Eddie Huang's response to this: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/opinion/sunday/hey-steve-harvey-who-says-i-might-not-steal-your-girl.html
"I told myself that it was all a lie, but the structural emasculation of Asian men in all forms of media became a self-fulfilling prophecy that produced an actual abhorrence to Asian men in the real world."
Boom. You can thank me when you get it. :)
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Be sure to check out Matthew Polly (author of Bruce Lee: A Life)'s rebuttal here: https://twitter.com/MatthewEPolly/status/1160963016990572545
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Anyone interested in learning about why this happens and keeps happening check out Reel Inequality by Dr. Yuen.
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Dang, this was not easy to find (I deserve Reddit Silver!); felt like yesterday but it was a study from 1992—though the book that mentions the study was published in 2005.
Source: D.L. Rubin's 1992 study of the effects of accent and ethnicity on interactions between undergraduates and non-native teaching assistants.
Edit: Gold! Thank you! In retrospect, something not easy to find online is about 20 minutes of searching. Compare that to the past when it meant going to the library, card catalogs, books, aiyah!
There's a pretty seminal article about the topic by bell hooks called "Eating the Other," though it can be a dense read. It doesn't offer a lot of answers past our own understanding, but it's still good to find a name and concept of it.
http://genius.com/Bell-hooks-eating-the-other-desire-and-resistance-annotated
Hope everything goes well.
Yeah.. if you look at Alexa rankings, angryasianman.com is globally ranked 53,831. angrylittlegirls.com is globally ranked 2,498,505. I can understand her frustration because she was "angry" first and here's this guy who became more popular so that they think of HIM as the "angry" one. I can understand where she's coming from, but her whole reaction to this makes me feel very unsympathetic towards her. :(
I'm Chinese American here too and am surprised no one has mentioned Pocky Sticks. But yeah, most of the Asian snacks I've been exposed to were Japanese. I also LOVE mango flavored Hi-Chew. Not sure if this counts, but I also really like eating Youtiao.
Honorable mention: white rabbit candy that would always break my jaw
What about Asian drinks? I really like Yakult, Calpico, the bottled Jasmine tea stuff, and Yeo brand soy-milk.
edit: ooh I forgot to mention those egg rolled up cookies they sell in massive tins. This stuff.
Doesn't bother me in the least, but if you're going to do so, at least put enough care into it to get it right. Otherwise, I'm also okay with making fun of them.
I've seen books ridiculing the misuse of English in Asia, so in my view, what's good for the goose, is good for the gander.
i wouldn't necessarily call it cultural appropriation black people are not the dominant culture in the US. It's not the most offensive thing I've ever seen but it's weird. If Kenyon Martin is gonna get away with bitching to Jeremy Lin about Jeremy Lin wearing dreads and other black people agreeing with him, I don't see why asians shouldn't be a little pissed about this. I don't really like how a bunch of black people were wearing super stereotypical asian clothes and particularly the women were clearly not asian but doing their makeup in a traditionally asian way.
I think black people would be offended if a bunch of koreans were singing k pop and dancing around in "gangster clothes" with dreadlocks, although i could be wrong.
also this is beside the point but i really hate the asian hat thing. it always evokes this image in my mind https://drawception.com/panel/drawing/enBp3336/old-school-stereotypical-asian-man/ unless i'm watching some movie/tv show set in an earlier era.
The exact same thing happened to me, OP! TWICE. I get so upset remembering this, it's like they reject my HERITAGE or something.
Second grade, food-of-your-people-day, tell my mom, who makes a giant plate of beautifully arranged cold cut beef to dip in soy sauce. I am sad that no one even tried it. The most popular food of the day was a girl who brought in Burger King.
Tenth grade, food-of-your-people-day, tell my mom, who buys a giant box of "dan tat" and I bring it to class. NOBODY EATS IT. I urge one (white) friend to try it, who takes a bite and promptly spits it out into a trash can.
I read this article recently about a cute Japanese girl who loves trying different cuisine. "...there's something to be said for celebrating diverse food with your child early on, especially when it gets you to spend time together in a relaxed, fun way."
Actually pretty relevant to this subreddit! Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. Asian American author writing about a mixed race family in the 1970s whose daughter gets murdered. So far it is a really beautiful read, and it is so well written.
