This popped up in my Ring video doorbell Neighbors feed of all places.

Back in 1944, Chinese-American Staff Sergeant Hop Yuen was a crewmember in a B-17. He went on a bombing mission and was shot down over Germany. 5 of his fellow crew were taken prisoner, 1 was found dead and Hop Yuen and 2 others were never found. In 2013 documents were found indicating that Hop Yuen and the 2 others were captured and killed by the SS and then buried in a local cememtary. In 2021 the bodies were exhumed and lab work was done to positively ID them. Sergeant Hop Yuen's body was flown to San Francisco on January 31.

The SFPD press release below has more info, including that he had 3 brothers who also served in WWII and 3 sisters (only one sister living). His last remaining sister greeted him at the airport. There's also a video of the casket unloaded from the plane and then loaded on the hearse. I have to admit I got a little teary eyed watching his 93 year old sister lean over and touch the casket.

https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/news/sfpd-escorts-remains-missing-world-war-ii-veteran-staff

RIP and Welcome Home

It's quite clear what he means by this, China is the new public enemy, as Muslims were during the post 9/11 period. For Asians in the US, especially those who look more East Asian/Chinese, it'll get worse before it gets better, if ever, considering that China is a peer competitor who won't just go away.

Trump probably saw this Blaze TV mini documentary from Dec 6, 2024 on the FAA and ran with the DEI accusation at the DC plane crash press conference.

The documentary did a great job at exposing the FAA shortage of qualified and the overworked air traffic controllers and the danger of outdated traffic control equipment. However, when it touched on the DEI hire policies, it fell short because the FAA have many positions available, not just traffic control. It's similar to Trump supporters who struggled to define 'WOKE.' Their explanations are verbal versions of photos of Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster, very grainy and surreal. I'm not saying DEI isn't real, but the notion that DEI hires are shoehorned into positions that can put people's lives in danger just doesn't add up. In the 80s, Whyt supremacists like David Duke spread the fear that Affirmative Action African American doctors were unqualified and dangerous. There's no way in hell can anyone 'DEI' themselves into becoming a doctor without qualifications. Nevertheless, if anyone think they have a good counter argument, I'll keep an open-mind.

Post about anything on your mind. Questions that don't need their own thread, your plans for the weekend, showerthoughts, fun things, hobbies, rants. News relating to the Asian community. Activism. Etc.

This is for both men and women, East Asian, South Asian, every Asian. I'm talking about any properlu negative encounters you may have had in C*nada with those of European descent. Not other Asians.

These encounters could be creepy ones from them, intimidating/violent incidents or other generally negative ones, like not following social customs.

Time and time again I will always read AMs going abroad saying that wow they're a lot nicer, well more grounded and absolutely hygienic actual 8/10 range type of proportions body, personality the whole enchilada.

I don't disagree or agree, it's just an interesting observation, I think it's certainly true. As a AAM I've met WMs or any XFs from the country, say rural Indiana, can act pretty grounded. Yeah racism is still there but you'd see a random AM with a good looking XF. A random advice for AMs in early 20s or younger, learn a 2nd language, don't be a passport bro but it's a no brainer.

I wouldn't call them passport bros but my AM friends who decided to live abroad not Asia but Europe, literally having Eastern EU F gfs same good looks of a F living in NY or LA but not acting like they're some unattainable celebrity. I made a friend and asked her, says "it's just because it's something different". Cool, I haven't gone far as to meeting their parents but does it start from there? I guess anyone living far away from a HCOL would have these qualities but why? Hinge far away from HCOL is like a different universe. Is this why when living in a HCOL or HCOL western city, the only ever better matches are F 150 miles away? Just speaking for the average, not crazy tall AMs out here. Is the experience consistent?

She's Hawaiian and Husband is White. She was appointed by Bush like 20 years ago so she's prob conservative. I think Elon Musk doesn't like her cause she did some investigations into Neuralink.

