Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
by berneezy3 on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:31AM
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Very good point. I do think the hardships that the African-American community have endured are far more severe than the ones Asians in America have. But my people did endure their share of hardships as well; the first Chinese immigrants in San Francisco were used as slaves to build the railways, many working to their deaths on the tracks. The conditions were extreme, but I guess the scale was much smaller than the African-American slaves.
Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
by tentsive on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:39AM
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But do people even know the types of hardships Asian Americans had to endure?
How many people know about the Chinese Massacre of 1871 in LA?
If we really are going to compare suffering, wouldn't Native Americans be on the top of the list? And yet their suffering isn't really something that is focused on.
Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
by berneezy3 on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:46AM
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Native Americans are probably the most unfortunate group. To put it in business terms, I think certain ethnic groups have just been more successful in their marketing than others ;)
Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
by tentsive on Sunday November 27, 2016 @06:42AM
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Aren't there a lot of accepted jokes about black men being well endowed or otherwise physically gifted?
Re:Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
by dutchieinfrance on Sunday November 27, 2016 @11:54AM
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Really, in the USA? I wouldn't have guessed from the literature or movies. I'm a European, I've never actually visited the USA, so this is genuine question about whether these kind of jokes would be considered "politically correct".
I don't think you could say that there's a similar vein of humor with African-American culture that's developed, and that's principally historical: America's slave holding history is still an open-wound today, and its social concepts around African-Americans were widely based on making sure they were viewed as lesser.
EDIT: This isn't to say either is ultimately good. There's a pretty important difference between occasional good humor that transitions into something of more malevolent intent, but how people perceive them appropriateness very much matters.