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My takeaways:
The showed the Indian guy's dick. Basically an Indian version of Ken Jeong. We all know Hollywood loves to show the Asian guy's dick while they wear prosthetic dicks.
Main character Ben played by Nico Hiraga is a Hapa and he's basically neutered. A White guy's idea of a perfect non-threatening Asian guy. For some reason he's always prancing around on a fucking skateboard like in that "Moxie" movie.
The only positive is that they showed his parents as an older Asian male and a White female couple. The mom obviously wears the pants.
Any former or current asian athletes here, what were your accomplishments and advice to other kids starting to play sports.
For casual discussions, shower thoughts, rants, half-baked conspiracy theories, or any other mind droppings.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=quWmF8f5FjQ&pp=ygUMbW9ub3N1a2Ugb25v
One of the top wrestlers right now. Very tough sport and this man dominated his division. Japan wrestling had an amazing showing during the summer Olympics aswell.
Japanese Americans play baseball at an old internment camp “today”
In a red state, an old man came up to me. I’m not Japanese but he felt like telling me how he has a German background and during WWII he didn’t think it was right. I was too young to recognize the attempt of allyship. I was hung up on him “mistaking” me.
Let’s not forget history. They play baseball to remember. I’ll find my own ritual. Let’s find allies because Asian Americans are a smaller percentage. We don’t have much political power. I understand some might leave for Asia. For those in the US, allies help make up for the lack of numbers in the US.
The nice thing about the electoral college and swing states: margins are small so minorities can make a difference. The Amish in Pennsylvania. The Arab population in Michigan.
Are there enough Asians in Nevada or Georgia for us to make a difference yet? Anywhere else?
Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDzuTBGpB-P/
In this video, a AM's girlfriend is smacked in the face and her bag is then stolen by a thief.
The AM, in response, calmly holds onto the hand of the thief and tries to talk him into giving back the bag.
The thief looks at him, completely unafraid, and walks away. The AM stands there, confused and useless, and then walks off the train with his hands in his pockets. He stands awkwardly next to his assaulted girl and doesn't even comfort her, probably in a state of shock. My bro is losing his gf tonight for sure.
This is absolutely baffling to me. Where is his rage? Where is his anger? Where is his sense of urgency?
As far as it stands, this is 90% of you when it comes to a physical conflict. A lot of you do not respond with violence to violence and are completely soft when it comes to dealing with conflict. This AM had his hands on the wrist of the thief and the thief was completely unbothered. This is sheer evidence that AM are consistently disrespected and underestimated.
Even those of you who complain about martial arts and tell me that BJJ is useless will admit having hands on a wrist at that angle is more than enough to establish an attack, drag, or wrist lock.
There simply is no excuse for this kind of behavior and it's so much worse because the AM's woman was attacked in broad daylight and was met with absolutely zero consequences.
Edit: I will say there is some credit to be given here that the AM at least stood his ground to some degree and kept engaging with the thief. Most AM that will just sit there and do nothing.
Edit 2: Behaviors like this are noticed especially by women. This is bad publicity for all AM in general --- women love a man that can protect them.
This guy is just incredible! I just had to share this video lol, super cool there are more and more awesome Asian male role models
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4USeNAYIuOc&ab_channel=SimpleHistory
Don't for one second feel insecure comparing yourself to this Asian King, we can each make our own impacts in day to day life, small daily decisions that add up to a big difference, small decisions that makes other Asians think “wow this guy cares and gives a shit, so I should too”.
Small decisions such picking an Asian family restaurant when thinking about eating out, shopping from an Asian vendor instead of another place, buying an Asian brand instead of western brand clothing or electronics, taking dates to Chinatowns and Koreatowns and Japantowns to let your culture impress her, deciding to vacation to Asia instead of europe, protecting an Asian when you see a person in public acting a fool, calling the police on them, and then confronting them, following subscribing liking and commenting on every Asian male influencers you see online, subscribing to tiktok and instagram tags #AMWF AMLF and other pro Asian hashtags so it goes viral and your social media feed is awesome, voting in Asian males and getting involved in Pro Asian organizations and their outreach programs.
Here are more ways we can each do small things that make a big difference. I will never ever be a fraction of the Asian man that Jonny Kim is, but I know if I make the decision to go out of my way every single day to help out other Asians, one day I will be a fraction of the man he is. I'm just a guy that uses Asian Male Latina Female passport broing to clickbait Asian guys into doing Asian activism, it's not much, but if we all chip in...it will mean a lot.