I usually read Fiction, mostly YA or thriller. I'm in the middle of a few other books, The Girls of Atomic City, which is about the women who worked on the Manhattan project, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Slouching Towards Bethlehem. I get tons of free books from my curent internships which is awesome.
Great, heartwarming story! Saw it on ABC last night. Their Kickstarter campaign to raise $80,000 for a documentary is at $69,873 right now, with 6 days left: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1746892989/twinsters-part-2-post-production
Edit: For those of you not familiar with how Kickstarter projects work, it's all or nothing. If the project doesn't meet or surpass the goal amount, they get $0 and the pledged donations do not get charged. So make a donation if you want to support them! (I do not know them nor have any affiliations in any way, I just found their story to be compelling.)
Academic freedom is a tricky thing...one can only hope that he at least teaches his classes in the fair manner that he describes. You can look at some student reviews here, but I don't think you can extrapolate that much from them: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=65265
It sucks that universities give racist scholars these positions in the first place, but academic freedom is important as well. But its kinda contradictory in a lot of cases, like when Steven Salaita had his appointment pulled for supposedly harboring "anti-semitic" views: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-steven-salaita-tenure-jews-twitter-tweets-unive-20140929-story.html
Zojirushi and Tiger make some of the best/most popular rice cookers. They have basic ones (one button to cook only) - but if you want to do other stuff, get one of the multi-function ones with the hinge lids.
The ones made in Japan are pretty pricey, but you can get one of the non-Japan ones for under $200 - for example.
Only thing is I think these take a lot longer to cook rice than the cheapo ones, but the rice is definitely better quality.
Mods thought this was appropriate for this thread: 50shadesofchae tiktok.
I think this person wonderfully addresses both sides of the sexes perspectives in a unifying manner. I think with COVID, the issues she talks about will become more apparent in the aftermath.
Does anyone know of any other content that shares a similar sentiment that is unifying of the sexes? This guy also address it in a non-dating manner, but that's not quite as on the thread's topic as 50shadesofchae: rishdog tiktok. I think it's a really healthy message to spread, especially now in the times of COVID backlash. Anyone know of more content like this?
The cool thing about the tech field is that competency usually trumps everything else. And the most important thing on your resume is the projects you've worked on. You don't necessarily have to "work" in the industry to have experience with stuff. I know a lot of people who just picked up programming on the side and worked on open source projects with people from the web. Ultimately all of this is just to get you in the door, the interview process is where they really decide if they want to hire you or not and if you've gotten that far then schooling is pretty much inconsequential.
If you want to give it a shot I recommend Code Complete. It's not really a beginner book, but it teaches you good programming practices that keeps code neat and maintainable which is extremely important.
It's been a tame summer. I've been on ready for wild fires but not needed. I'm thinking it's going to be very soon in which I try to transition back to fulltiming seasoning and taking a sabbatical from work.
Currently I'm in Arkansas visit with the GF and her family. She's been here since school ended and he accent had creeped back in..... I'm a fan. I was at a 4th barbecue yester and all the women had that accent.... man.... it was nice. I can very easily get fat here.
Since I'm developing an interest in Sailing I'm making it a point to see the Grace Quan this summer and learn more about fishing societies.
Broadly speaking, to build their reference databases companies do DNA tests on people with known ancestries in a region (think of those families that keep good genealogical records). I hadn't looked up Ancestry's reference panel before, but assuming they're still using this one with only 18 individuals to represent Polynesia... that's definitely going to lead to some, uh, interesting stats.
A brief search around the web doesn't yield any numbers for WeGene's reference populations, but a press release from this year indicates they've got an interest in collecting data from China's various ethnic minorities (I do take anything WeGene says with a grain of salt because I don't entirely trust Chinese companies, but I do trust Illumina). My WeGene report saying southern Han makes sense to me as I know both sides of my family came from villages in or near Taishan (though that Dai % is certainly intriguing!)
Hi! I've been purchasing this storytime book for my Vietnamese friends who have kids! Something to help introduce their children to Viet culture: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0804844291/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_9C2FSW5QT1MPZ74A424P?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Very interesting - thanks for that. I'd love to read that mentioned book. Here's the book on Amazon if anyone is interested: The Ethnic Restaurateur by Krishnendu Ray.
