-Japanese East Asians really don't like the Japanese. Given the history, I can understand why . . .
Reply:how about they all have cameras, or bad drivers..
Reply:no
Reply:because I am from the South of USA television and movie stereotypes of Southerners bother me. We don't have outhouses. We have the same IQ ratio as the rest of the nation. We are not more prejudiced against minorities than the rest of the nation.


Pluses are a lower cost of living here. Friendly people with manners. We are in the Bible Belt and there are churches literally all over the place.
Reply:None, and I think it's time for a few stereotypes for old white men. How come we are discriminated against with no stereotypes. The more I think about it the angrier I get. This is wrong and something needs to be done about it. We need more stereotypes.


Since I can't do stereotypes of my "in-group" I can give some clues. How about: All old white men are greedy, bigoted fundamentalist evangelical Republicans. Or, When they are young they may have a narrow waist and broad mind but as they get older it switches.
Reply:I am bothered by all stereotypes. My favorite is those who after speaking to me think I am white because I "sounded white on the phone" What the heck does that mean. I don't use slang terms and I speak properly so that makes me white? People are just Dumb.
Reply:I am a white American living in China with countless Chinese friends (grew up in Hong Kong) and most of my friends simply ignore gauche comments. However they are very astute about other countries and do not stereotype. They know much more about America than many Americans, but the knowledge extends to many nations, culture and customs. Most Chinese students can easily recite the names of ten American cities but few Americans could name ten Chinese cities. There are more people studying English in China than the total number of people is the US...they don't stereotype...they know.
Reply:Those seem like neutral stereotypes. Like knowing karate and liking asian food, I don't know if they're really offensive, maybe.





All races seem to like the positive stereotypes like "good at math" and hate the negative stereotypes like "bad driver".
Reply:Isn't most people offended or at least upset when someone assumes something about them, whether it's racially motivated or not. Especially if it doesn't represent what they are about at all. I hate it when people find out I'm an accountant and automatically assume I'm good at math, then make fun of me when I can't add numbers in my head.
Reply:My least favorite stereotypes are:





Everyone from Arkansas is a redneck


Everyone from the south is racist


All Christians judge gay people


All Americans hate all muslims


All fat people are lazy


All super thin girls have an eating disorder


All black people speak ebonics and listen to rap music


All hispanics are illegal


All african americans are black (Charlize Theron was born in South Africa but she lives in America now. African American, or just African?)
Reply:The Clinton administration proved people from Arkansas definitely weren't all Rednecks.


It proved a lot of them were liers.
Reply:I hate it when people try to imitate an Indian accent. Or when they start mocking Asian names. I would honestly give these people the gas chamber if I had the chance.
Reply:being assumed as those stereotypes doesn't bother me at all. I rather feel sorry for myself that i didn't learn Karate to show people some performance or anything I can't answer well about Japanese and Asian culture when they ask.


but when it's so wrong ..like.. "do Japanese eat snakes?!"


yes, it bothers me.


and when I'm judged by someone I don't know because of my being Japanese.. like.."you guys are cruel killing whales"..i don't want start IWC on the street, it's not about me really..?


however, usually I'm happier when I hear those stereotypes than being considered as another stranger and ignored.
Reply:I am an Asian a Filipino i don't get easily offended by any comment for that matter. But this is a sure thing that could blow my tops off, when we are called a "brown monkey". And when my fellow Filipino are being treated as slaves, because we came from a third world country. It seems that their gray matters are the only one functioning, but not ours. Do you believe this? I would appreciate it very much if you will, because this is happening as of this moment, in the far away land of the middle east.
Reply:I hate it when people say that we cant drive.
Reply:Stereotypes in Asians eyes.


For example when I found Asian girl face offered by Yahoo avatar, I was so sad. That seems to only one Asian girl face on Y! Ava tor and that is the face with eyes slanting upward (an angle of almost 45 degrees). You can see such eyes in this question's page as well.

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