Tell Asian high schoolers that they will get more college aid if they show low income on their FAFSA
https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianMasculinity/comments/tpp90a/update_i_brought_millions_of_into_our_asian/
Ideas on how to Support Asian Businesses
https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianMasculinity/comments/qsvooi/support_asian_businesses_with_our_asian_wealth/
Open call for Asian positive activism and ideas for activism
https://www.reddit.com/r/AsianMasculinity/comments/13sq7gz/open_call_for_asian_positive_activism/
Hi, I'm a single 22 asian male moving to the bay area to work in Menlo Park. I'm currently looking into which city to move to.
One of my main priorities is social life. I want to live in a city with people similar to myself (young adults + east asian community) as well as entertainment options (nightlife, bars, clubs, raves, restuarants, outdoor activities, etc.). I would prefer somewhere more urban and lively.
Another important factor is commute time. I want to live somewhere with a <30 min commute to Menlo Park ideally.
Other factors include cost of living, dating life, public transit, and accessibility to visit other cities.
Currently, I am considering SF for the urban and social aspects, but the 1 hr+ commute each day seems like it would be unbearable. Other places I am considering are Redwood City and San Mateo. From what I've researched so far, there aren't really any good options since the bay area is mostly suburban and families.
Does anyone have any insight or general advice?
I know there are some Asian girls who refuse to date Asian guys because they aren't attracted to them, or because they want to gain status by dating a white guy, but in my experience these Asian girls are few and far between (and honestly not very high quality to begin with). The much more common reason I've experienced, especially living in Asia, is that dating an Asian guy also involves dating his family in a sense. And traditional Asian parents/families can be very overbearing and sometimes too involved in their children's dating lives. Not to mention all the family gatherings and other traditions that would need to be observed if an Asian female dates an Asian male. I've seen a lot of extremely attractive and successful Asian women who are fit, super driven in their careers etc. say that they don't have the time to deal with another Asian family in addition to their own, so they prefer dating outside their race even though they are totally attracted to Asian men.
On one hand, I totally get it. Whenever I date a white girl, I don't have to worry about pleasing their families, sweet talking their parents, or bringing gifts over when visiting her (because she probably doesn't live with her parents unlike most Asian girls). I'm dating the girl because I like her, not because I like her family after all. But when I date an Asian girl, I have to be much more aware of things like my family background, my education, whether or not my job is prestigious enough to impress their family, how often I visit their parents, etc. Not to mention the pressure of giving my in-laws grandchildren, which for some reason Asian parents have no filter about when talking to their kids' partners.
So I completely get wanting a XM/XF partner because their families will be less of a burden and cause less stress. But how do I navigate this conversation when talking to Asian women, especially ones I'm interested in dating myself? And how can I convince them that my parents are actually pretty westernized and not overbearing at all?
I am from california and a heavily asian populated area so I dont really interact with people who dont see asian people alot. I was wondering what a maybe racist white person in like the south or midwest think of asian americans? Do they generally like them?
For example, I know that racist midwest white people think that hispanic people are taking over the country and they think that maybe they may be "Ghetto" or more "uncivilized." Similar thing with black people, I imagine the racists think that they are "crime commiting." What is the opinions of asians? Is it more the stereotype that we are all smart, hardworking, but we take there jobs? What would a racist person think about an asian person? Do they think we are communists?
Probably most of you are aware of the explosion of online sports betting in the U.S. since the 2018 Supreme Court decision which legalized it. Sports betting is low legal in about two-thirds of American states. Well, predictably, an epidemic of addiction is following in its wake that, also predictably, disproportionately affects young men.
A recent Lancet study found that over a quarter of young men who gamble (online casino as well as sports betting) develop an addiction-like problem:
we estimate that gambling disorder could affect 15.8% of the adults and 26.4% of the adolescents who gamble using online casino or slot products, and 8·9% of the adults and 16.3% of the adolescents who gamble using sports betting products.
Notable increases in both personal bankruptcies and suicide have been already been observed in the states that legalized online betting.