The new wave of Chinese immigrants from mainland China in the recent years definitely fall under a different class than the Chinese immigrants of earlier years.
I read a lot of books on philosophy and self-help. It's given me a lot of tools to help me deal with things like this. Here is a youtube video about one of my favorite books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhwEmS3-tf8&list=PL-bTaZrTDhtbhxgS59t4HzwCnq2iIYMgV&index=40 . If you like things like this, I would try Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Mastery by Robert Greene, How to stop worrying and start living by Dale Carnegie. Hope that helps!
I been reading a shitload of books and trying to kill off my massive backlog. I write about games for a living so I've been getting tired of taking work with me, so to speak. My goal is to detox myself from videogames until late November, so it's been nothing but boxing and reading. Here are the titles I wanna finish off until then:
For rereads, I have Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzche, Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard, and every short story that Flannery O'Connor has written.
When I was a kid, I couldn't go an hour without shoving my nose into a book. Now I have to exercise a lot of self control to keep my mind from wandering and getting bored. I guess this is what smart phones have done to me.
I use CF.Lumen to adjust my screen's color temperature at dusk and at night (here it's set at 2700k). Bright screens, both in brightness and color temperature, can fuck you up at night (keeps you awake, etc).
I think it was a PR move to quell the criticism of the casting for Ganke Lee. It is highly unusual for a studio to make an announcement for casting a mostly unknown actor in some bit role. Yet Sony put out a press release anyway, right after the controversy of Ganke Lee casting. The timing suggests a deliberate effort to counter the whitewashing controversy.
He's a 2009 law school grad. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/william-han/87/69/317
That's 6 years of firm experience, but nowadays, he would need probably 10 years of experience to get hired inhouse.
Like I said, firms don't sponsor H1-B's generally. I have only heard of 2 firms that did that, and only for specialty law areas, not for regular run of the mill business attorneys (which are basically a dime a dozen these days).
> And of course, SF.
Funny, cuz they're not favored to win a single game this year
So, I signed up for a Sling TV trial specifically for this: https://www.sling.com/
That said, Sling TV was lagging, had the video and audio fall out of sync several times, and outright stopped working for minutes at a time. I'm going to have to find an alternative or bother a friend with a TV for next Sunday because it was barely tolerable.
Tony Zhou's Every Frame a Painting is great. I've watched this a few times beginning to end because I can't take my eyes away from it.
If you can spare a buck or so, Every Frame has a Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/everyframeapainting
> Anyone have any dashcam recommendations? My cousin got rear-ended and because there were no injuries, the police said they don't do police reports for accidents, they only facilitate insurance info swap. Turns out the other party totally lied about what happened and her insurance isn't accepting liability.
There are some good recommendations on /r/Dashcam. Personally, I got an Amazon lightning deal on this one for $60 (minus some gift card $).
There are better ones mentioned on /r/Dashcam but I like this one for two reasons:
1) It's small and can be tucked behind my rearview mirror. (Technically, in CA, it's illegal to have anything very large in the center of your windshield). 2)It's detachable. A little tricky but you get the hang of it after some practice. One of the major sources of failure for the dashcams is heat damaging the internals. No problem with this one, just detach after you've parked and re-attach when you step in.
I don't know if the cord is long enough to use on your friend's car for a rearview, if that's what they want. But it's USB, so you can daisy-chain it.
> Visited a friend that works at NVidia and they were able to call up virtually any game and play it on their huge wall display.
[homeless-Chappelle.jpg] Your friend got any spare 1080's?
I miss Indian buffets too. I ordered takeout from my regular restaurant and it came out to about $60 since I wanted to eat my usual entrees (chicken tikka masala, chicken biryani, garlic naan and tandoori chicken). So expensive! I miss the $15 all-you-eat buffet price. Long story short, I've ordered an Indian cookbook called "Made In India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen" and am going to learn how to make some of the stuff. I just have to make a list of spices I have to buy...first up, garam masala.
Part 1 came out a day before the other ones so I guess that's why it ended earlier. Then again I also see this message: "This program has been removed temporarily due to an error. A corrected version will be posted shortly."
