Why do asians only hang out with other asians?

[Taejin]

Originally posted by: smc13

Originally posted by: Attrox

Originally posted by: mooncancook
Well one of my housemate during school was a multi-generation Asian and all his friends including gf are whites. But for me I speak fluent chinese and just ok english, and with a heavy dose of asian culture background, I find it difficult to hang out with Americans. When I was among a group of whites at school I really felt like an outsider.

I guess in general ppl with similar backgrounds will have easier time finding common topics and understanding each others. It's not limited to Asians, or color of skin, or gender or age. I bet if there is a white guy who speaks aisan language and understand asian culture well then you'll find him among the asians as well.

btw it still cracks me up when I hear the term "orientals" for "asians", kind of like "injens" for "indians".

Agreed.

Really, I think using asian when you mean oriental is hilarious. Asia is the largest continent on the planet. Asian can mean Israeli, Persian, Arab, Pakistani, Indian, mongol, Siberian while oriental means someone from the orient which is South East Asia. You know, korean, Vietnamese, Laotian, Chinese, Cambodian. Oriental is much more specific then Asian. Of course, if you really wanted to be accurate you would take a couple of seconds and actually find out which country they are from. That way you won't have to use Asian or Oriental. Instead you can say things like "My Korean friend said..."

Korea would be *east* asia.. not southeast asia.

 

[Taejin]

Originally posted by: SnoPearL69
Well, first question is, does the OP go to MIT Because really, it's kind of true at MIT, unless you're one of those I-try-really-hard-to-be-"Asian-American" types. Not sure why it happens, but all the asians here know each other and hang out with one another in sub-groups. In a place where there are just as many asians as caucasians, maybe this isn't THAT much of a surprise.

For me, I've been in America since I was 6, so I don't have any trouble with the language. In fact, I'd feel far inferior having a Chinese conversation with someone else lol. I've had mostly white and black friends all my life growing up. But when I got to college, for some reason I ended up with all asian friends. It's the funniest thing. The first person I met was asian. The next person was also asian. Then everyone I knew threw them was asian. And so on and so on. I found it amusing. But, it happens. Not like I tried. And I do socialize with non-asians, just not in a regular group at college.

In comparing my asian friends now with my non-asian friends from before, I would say that I am more comfortable with my asian friends. Don't get me wrong, I love my old friends to death, but there were things that they could never relate to me about. I might be accustomed to American culture, but my family is still very rooted in asian culture. I can't even discuss the things that we do at home without getting made fun of (non-hurtfully). But with my asian friends, we all understand the family stuff we gripe about. We all like the same kinds of asian food and we can go to the same places to hang out and eat and shop for asian groceries. I find that to be really nice. Lastly, this isn't meant to be stereotypical, but a lot of non-asian people do like to drink and party and do illegal things, from my experience. Some asians do it too, but in general, asian parents bring up their children to be straight-edged. The ones that are more wild, I stay away from them. It's just not my thang. There are a lot of asians that don't need to booze it up to have fun, and they enjoy being around one another for that reason.

There. My 2 pennies.

That about sums it up.:thumbsup:

You white/black american-for-fiddy-generation people should try going to a foreign country where you're obviously an outsider (like..Japan? Korea? China?). Get a little taste of being different, being discriminated against, and maybe even treated sub-human because ignorant fvcks in those countries don't know better, and maybe you'll wise up about how asians feel in the USA sometimes .

 

[RudeBoie]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
This is the case at my college. I see blacks and whites together all the time, but the asians never mingle. Why?

Have you tried hanging out with the Asians?

Sometimes, it's not that Asians have a fear of whites, and vice versa, but there's just some kind of awkwardness at first.

 

[Taejin]

And while I'm in my posting spree, I had a funny experience awhile back.

My dad and I were checking the air in our tires. Some scruffy dude (honestly he looked like a redneck but he could have been having a bad day) is asking people for some money to get some gas, and he comes up to us and pops us a question too.

I figured it'd be "hey guys, I'm out of cash, could I please have 5 dollars to get a bit of gas to get me home?" and I was gonna give it to him too. But no, he asked: "Hey, you guys speak english?".