One thing that isn't widely known but should be, is that the odds that the house enjoys in online sports betting is generally much greater than that found in brick-and-mortar casinos because the U.S. market is an oligopoly: just two firms, DraftKings and Fanduel, hold over 70% of the market. What's more, with the wealth of data they collect about their clientele, they are able to determine which of their customers are any good at picking winners and can (and do) kick them off their system. So, if you have an active sports betting account, it pretty much means that the companies have pegged you for a sucker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNKFOCki42I
I have a question and I apologize if this isn't exactly the focus of this sub but it does affect all Asians and Asian Americans.
How will AI impact all the professional world? I've alot of statistics lately and have had alot of my fellow friends in CS from all races get out of work recently.
The video I linked above kinda scares me because while I would like to think that we could have a universal basic income I feel like the liklihood of that happening in most countries is very slim especially in the U.S.
Asians don't have as many B.S. jobs and I feel like would be the first to go during the A.I. revolution in the U.S.
Anybody else notice that there's so many whites who build a social media business out of going to asian countries and making content "explaining" asian culture? I've seen people doing this for Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China.
Why aren't there more asian Americans doing this line of work? It seems so icky that whites become the spokesperson for what asian culture is when we should be the ones taking control of our own culture and narratives.
First China born NHL player signed to the Jets.
Great to see these type of role models for future generations
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDuTpTpRHrh/?igsh=MWdwNmJjeGtkZnc2aA==
I can tell you as a former college guy who met a lot of women that they do indeed care quite a bit about cock size, especially for short-term affairs. People seem to get their d*^k size and race stereotypes from "adult videos". Let's face it men of any race have seen thousands of d*^ks in porn since we have all watched it. Women watch it too but not as much. I am thinking if Asian men with big penises got in "adult vids" this could be reversed. Right now Asian men need better representation in this space. There's not really any major Asian male "adult video" stars that I can think of, but there are many black and white ones.
I will add that, Japanese video production doesn't help. For some reason they pick "ordinary" Asian guys, not exceptional ones. Despite the blurring you can still tell, a lot of the guys are also old and overweight. Imagine if they showed "ordinary" white and black guys, older and overweight! But it is uncommon, despite there being a lot of older, overweight homely white and black guys with average to smaller D's. There are no shortages of fit handsome Asian guys that are packin,' but representation is lackin', despite no shortage of talent compared to other races.
Here's how to do it, featuring Jason -
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ted8SuCSNyY?si=-oV7l-pM5mXGdzcx
Not the first time Jason's stood on business, there's more clips but idr them.
Figured it's helpful for others to see how to diss back, instead of whining which just makes you look weak.
https://nwasianweekly.com/2024/12/metro-driver-killed-in-stabbing/
It’s a little hard to find photos of him in the news but I’m almost positive he’s Korean from his socials and age correlation.
RIP, Seattle used to be really safe, not so much anymore. Know your local government leaders and let them know this sort of crime is unacceptable when it occurs.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDfU-gOz-T7/?igsh=MW04MzBueWJ6NHJxaA==
I saw this whilst flicking through my IG and it was pretty hilarious.
They insult Bobby Lee and call him white Korean as they laugh at his ass.
Fyi Bobby Lee always makes self denigrating jokes about his Asian heritage and his own mother just so wypipo can laugh at him and Asian people.
Live in alberta canada and turned 18 like three weeks ago and immediately downloaded like the typical dating apps.
I’ve gotten a lot of likes though I can’t see them lol
I’d say I have high standards appearance wise but I still managed to get a lot of matches. Age range was like 18-20. Mostly AF’s but I’ve gotten matches from like anyone. Gone on a few dates too.
I’m curious about y’all average and like how I just turned 18 and wanna compare it to y’all especially the ones a few years older— or if where I live changes the stats compared to y’all.
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I'm sure you've seen this blog post from cremieux regarding interracial marriage rates in US.
https://www.cremieux.xyz/p/intermarriage-in-america-post-loving
It shows Asian Americans interracial marriage by ethnicity, and it was based on the American Community Survey from 2008-2016.
^(Fig 1.)
Fig 1. Interracial Rates for Asian Americans by Ethnicty - 1st Gen + 2nd Gen+
We all read and had endless discussions as to why this is happening: self-hate, white worship, etc but surprisingly, one factor most of us here (or anywhere) don't consider is the total gender imbalance we see in Asian America.
Feel free to correct me, but I've barely seen anyone argue gender imbalance as a probable reason to explain this.