I haven't found an uploaded stream elsewhere, but it's available for purchase as a complete DVD ($29.99) on the PBS website or on Amazon ($1.99 SD / $2.99 HD per episode | $7.99 SD / $12.99 HD complete series)
I am easily addicted to computer games, but primarily free PC games. Throughout my life, I have been addicted to J-Bird, Paratrooper, Lode Runner, Solitaire, Freecell, Chip's Challenge, JezzBall, Civilization, Lemonade Tycoon, Pinball, Bejeweled. I have lost sleep and missed meals over these ~~(especially Civ)~~ (I'm lying. All of them.). I originally wrote this list ten years ago so I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Also I just found Chip's again online last week, oops. OH I remember. Candy Crush. I've reached the top in Candy Crush in an embarassingly short amount of time, and then had to back away quickly before the next level came out.
Oh and Tetris. Did I mention Tetris? On a good day I can play a single game on the original level nine for over two hours. I love Tetris in almost any incarnation. 3Dtris. Hatetris. I have become embarassingly good at Hell Tetris as well.
I may need to delete the evidence in this post.
Surfing slickdeals (again) and found this deal on some FREE TAGALOG LESSONS FROM AUDIBLE/AMAZON!!...Now I just have to gain the activation energy to actually do the lessons, heh! (Direct link to Amazon page).
I was at one of my kid's school functions last night and overheard talk of Coachella. Didn't even realize it was happening this weekend. I'm so old, ha ha!
Joe Biden is not the ideal candidate for most people in the Democratic party. His whole platforms is founded on being associated with Obama (who the Democrats love). The things that he has said and done on his own are not so great. The story he tells of why he's running for president is very emotional and moving, but I can't help but to think that he's trying to appeal to Democrats who "miss" Obama and moderate Democrats/left-leaning Republicans. He won't win without the millennials/Gen Z. Don't even get me started on the BernieBros.
>The bill was also strongly supported by the entities that oversee California's colleges and universities, who were among those who would be required to implement the bill's new mandates.
Meanwhile, another story of chinese americans against disaggregation
The idea that the ratio of communal violence over 800 years is 22 million Hindu deaths to 6000 Muslim deaths is so absurd on so many levels that I don't think I want to carry on this conversation any further. Your ideas exist in a different world from mine and I am fairly certain that mine is the one in which the sky is blue and the laws of physics operate.
On an aside, did you know that about 8% (maybe higher) of British India in the early 20th century classified themselves on the census as both Hindu and Muslim? Here, go educate yourself and get back to us when you've learned yourself.
Sure! It's primarily a gaming forum but with an extensive off-topic community as well. It was tightly moderated with limited access; you had to register with a non-free e-mail account (e.g. work, school, ISP, etc.) and wait for an admin to verify you. So it was one of the few online communities (and more notably, one of the very few online gaming communities) that was kept free of trolls, edgelords, and right-wing nutcases.
Naturally that led to NeoGAF having a reputation here on reddit of being full of smug, elitist leftist SJWs, which is what drew me there in the first place. But it did lean very much left and very much pro-social-justice (although there were still issues with some casual transphobia at times). It became a great place to discuss current events and social issues without having to wade through asshats and idiots. Of course, it kind of was an echo chamber, which led to resentment from some people, but with all the political mayhem that's been going on over the past few years for me it felt like a welcome break.
Unfortunately, what's just happened is that it's been revealed that the site's owner, EviLore, was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. A bunch of the moderators left, and so a lot of the community did too. Eventually the forums were left unmoderated and overloaded with people trying to watch the action, and now the site's pulling database errors.
Kotaku just released an article about it: https://kotaku.com/neogaf-goes-dark-after-sexual-misconduct-allegation-aga-1819755151
Just keep shooting.
If you're using a DSLR (or a camera with DSLR-like controls) stay away from any fully automatic modes. You can learn by shooting in aperture/shutter priority modes, but the goal is to shoot manual all the time. Understanding light, ISO, aperture, and shutter speed are the basics.
Don't worry too much about being super technical, worry about the shot -- be aware of the framing, or in other words: composition. Learn the rule of thirds and the golden ratio, but neither is (really) better than the other, and it's entirely up to the photographer as to which works better/is necessary for the shot.