Look at the mask off racist YouTube comments.

https://youtu.be/mdynG-kr2_I?si=o-3un3K5TGD_hsry

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-01-30/deepseek-tiktok-rednote-how-did-china-s-internet-become-so-cool

https://archive.ph/eynqW

It feels unreal seeing this. Not that long ago, I remember many posters on this subreddit alone saying China will never be cool blah blah blah.

Point is, things change very fast these days and changes worth decades can take place over a few weeks with you maybe not even knowing. Better make sure you're not stuck on the wrong ship that's sinking. For example those people who thought affirmative action at the expense of asians is a good thing.

https://preview.redd.it/sxrakpg7cage1.jpg?width=1008&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=791cb561df8fbe2c188801d2ba187abc240625db

YOU'RE NOT AMERICAN. They're so ignorant of WHY this is happening. They reek "but I'm one of the good ones" and it's disgusting to see them side with racist white people who will stab you in the back.

It doesn't matter if you're American or where you're from. We are ALWAYS Chinese immigrants to them. You can see the racism in their cracks because they have been blaming DEI, normalizing Nazi salutes, and letting serial criminals go after attacking our elderly.

They have already racially profiled and arrested Americans and Native Americans. https://www.latintimes.com/ice-says-sorry-after-detaining-us-citizens-speaking-spanish-report-573967

The Japanese Internment camps happened 80 years ago. Segregation and The Civil Rights Movement happened 50 years ago. America is still racist AF. Stop defending their racism when they have learned to hide it by being fake nice!

WRONGFUL DEPORTATIONS AND ARRESTS.

Davino Watson, a U.S. citizen, was wrongfully held in immigration detention centers for more than three years while he sought to prove his citizenship. https://www.latimes.com/archives/story/2018-04-27/ice-held-an-american-man-in-custody-for-1273-days

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has also documented cases where U.S. citizens were unlawfully detained and deported. In one instance, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Brian Bukle, a U.S. citizen who was wrongfully arrested and detained by ICE.

https://www.aclunc.org/news/civil-rights-groups-sue-ice-unlawful-arrest-and-detention-us-citizen?utm_source=chatgpt.com

In 2018, Axios reported that ICE had made wrongful arrests based on incomplete government records, bad data, and lax investigations, leading to the detention and potential deportation of U.S. citizens https://www.axios.com/2018/04/29/ice-illegal-immigration-wrongful-arrest-deportation?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Additionally, barriers to legal representation in detention facilities increase the risk of unlawful deportations. A 2022 ACLU report found that detained immigrants without access to counsel face heightened risks of prolonged detention and wrongful deportation https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/without-access-to-counsel-detained-immigrants-face-increased-risks-of-prolonged-detention-and-unlawful-deportation?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Unfortunately, Gabino’s story is not unique. The Ohio ICE detention facility where Gabino was detained prevents people from communicating with their attorneys by design. The facility doesn’t allow attorneys to schedule phone calls with clients. When attorneys call the facility, they are told that staff will relay a message to their clients to call them back. It is unclear when and how consistently messages are delivered to clients, and even when they are, detained immigrants can only make costly phone calls that are recorded and monitored.

In There Will Be Blood, D Plainview crosses his fingers behind his back, despite being slapped around by the pastor and "converting," he never forgets his goal.

My childhood AM friends find community in Christianity. No judgment, most even grew up with it became atheists but came back reborn, getting all baptized again.

If you’re solo in the States, it’s a cheat code 2 starting a fam. Religion is the biggest and most accessible community "center" anywhere (prove me wrong) you can be in the car modding scene or a running club, but nothing beats its numbers. Unlike work, it’s not tied to your job and at most, you’re just spending gas money. Still, I wonder why so many of my friends are married so young, what about yours?

And I wonder if they're maybe just lost from all the "god is great" bumper stickers or instagram bios and stories they make? Still though and prove me wrong, it's a good system tested through thousands of years. Want a XF or WF, BF? There you go.