By the numbers, you have 9.6m AM and 10.5m AF, or around 10% more AF than AM. But broken down by ethnicity, you see even bigger gaps.
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I'm getting data directly from the source - US Census Bureau and I just copied n pasted the data on to Canva, for visual representation.
The only change I made is that I tidied up the age groups so we have consistent 5yr age brackets on the X axis.
This is using 2021 data and google told me the average age to get married in the US for females is 31, so based on this age, I roughly plotted out where the US Census newlywed data (Fig 1) was sampled.
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Korean Americans
Total Population: 1,469,854 - Males: 45% Females: 55%
Over 20% more AF than AM
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=korean
You can see the shit load of excess AF where the American Community Survey was conducted by using the average age of marriage of 31.
Fast forward 8 years to 2024, you can see the golden cross yourselves where they're now more AM than AF primed at the average marriage age of around 31.
On a personal note, I'm gypo myself and I was 29 in 2021, so I'm sitting perfectly at the golden cross moment, where more AM's than AF for the first time in Korean American history.
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Chinese Americans
Population: 4,403,215 - Male: 47% Female: 53%
Over 10% more AM than AF
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=chinese
There is simply too many AF and we won't see any golden cross moment for like 2 decades or so. However the Excess amount (yellow line) will fall as time goes on.
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Taiwanese Americans
Population: 195,702 - Male: 47.5% Female: 52.5%
Around 10% more AF
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=taiwanese
Similar story to Chinese Americans. Still tons of excess AF, but it will gradually decrease by 2030.
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Japanese Americans
Population: 725,773 - Male: 42.5% Female: 57.5%
Over 35% more AF!!
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=japanese
I think for Japanese, we will be able to see the golden cross by 2030, but not by much (yellow line).
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Vietnamese Americans
Population: 1,908,676 Male: 47.5% Female: 52.5%
10% more AF, in line with Asian American average
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=Vietnamese
Notice how smaller the excess AF population, the out-marriage rate is also small. Compare out-marriage rates for Vietnamese AF compared to others in Fig 1.
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Filipino Americans
Population: 3,103,814 - Male: 43.8% Female: 56.2%
Over 20% more AF
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=Filipino
How Filipino out-marriage rates play out by 2030 will be interesting. If it remains high, we could actually quantify the self-hate that AF's have by reverse engineering this dataset. Finger's crossed it doesn't happen, because Filipinos are set for the golden cross within 5 years or so.
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Thai Americans
Population: 202,982 - Male: 37.4% Female: 62.6%
Jaw dropping 67% more AF!!!
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5YSPT2021.B01001?q=Thai
Truly a jaw dropping gender imbalance. There are multiple periods where the excess difference is actually greater than the AM population itself!
It's coming down slowly, but it'll take probably 1 decade to see roughly even numbers between AM n AF.
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To provide context to the bigger picture, I comprised all the Excess AF data (yellow line) in to one chart, broken down by age groups and as a % of the population.
As you can see, it was Gen X where all this peaked and Millennials is where you start to see the transition back towards balance, but still a significant gender imbalance remains for millennials, except for Koreans.
Remember, the oldest Gen Z in 2024 is 27 years old, and the average age for females to get married in the US is 31, and this probably explains the relatively high out-marriage rate as shown in cremieux's blog, where he uses the most recent 2022 data (oldest Gen Z is 25 years old here). There is still way too many excess AF who are at the prime age of getting married.
Even though we Koreans have reversed this situation, there is less than 1.5m of us. We are the 5th biggest Asian American group and we are shrinking each year. We are too small to make a dent in overall rates and it shows.
The most important question is, what is causing this massive amount of AF excess in America??
I can't speak for other Asian groups, but for us Koreans, I think the single biggest reason is the adoptee situation. Ever since like the 70's onwards, you saw massive amounts of Koreans being adopted to the west, and many went to the US. And surprise surprise, most of them were females.
Good thing the adoption outward rate is basically non-existent now.
Other reasons are war brides after Korean war & WWII and I'm guessing a steady stream of passport bro's during the 80's & 90's? Fortunately, all this is in the rear view mirror now..
What is the story behind excess AF for your ethnicity??
(or has anyone tried to push you to socialize with others who you dont feel like socializing with or have little in common, or even tried to change you?)
[Im not totally against socializing with others outside my cultural identity, im just extremely selective and I just want to have a few others who I share my cultural identity as well as moral values and standards in my circle as well.]