A prime example of the golden ratio would be this:
And some examples of the rule of thirds: https://creativemarket.com/blog/2014/08/04/photography-15-great-examples-of-the-rule-of-thirds-in-action
Again, I can't stress enough that shooting as much as possible is the best way to get better at photography. Good photographers can shoot well with just about any tool, be it with a camera or a phone.
so Web of Trust designates the website you've linked to as like a human trafficking website
the owner of the website responded with some juicy quotes like:
>On the other hand, it would be a lie to say that all races are the same and that racial differences do not exist other than skin color. Truth is in the middle ground.
>However, it is NOT true that HappierAbroad is misogynist. A misogynist is a "hater of women in general". That does not apply. We are against feminism, and do not like the bad attitude and spoiled nature of women in America, who are conditioned to hate men, treat men like dirty, reject their own femininity, and try to become masculine and independent.
so like wtf dude, are you going on a sex tour or what
Metafilter had a really great thread on this that was basically a series of call-outs on people who were basing their romantic preferences entirely on race without really questioning whether or not that conflicted with their politically progressive identities.
I was never really aware of the emasculated Asian male stereotype until recently. I think it's possible to be considered a good looking Asian man even in whitebread America but it does require basically fulfilling Western expectations of masculinity (6 feet tall, broad shoulders, defined cheekbones, strong jaw). The people who have met me have never asked my girlfriend about her... love life except for, well, her friends who had crushes on me (#humblebrag for sure). That flavor of questions predominantly come from complete strangers that she goes out of her way to be cold to.
Maybe it comes from living in a very diverse city but it's entirely possible to meet and hang out with people who are smart, egalitarian, and won't judge you by you external characteristics. You aren't obligated to befriend everyone you meet. You are obligated, though, to not give two fucks about the ones who do because there is, in all likelihood, a lot of other racist garbage churning in their heads and society would do better with their ostracism.
I just moved back for to the US for about 6 months after having lived in China for the past 10 years, and I've found freegate to be really unreliable at times. I don't know if anything has changed in the past 6 months, but when I was in China, I used a paid VPN service called Astrill which consistently worked well for me.
I just started reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, who was a doctor who died from cancer. Thus far, it's a beautiful book.
On that note, everyone should also check out Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, whether the book or his PBS special. It is also concerned with death and mortality.
I also went to a talk last night at the Orpheum Theater about the upcoming San Francisco production of Hedwig. The two stars Darren Criss and Lena Hall proudly mentioned that they both have Filipino ancestry!
>I say that 1 token show isn't good enough.
x-post from r/asianamericanissues: Fresh On The Screen: How TV Is Redefining Whom We Think Of As 'American'
And this is just the beginning. Currently in development for future seasons are programs like Eat Pray Thug, rapper Himanshu Kumar Suri's show about a hip-hop musician who returns home to Queens to live with his immigrant parents; Pre-Madonna, Nisha Ganatra's comedy reflecting on her childhood as an Indian-American girl growing up in Chicago; an as-yet-untitled immigrant family reminiscence from rapper Nicki Minaj; and a sitcom adaptation of Japanese tidyness guru Marie Kondo's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
These new shows arrive just as the political conversation around immigration seems angrier and more strident than we've seen in generations. But there's reason to believe that this rhetoric is merely the final flare-up of nativism and xenophobia before a greater opening of both minds and borders. Because television has always been a critical indicator of shifting American sentiment. When a social issue makes it to prime time — working women, single mothers, the right to choose, LGBT equality — it generally means that the phenomenon is on the verge of attaining mainstream acceptance.
That book is a godsend. They really should call it, "How To Be Considerate and Not Be A Jerk." Because, if you really think about it, it's teaching you how to be a nicer, better person. Remembering people's names, showing sincere appreciation, those are just good manners that we ought to practice everyday. The book gets a bad rap sometimes for being manipulative, but I think it's really about becoming a more decent individual.
Btw, if you haven't read these, I highly recommend: Never Eat Alone, Give and Take, and The Power of Habit. Amazing books.
Just picked up and started reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X, not sure what to expect but heard it's received pretty well in here. Actually the first book of its kind that I am reading, I also have a habit of buying books and never getting round to it.