Believe what you want, but always know your compass. My late buddy told me this. Eastern religions, like Buddhism? Meditation. Christianity praying = meditation. Mastering thought and body is a lifetime job. Psychoanalysis and extrospection are good skills, my only wonder is yeah in the end we're all humans, we die and grow old and most of my friends who swore by western religion probably needs that community and place because they can't without it. Can't blame anyone, living with your own thoughts especially as I've always seen lots of AM branching off flying solo, is a hard fucking feat.

On income many ecto/mesomorphs bulk, not realizing their jobs and body types cap calorie intake. Add 7–10 hours of sleep, food prep, and a 9 to 5, and you still have to maintain your gains. Unless you’ve got some fuck you money and can pay a chef, your body will default back to your smaller fast metabol self. Reaching close to optimal is better, use your genes for you, yeah lift here and there but I wonder younger AM guys grinding to stay bulky, that extra time, money and energy to keep all that up, while just having a 9-5? If it's a hobby, great but add a skill like muay thai or actual olympic lifting then you find your community and maybe a XF? I still truly believe it can be counterproductive at a certain peak because you always need to maintain x amount of cals.

Today and in the future, knowledge is gold and so instead you can put all that time in here. With nationalism rising, religion will grow stronger. Two things matter: focus and money. Focus is the new dollar, find your optimal focus and best way to sleep to get that focus going and continue using that to evolve and learn. I think having a mindset where you know (proven scientifically) that we're like ecosystems in where we all thrive when everyone does (even if you hate that X race guy working with you) I like to say my religion is optimal self first, with human advancement alongside it.

I've seen a lot of older AM here sharing their life lessons and their journeys so just want to spark some discussions.

TL;DR: Tired of flying solo and having your take of freedom: western religion conclaves help, conservative WM, BM or XFs, get married but probably get lost (or find purpose??) from all the Christ juice. 2nd, always trying to reach gains is capped by income and job or career type, put it in more internal self dev. 3rd do you see yourself being like D Plainview in the end having his own bowling studio or converting because you finally found "that something"?

You guys probably never heard of Calvin Robinson who is half Black and Whyt. I became aware of him today because a video of him doing the Elon 'My heart go out to you salute,' a.k.a. Nazi salute went viral. It's not an Asian topic but worth being familiar with because we have such people lurking among our mist.

Robinson is of mixed-race heritage. He describes his background as "half Afro-Caribbean and half English". His paternal grandparents emigrated from Jamaica as members of the Windrush generation. He was born and grew up in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, attending High Oakham Primary School, The Brunts Academy, and later West Nottinghamshire College. He then studied at the University of Westminster where he graduated with a degree in computer games design and programming. - Wikipedia

I feel very conflicted. I’ve been asked to participate in an event where they need a girl to be in it. I’m one of the only ones left, however, I have absolutely no interests at all.

It is by no means a cultural tradition that is harmful, it’s just that I have no interests to take on the responsibilities I will have during the event.

For my people, we have very strong feelings about family and helping out family. Seeing as I’m one of the only ones who can do what is needed, I do feel a sense of guilt in not wanting to play my role, but I just have absolutely no interest.

I don’t want to do it and I am fully aware of the pressure and fight that I will have to face because of my decision. How do I deal with the inner turmoil and how do I deal with the family pressure that goes with it?

What can I do to fend for myself and my decisions?

Happy New Year! I know this topic has been discussed quite a bit already but I just wanted to add to the conversation.

This year, I started to make a deliberate effort to no longer use the term “Lunar New Year”. As a Khmer-American with Chinese descent, I really dislike it because I think it is lazy catch-all phrase, and only misrepresents the holiday. It makes it sound like all Asians celebrate it and erases our cultural diversity, when yet it only represents three formal celebrations to my knowledge: Chinese (vast majority ofc), Vietnamese, and Koreans. Like my family mostly focuses on Khmer New Year in April (with Lao and Thai folks), but with our Chinese descent, we still recognize CNY with red pockets and a small family dinner.

