In this day and age, Asian men are the new age oppressed minority group in the Western world. Note how I specifically specified Asian men but not women; Asian women are accepted by Western culture not in accomplishment but more as merely sex objects. Here in the states, most Non Asian men see it as a right of passage to sleep with an Asian woman. On the flip side Asian men are deemed sexually undesired and are casted out as social misfits, losers, nerds, karate masters, speak with heavy accents that are lesser men not worthy of any attention or admiration. The point I'm trying to make is that the same Non Asian men that are pursuing Asian women (its quite disgusting, I've heard stories of their advances) put down Asian men at the same time while pursuing our women. Everything in the Western world especially in the US is catered to satisfy their needs and they do their best to portray interracial relationships with Asian women in the media, movies, magazines, dating sites but simultaneously lower the value of Asian men in the very same media platforms. When was the last time you actually saw a lead Asian American male actor? When did you ever see an Asian American couple kiss on screen in a major movie or even a low rated TV show? Answer: Hardly.....to never.......the purpose is to discourage or demote Asian American romantic relations. Use propaganda to promote interracial relationships with Asian women and demote Asian men as worthy partners. How many times have you heard "sorry I don't date Asian guys." This comes from the media and propaganda used to embed inferiority in Asian men that we are even deemed undesirable by our own women. (Read more:
10 Things to know about Asian Women.) You go to an Asian event or any Asian community and you see plenty of Asian women with White, Black, Hispanic and even Indian men. It's a smack in the face......The same men that ridicule us or parading around our neighborhoods and communities with our women. Most of them come out unscathed, and if we mention anything then we are bitter and racist. Flip it around, if an Asian man were to parade a Hispanic woman around in Spanish Harlem, how much dirty looks and comments you think they would get? "Oh look at this Chino taking away our women" is what they will say. Same goes for an Asian man with an Irish girl in an Irish pub or a Asian guy with a Black girl in Harlem. The weak minded ones would instantly get intimidated and break off this relation thus further taking away the sexual options of Asian men not only with their own women but now women of other races.....It's an oppression our sexual opportunities and options.
There are many Non Asian women that date Asian men that complain about how much heat they catch when they admit they like Asian men. They get ewwws and yucks from their female counterparts and get teased by other woemn and Non Asian men. They go why do you like Asian guys? They have small dicks, they abuse their wives, they have low sex drives, long fingernails, eat dogs and cats, practice Karate, the list just continues.....If that's not a form of oppression that I don't know what it is......its a complete defamation of a certain groups character and credibility even before you meet the individuals. themselves.
Its no different then Asian men telling Asian women that date Non Asian men, why do you date them? They are carriers of STD's, rapists, jobless bums, criminals, etc. It's no different. Its a form of verbal oppression...its an attempt at convincing others (women) not to associate or date Asian men.
Besides the dating and mating world Asian men face overwhelming odds in everyday life. Asian men get sized up for their race first before they get a chance to show their ability. Jeremy Lin had mentioned many times that being Asian sometimes other players would come after him with a vengeance. They would state that they don't want to made to look bad by an Asian guy. Competition is competition but there is where the line is drawn passed competition and becomes personal and racist.
I was in
Macau last week watching the first ever UFC fight event on Chinese soil. The show was UFC Macau (Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le) which for the first time featured a lot of Asian fighters. There were a lot of Americans, Brazilians, and South Koreans also in attendance to watch the show and support their fighters. While the South Koreans and Brazilians had a lot of national pride supporting their fighters and chanting for their country, they were overall respectful and showed class and sportsmanship.
It was the night Asian men triumph as the Japanese and S. Korean fighters won most of the matches. Their was one fight, Riki Fukada vs. Tom Deblass where American fans showed their true colors. Riki Fukada dominated the Tom Deblass the entire match beating him to a bloody pulp. The American fans (2 guys to be exact) situated a few rows behind me didn't like the fact that a fellow American and white guy was getting the shit beat of him and began to shout racist remarks. They began to shout out loud mockingly, "He's from Hong Kong!"...."He's from Guanchuong!".....He's from Shanghai!"....He's from Beijing!".....(Riki is Japanese mind you) They were obviously drunk and their talking was slurred. Now I can tolerate sour losers and whiners but I can't accept the racist comments when it comes to competition. If an Asian guy get his ass beats in the UFC back in America, people cheer and all is good.
(When an Asian man wins, the race card is played as in this case tweet from a Swiss player in the Olympics who couldn't handle being beaten by South Koreans and had to make racial remarks in the face of defeat:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/swiss-soccer-racist-tweet-michel-moranella-_n_1719636.html)Competition is competition, win and your the man....lose and accept defeat like a man and come back stronger.That wasn't the case with these assholes and I wasn't about to let them disrespect me (Although I'm American born and raised) in the country of my heritage. We are no longer in America, we are in Hong Kong so show some respect. Don't come to our land and spit on our faces with racist remarks. I turned around and shouted "Shut up Crackers!" My face was looking for trouble as I stare them down. They refuse to make eye contact and left minutes later. Although, I was outnumbered and out sized and with Hong Kong girl, I would have threw down that night if I had to. Grab a beer bottle, plank, 2 by 4 whatever I needed to take care of business on the spot. There is no way I was going to let these white guys make racist remarks and disrespect Asians on our own home turf. It's like going to Harlem and making racist remarks on Black people. There had to be repercussions.......why are Americans so racist and ignorant?
Asian American men are the new Black men of America. We are oppressed by Western thinking, media, portrayals and even by our own. Things have become ten times harder for Asian men since we have been shoved down the bottom of the food chain and sexually and socially by Non Asians and Asians alike (Asian women). It all comes down to the Survival of the Fittest, and for Asian American men the odds are against us.
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