I also feel inadequate not being able to speak Chinese, you're not alone.
I am a beginner and my vocab is very basic, but I find these apps to help: Bravolol Learn Chinese Mandarin and Language Coach
I'll never not plug the writings of Qiu Miaojin when it comes to LGBTQ culture and Taiwan.
Last Words From Montmartre and Notes of a Crocodile are two great ones.
Her writing, life, and death helped galvanize these conversations in Taiwan in the 80s - an incredibly important voice, in a time when the cost to speak on these issue was much, much higher.
Most lanterns are plastics now. The lanterns can be as "traditional" looking as it can also be as kind of wacky (cartoon characters.) People still go around with the paper lanterns that you light up a small candle in though. If you go to an Asian store, they will have a section that you will see tons of plastic lanterns that you can hold and walk around that are battery powered with an led light. There should be another section that you can go for the paper kinds (they usually come flat so that you can pack then) those have a candle holder that you place the candle on and let it burn until the candle doesn't isn't there anymore.
Mooncakes are all based on what kind of filling that you like. The two most common is the egg yolk (the brown looking ones) and the white pasty kind, but there are other variations that have become popular. Some of the mooncakes have packing that show the filling purple might be yam while very yellow filling might be custard.
Have you tried something like Duolingo? They have a Mandarin course, although I don't know how well it is done. You can also look up the most common words used by kids and put them into a computer flashcard. It's quite common for people learning Chinese and Japanese to have all the Chinese characters placed into flashcards (except, for someone to be proficient in Chinese, one needs to learn something like 10k characters.)
You can do something where you look up the most common words learn and written in 1st grade or something, write all of those words on a flashcard and your way of pronouncing it phonetically.
I'm not a parent.
This film was helpful in understanding the issue.
https://www.amazon.com/Shusenjo-Comfort-Women-Japans-History/dp/B08SHLLN9T
There's a part about the statue in California, which had the same conflict.
They talk about that in this book which is pretty good and talks about other food origins you wouldn’t expect (rum was Asian in origin too)
https://www.amazon.com/Language-Food-Linguist-Reads-Menu/dp/0393351629
It’s very cute! And yeah, same. I feel like there are so many absolutely wonderful kids books nowadays.
Found this one through the library—got my almost-4 yr old a library card and he has a ton of fun picking out different books each week. It’s very interesting to see what he picks out. A Normal Pig was one. This last batch included a Christmas one and one entirely in Spanish which none of us speak (he insisted on it for bedtime so my husband, who took a single semester of Spanish more than a decade ago, got to butcher his way through it). And he insisted on renewing a book about the Gardner Museum in Boston, which is particularly random but a cool one.
I literally grew up with my head in my mom's lap as she massaged my brains with one of these so a bobby pin seems low key by comparison?
at the doctor's they usually hold up a container below your ear and just kind of use this with warm water: https://www.amazon.com/Rubber-Suction-Syringe-Washing-Squeeze/dp/B08DFH4DWF/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08DFH4DWF&psc=1
if you have a SO or live with ur parents u can prob just get them to do it without the copay u gotta pay
You can grow small decorative plants in apartments. My partner bought me this and it's been good for starting small plants and then repotting and moving them to other areas.
I got my mom into jigsaw puzzling last year. She said I t seemed sort of boring to her, at first. But we pieced one puzzle together, me and her, and she had fun with that.
To keep her going, I got a family photo customized as a puzzle. It kept her motivated to put the puzzle together after seeing the complete picture was a picture of the whole family.
And if your grandma is like my mom and has trouble seeing details of things, there’s this magnifying glass with LED light.
Fun fact: There were Japanese Americans involved with the Black Nationalist (some would say Black Supremacist) group, the Nation of Islam in their earliest days. I read about this years ago in a biography of Elijah Muhammad. Muhammad and the Japanese (his fellow "Asiatics") shared a mutual hatred of the White man, and Muhammad was convinced that the Japan was going to defeat America in WWII and help them take over.
There is this book that goes through the history of Asian Americans from California gold rush to building railroads and nyc. Very good read and it touches upon different time periods to give you a start. Then it is up to you to then research what you are more interested in after reading this.