I don’t like the feeling of erasing the acknowledgment of the holiday as being originated from and shared mainly by Chinese people, domestic and abroad. People don’t seem to respect that ethnic Chinese are hugely important, widespread, and influential. Ethnic Chinese are over Asia, and in some Asian countries make up huge segments of their population. Not to mention they are the world’s largest ethnic group. From my understanding, this nuance is literally the reason why it comes across like many Asian countries celebrate it.

Anyway on my socials this year, I’ve started to proudly reclaim “CNY/Spring Festival/春节” to refer to what I personally celebrate. When I wished my friends happy new year yesterday, I used the specific term depending on what they celebrate (Spring Festival/Tết/Seollal). If I wasn’t sure which one my friend celebrated, I asked them directly. Finally, I’ve just been saying “new year” to refer to it in general — it’s always obvious what I’m talking about. Like it’s really not that hard, there’s only three of them lol.

But this decision really felt so empowering. By being just a little more specific in language choice, not only could I stay authentic to what I personally celebrate; I think it also helped my friends feel seen and more eager to tell me about their unique new year traditions. Hopefully some of y’all can join me on this. :)

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Food for thought, why don’t people complain about the name “English” since most people in the world who speak it aren’t even English people? Why haven’t we protested against the name “Christmas” if not all people who celebrate it are Christian? Why do people seem to judge Chinese culture according to different standards than our own?

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Edit: Thanks for all the thoughts! I added a detailed comment reflecting on my experiences https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/s/nglfmE2KK2

Currently news outlets are reporting on the issue that the new released DeepSeek (which is now the biggest threat and competitor to American big tech and ChatGPT) was and still is under a massive ddos-attack. So don't be surprised if it doesnt work or works slowly at the moment.

Guess where all the attacks came from? The United States.

Meanwhile I tried to delete my ChatGPT account and it doesnt work anymore, since DeepSeek has been released.

I'm posting this because the Asians at these tech startups seem to just disappear and their existence scrubbed from the internet. Kinda like Wozniak at Apple. These tech companies were built by Asians. Vicki Cheung started OpenAi. Baidu's Robin Li started off at infoseek and his algorithm is used by Google.

https://youtu.be/FZMIpUBycgQ?si=rRMuc8HHFnQHGOe3

Trump is setting up massive concentration/internment camps of immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. Where is the Asian American community on this, it seems like they would want to speak up on this considering Asians in the United States were rounded up and held in US interment camps before. I'm noticing in posts around reddit that a lot of younger people are completely unaware this happened.

I'm a bisexual woman. East Asian. I prefer Asian women and white men and I've dated Asian women more than I've dated white men. Is it still self hatred and racism? 🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCA323_sTo

Now that you have your own sense of the world, what are the things you would change about raising your own children? What were things you decided your parents were right about?

these guys must have some galaxy level self confidence. the tenacity and strength of the self identity of the white ethnicity needs to be studied. I don't even understand how they can reach such a state of mind of total absolute collective belief in their racial superiority. i don't think any ethnicity had ever achieved this level of collective confidence.

its so euphoric reading all those comments by whites on facebook finally admitting that chinese/asians are creative and don't just copy the west. Back then comments on facebook was just "chinese only know how to copy" or "chinese only know how to make low quality products" or "only whites are creative". Now asians have finally showed them. This is the kind of news that really makes a diference. I applaud our brothers from across the ocean.

Please report redscarepod.

Thread title is: “what is it about this phenotype that turns the normally-asexual East Asian Female into a ravenous broodmare in heat”

I thought it was pretty good.

https://youtu.be/pNMhYjISQz8?si=2M72nTxCbtwP3O9R