Needless to say, I told him we didnt want to give him money.

 

[watek]

ktown!!!

 

[iskim86]

I'm asian and I like to hang around caucasians because koreans are asshole dipshits with big egos who can never get over themselves.

Koreans suck.

 

[g8wayrebel]

Originally posted by: dighn
it's not just an asian thing. i live in vancouver so there are all kinds of minorities here. seems like most races socialize with their own kind more often.

language is a big factor most of the time so it seems. a lot of people are more comfortable speaking their naive langauges even after living here for many years. of course it's not the only factor.

"Naive languages" ROFLMAO!

 

[RelaxTheMind]

Originally posted by: cw42
it's cuz u live in VA, there's not enough asians there

however, with the case of fobs, i'd say the majority of them only hang out with other fobs.

you must have never been to virginia... there are gobs of asians here. its the 2nd most densly populated area of asians in the US.

 

[topslop1]

Becuase white people can't cook rice well.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: topslop1
Becuase white people can't cook rice well.

2 cups of water to every 1 cup of rice, push the little button, and some time later you have rice. Voila!

 

[Jamie571]

I'll tell you something I noticed, Japanese have a low opinion of Chinese.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: topslop1
Becuase white people can't cook rice well.

2 cups of water to every 1 cup of rice, push the little button, and some time later you have rice. Voila!

That's a lot of water!

 

[Koing]

Some asians are very shy.

The ones that hang together tend to not be born in America/ England and so come abroad. They on the most part imo speak English well but are 'shy' about it and tend to not hang out with others so much because of this.

You get some that do but you get some that don't.

Koing

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: Jamie571
I'll tell you something I noticed, Japanese have a low opinion of Chinese.

so do we have a low opinion fo them. it's just how it is.(ever since they invaded manchuria)

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: topslop1
Becuase white people can't cook rice well.

2 cups of water to every 1 cup of rice, push the little button, and some time later you have rice. Voila!

That's a lot of water!

rice abbsorbs water really well.

VA is full of asians btw. but needless to say, not all asians only hang out with asians. most of my friends are white or black.

imagine: hang out with a bunch of people that go azian pride dogg every 5 minutes, and then arm wrestle or break dance. sorta boring.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
rice abbsorbs water really well.

The most I would ever use is 1:1.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: mwmorph
rice abbsorbs water really well.

The most I would ever use is 1:1.

What kind of rice is that?
All rice I have seen calls for a 2 to 1 ratio of water to rice.

 

[bleeb]

Hi I'm asian and I mostly hang out with porn stars.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: Koing
Some asians are very shy.

The ones that hang together tend to not be born in America/ England and so come abroad. They on the most part imo speak English well but are 'shy' about it and tend to not hang out with others so much because of this.

You get some that do but you get some that don't.

Koing

I ain't shy and I hang out with non-asian friends most of the time in my life. My best friends are both white and black, my girlfriend is white. Never dated any asian girl in my life. Obviously I grew up in suburbs where white people are the majority.

 

[Jejunum]

cauze we hate whitey.

 

[Grunt03]

because you are a geek and we dont want to be seen with you.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: RelaxTheMind

Originally posted by: cw42
it's cuz u live in VA, there's not enough asians there

however, with the case of fobs, i'd say the majority of them only hang out with other fobs.

you must have never been to virginia... there are gobs of asians here. its the 2nd most densly populated area of asians in the US.

I'd like to peruse this list you're referring from..

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: iskim86
I'm asian and I like to hang around caucasians because koreans are asshole dipshits with big egos who can never get over themselves.

Koreans suck.

Lol sounds like Bobby Fischer & what he says about jews when he's jewish himself.

 

[jinduy]

as someone mentioned... if it's a bunch of fobs or foreigners, they will hang out among themselves because they have a difficult time communicating with others and they dont get my jokes .

 

[ed21x]

hmmm.... honestly, it's cuz we don't get the same respect from non-asians as we do do with fellow asians.

 

[hytek369]

stupid post, most ethnic groups hang together

maybe because there is a common connection?