/r/asian

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This subreddit is for all things Asian. Let's share and discuss Asian culture, media, art, history, food, athletics, etc. for any Asian country. The mission is for /r/asian to contain quality posts relevant to anyone with any affiliation with or interest in Asia. Our goal is to have a positive and informative atmosphere in /r/asian where Asians and others can safely interact with each other, learn more about Asian things, discuss Asian topics, etc.

This subreddit is for all things Asian. Let's share and discuss Asian culture, media, art, history, food, athletics, etc. for any Asian country. The mission is for /r/asian to contain quality posts relevant to anyone with any affiliation with or interest in Asia. Our goal is to have a positive and informative atmosphere in /r/asian where Asians and others can safely interact with each other, learn more about Asian things, discuss Asian topics, etc.

Rules:

  1. No racism, sexism or other toxic behavior.

  2. No porn.

  3. No spam or bots.

  4. No low quality posts.

  5. Don't be a jerk.

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Why are asian men so passive?

Seriously asian men are the most passive in every aspect of life.. Only aggressive moment for them is when they are in a relationship.

34 Comments
2024/11/02
01:57 UTC

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Any positives that comes from Asian parenting/culture?

I see a lot of bad aspects but I’m trying really hard to find positive aspects resulting from Asian culture/parenting. I feel like any positive aspects mentioned from toxic or just asian parenting in general seems to be a stretch and really just people trying to cope with trauma and joking.

15 Comments
2024/11/01
11:16 UTC

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The ultimate barbecue feast of Mongolian nomads

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2024/10/31
20:50 UTC

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Serious question - how do kpop idols get their skin so light?

Whenever you see pre-debut photos of kpop stars, their skin is much darker and resembles typical Koreans. But after debut it’s way lighter - and not just their faces, but arms, legs, etc.

How do they do this? It’s too even to be whitening cream. Genuinely curious.

4 Comments
2024/10/30
15:02 UTC

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Inside the Dangerous Dive for Sea Urchins: The Life of a Haenyeo

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2024/10/30
03:04 UTC

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How A Taiwanese Immigrant Became A Multibillionaire Supplying America With Plastic Pipes

0 Comments
2024/10/29
19:20 UTC

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How do I respond or say when an apartment manager says "Welcome back"

I'm Japanese and currently living in Japan. The apartment I live in has a manager, and whenever I return to the lobby, the manager greets me with 'Welcome back.' I find the situation a bit awkward because I don't think it's appropriate to respond with 'I'm back' to the apartment manager. Instead, I usually say 'Hi' (konnichiwa), but I realize it's not the best response since 'Hi' doesn't really match 'Welcome back' in meaning. I know I'm an introvert person.

Can anyone else relate to this?

0 Comments
2024/10/27
07:22 UTC

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Are Asian women attraction to white men based on these factors?

  1. Media portrayal. White males in tv/movies are often given the best portrayal of a man, with white men often having the perfect balance of being both masculine and intelligent. Asian men, outside of martial arts films, are self-sabotage in being portrayed as wimps, who often are subordinates to a white man. This implants in women's minds to not see Asian men as leaders.
  2. Western media beauty magazine over arching reach whereby caucasian features are seen as the standard of beauty with everything else seen as exotic. This combined with tv shows/media where whites are often portrayed heavily as beautiful leads can shape an early impression in kids' minds.

A perfect example of this can be seen in an online YouTube video whereby black children were asked to pick between a black and white doll when it came to which one was prettier. An overwhelming amount of black children picked the white doll. Thus, showing how this affects kids at an early age.

  1. White males often being in positions of power. A lot of world leaders and the richest men in the world tend to be white. This in turn paints a picture of associating white skin with power and high status in a woman's mind. Many Asian women therefore will desire to have a white partner and hapa kids to try to elevate their status in Western society.

  2. White men tend to be taller than Asian men with the average height of white males in predominantly white countries, like the Netherlands, eclipsing many Asian countries. It's no secret that women in general find taller men attractive. The underlying reason for this is due to women believing that said male is more capable of defending her against attackers than that of a shorter male.

  3. Negative stereotypes of Asian men. In addition to being portrayed as less masculine, Asian men often are faced with the negative stereotype of having a smaller penis than that of men of other races. This in turn can result in further lowering their dating value and women seeing them as less sexually desirable. We can even see how the reverse of this helps other races, as black men being associated with the BBC myth, often opens up more doors for them when it comes to dating/sex.

54 Comments
2024/10/27
00:55 UTC

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Japan’s City of Gold Protects a Valuable Tradition

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2024/10/26
23:20 UTC

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Are Asian/Japanese people really offended by foreigners treating the reopened yet still deserted Fukushima as amateur “journalists” playground?