I honestly am not trying to have microaggressions to anyone or any particular group in general as I know that anyone in this country can have low standards and values such as people in my family or I myself in the past did. I know im going to get flak from the sheltered virtue signalers or the DEI and "everyone is equal or the same crowd" but honestly? I was born in 93 in Socal and ive been around......That stuffs not true at all anyways.......
Take for instance Japan for example, they have such a high quality of standards embedded in them since they were children that its safe for 10 year olds to travel the train on their own, they can leave doors unlocked during the day or their city gutters are so clean that expensive koi fish swim in them. Japan rightfully so has a strict immigration policy where if you plan to visit or immigrate then you must AT LEAST be respectful of their laws. If japan were to just blindly, and naively open their doors to everyone who may not have the same values as they do things would change.
Now on to me and why I feel such a dissonance and discord with they way people tried to raise me or push their agendas onto me. From a young age once I was exposed to certain people and I disliked how they treated me or how they behaved my own parents always encouraged me to be "open minded" and to tolerate or ignore negative things that I experienced but affected me deeply. This in my opinion probably stems from "colonial mentality" which is something that I feel some of my people experienced due to colonialism.
This continued as I moved onto highschool, continuation school and then from one general labor job to the next. I dont communicate to my father at all anymore and my mom seems to have learned a lesson from observing how people took advantage or disrespected us due to our complacency and compliance. But now I feel like the people who push this narrative are Asians who dont know any better or try to virtue signal thus making me feel alone when I finally seek out council from so called people who have higher standards and values than the previous crowds me and similar Asians in this group have been in.
First time hearing about this at all..
That's the problem, the whole Asian community needs to be aware when they're getting exploited / attacked / taken advantage of. Unfortunately sometimes we can only read about it in subreddits as they're not reported in mainstream AND social media.
He was just sentenced to 16 years in prison. But this is a common theme and as you know, Asians, specifically women are vulnerable and targeted.
I don't want to blame the victims, I just think we need to educate our sisters / friends about what goes on. Reminds me of this disgusting crime. : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/02/19/troy-phillip-bohling-rape-murder-eva-liu-germany-bavaria/
To start, I was a former competitive martial artist (Tae Kwon Do, Judo) and currently do MMA recreationally. Because of this, I'm also intermediate level in BJJ (purple) and do kickboxing/muay thai.
I absolutely love fighting. Nothing is better. It's better than dating and sex. It gives me a reason to want to get ripped, gain muscle, and do cardio. I love talking to men while knowing in the back of my head I could handle them in a fight. Men seem to sense this type of confidence, but it's hard to explain this dynamic unless you do it too. It's primal.
A lot of Asian men regretfully have no idea how to fight. And when they are thrust in one, clumsily throw a few sad punches or nothing at all. This needs to change.
I hosted several self defense seminars in my local Asian community during the Anti-Asian attacks during COVID, and here are some basic tips I taught in those seminars:
These tips will put you above 90% of random attackers on the street.
In general, do not fight on concrete. Do not fight against groups. And understand that most aggressors want an easy fight. They're bullies, not UFC fighters. The second a fight turns difficult or costly, they'll usually come up with some bullshit to leave the scene. And as always, escape if you can, ideally towards a crowded area.
If any other warrior brothers want to add tips, feel free to comment below. Hope this helps.
I never like my partial epicanthic folds on my eyelids and wish I had full double eyelids. Do you think it’s worth changing because double eyelids are generally more attractive? It’s just in the inner corner of my eyelid and my outer is double but I wish my full eyelid was double because I think it looks better
I'm a big Uncle Roger hater like most of you here. Ever since he went mainstream the dumb WHITE kids at school all started mimicking his fake accent. Everyone that has tried to call him out either has gained no traction or has been shouted down by all his skibidi fans to the point of deleting videos and closing comments, but I was recommended a video yesterday that I think might FINALLY change public opinion about Uncle Roger.
The video is very convincing and the comment section is actually calling out Uncle Roger too. It sucks that this matters but a couple of top comments are from Black people calling out Uncle Roger, and we all know this matters since all the Libs will fall in line when Black people says something. Sad but true.
The video also calls out Steven He but there's something about Uncle Roger's smugness that ticks me off extra. That guy who hate crimed him did us all a favour.
In closing, Uncle Roger SUXX. Amen.