5 Comments
2024/10/26
23:13 UTC

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How South Korea’s Weapons Industry Began

1 Comment
2024/10/25
10:26 UTC

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How I Built an $80M Annual Revenue Business in Just 5 Years | Sandbox VR, Steven Zhao

0 Comments
2024/10/25
10:14 UTC

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How a Master Chef Built a Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Bangkok

0 Comments
2024/10/24
12:03 UTC

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How China built the world’s longest high-speed railway

0 Comments
2024/10/24
05:29 UTC

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Love Hurts | Official Trailer

1 Comment
2024/10/23
00:34 UTC

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Interior Chinatown | Official Trailer | Hulu

1 Comment
2024/10/23
00:33 UTC

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How Korea’s Sex Trade Was Built For U.S. Soldiers: These women, who were tricked into prostitution for U.S. soldiers, are sharing their stories for the first time. Women suspected of having STDs were locked in a detention center known as “monkey house,” as soldiers likened them to monkeys.

1 Comment
2024/10/21
10:02 UTC

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How Fake Food Became A $90 Million Industry In Japan

0 Comments
2024/10/20
07:38 UTC

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Have you guys ever eaten pork sung on top of a baked potato?

I'm sitting here reading the label on my jar of pork sung, and one of the suggested uses is to "sprinkle freely on salad or baked potato." Has anyone ever tried this? Is this an actual common use for pork sung lol

6 Comments
2024/10/19
19:27 UTC

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I Make Hats For BLACKPINK

1 Comment
2024/10/18
21:13 UTC

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Is the c-word racist by itself?

I am not Asian so I don't know and I am genuinely asking

Like just the word or if said in reference to what someone else said

Like is it similar to the n-word in the sense that you can't say it ever, in any context?

12 Comments
2024/10/18
20:12 UTC

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Do you follow the water ratio of the rice cooker or the package of rice? Help

For context,

I am making sushi rice

And my rice cooker suggests 1:1.25 for sushi rice with the sushi function

And my package of rice suggests 1:1.5

5 Comments
2024/10/18
09:22 UTC

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Grammy Award winner music producer !llmind just created an AI music production tool LoopMagic for creating copyright-free loops and sounds instantly with just a prompt

0 Comments
2024/10/15
20:13 UTC

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Can Math Help Repair Democracy? | Sam Wang | TED - From detecting gerrymandered districts to predicting the impact of alternative election methods like ranked-choice voting, Sam Wang outlines how computer simulations can help fix the bugs in US democracy and make it more responsive to the people.

0 Comments
2024/10/14
10:47 UTC

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It needed to be said

2 Comments
2024/10/14
04:50 UTC

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Looking to verify the data, not because posting is on ideologically & politically biased website; just sad Asians are so lacking in this report card.

https://national-conservative.com/extremist-files/interracial-killings-2023/

With as many Asians claiming to be gangstas & "from the hood", why are our numbers lacking???? Can't our gangstas not even take out the weak, elderly, disabled, defenseless of other races, like constantly being done to ours?

Getting our numbers up isn't quite the boast we should be pursuing, but damn it, why are we not acing this test??

With the amount of violent assaults on Asians often not reported and/or ignored due to agenda to deployment of political narrative & lack of prosecution, especially in areas like Alameda County CA with DAs like Pamela Price, authenticating sources even from FBI is difficult. So appreciate any help in propositions in how to go about gathering data to verify the posted data.

1 Comment
2024/10/13
21:18 UTC

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Racist YouTuber assaulting Korean girlfriend while streaming

50 Comments
2024/10/13
06:18 UTC

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A nuanced vid that addresses asian hate and the model minority myth from a good creator

0 Comments
2024/10/13
01:09 UTC

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Former Law Enforcement and Military Officers Charged for Conducting Sham Raid to Force Law Abiding Chinese American to Hand Over Business.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/ex-law-enforcement-and-former-military-officers-charged-alleged-sham-raid-extort-oc

Not the first time nonAsians play dress up as law enforcement officers, politician, religious clerics or other governing authority to extort money & goods from Asians.

Question is, when/if MSM call them out, will that stop the narcissistic entitlement driven criminal behavior?

1 Comment
2024/10/12
22:26 UTC

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The Rise of Grab: How I built a $2 billion a year super app - Anthony Tan is the co-founder and CEO of Grab, a "super app" that has built itself into the very infrastructure of eight major Southeast Asian countries.

0 Comments
2024/10/12
20:50 UTC

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