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Updated and Revised Edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316831301/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_a_MANG6F20PKM2W44DQPDB
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Anki.
Trust me on this one.
Flash cards might not seem terribly impressive, but the algorithm underneath that determines how many days between reviews is. It works, and it lets you juggle a huge vocabulary list in a way that would be really tough otherwise.
There are plenty of pre-made decks with Korean words for when you're first starting out, and you can switch to making your own decks once you get a bit better and start reading books.
To use Anki, just cover 10 to 15 new words each day and make sure you do all of your reviews when they come up (which may require extending review sessions somewhat). And that's it. The algorithm makes sure you review words in the most efficient way, so you don't waste time on cards for words you know well. When you get a card right more often, you'll see it less.
When you have 10,000 words in your list, this is important.
I believe it's free even if you're not an Audible member. It's basically the 'limited trial run' model since it's only 16 lessons. I don't know offhand how many lessons there are but I'm pretty sure there are a lot more possible lessons. They want you to get hooked and buy the rest.
Best way to see if you're eligible is to sign onto Amazon then click the Amazon link for the audible book. Then see if it's offered as free or free-with-Audible-signup. I actually joined Audible as a trial member yesterday because of ANOTHER slickdeals deal.. So when I clicked this Tagalog book link, I may have triggered responses other than a non-Audible member would receive.
I also like this one - a bit more biting than others I've read: Charlie Hebdo: This Attack Was Nothing To Do With Free Speech — It Was About War
One of my friends also posted an article about when pro-Palestine demonstrations were banned in France last year - where were all the people crying for "freedom of expression" then?
Of course, it's nothing new for unpopular, "dangerous" ideas to be suppressed and for (non-white) people to be punished for them. Tarek Mehanna is someone I can think of off the top of my head. There are more examples in the article I linked.
I'm sure we'll see some AA coming in here (saw one on another thread), claiming this has nothing to do with us, just like the Ferguson protests, which is completely missing the point about how this kind of rhetoric can be turned against any minority group. It's like people forgot what yellow peril was... or how my Korean friends joked about pretending to be Chinese after the V-Tech Massacre (but not really joking, if it came down to it).
Hello again everyone! My name is Lawrence Hu, and I'm interested in sourcing AAPI experiences, specifically immigrant experiences, from across the United States. If you fall into the category or know someone that does, and are willing to share your story, I want to hear it! This will not be for any public use, just a personal project.
You can book a Zoom session here. Thanks for your time!
Chinese Brothers, American Sons: An historical novel by Ed Shew
Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
Semester abroad/study in China will be your fastest way to learn Chinese. You can teach English as side money $ there. Large cities like Shanghai, you can tutor for 35$ up an hour.
Cheap alternative- Mandarin class on coursera.org
https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-chinese
Good to know, thanks. My kids will have fun, regardless. From the slickdeals thread, (among rants about the evils of sugar), I'll try to find some 'flossing sugar'. Apparently, Fry's sells some.
It is cultural appropriation, I looked at their rating on trust pilot and they replied to a review with a white savior tone and that their employees are chinese.
Reading reviews of an induction pressure cooker. Do Koreans really keep the rice in the machine for 90 hours!?
>It does what it's supposed to do, and keeps the rice fresh for a couple of days (the Korean made ones are usually good up to 90 hours
>It only keeps rice for 2-3 days before the rice starts browning and becoming dry. Still edible, but not nearly as fresh as the pink Cuckoo that I linked above.
PS don't buy this model I have it and I dislike it
Hi all! I posted recently about writing and illustrating a kid’s book about my little blended family! I was directed over here for those who are interested in checking it out!
Family Style: A Chinese-American story about family, food and sharing with love.
There is! I didn’t know if I could or should post it here, but I’ll put it in this comment and the mods can remove if it breaks the rules!
Thank you so much for the support!
Family Style: a Chinese-American story about family, food and sharing with love.
no way this is true right? no one is wearing any protecting gear. i just want to know what this really is https://www.tiktok.com/@damiangelsenhuys/video/6787062344842267909
> The definition of Revolution is the exact opposite of reform through the legal system.
I think many people mean "extensive and pervasive changes in society" so there is no necessary link between the two. In any case, that's fine, we can use that definition of revolution if you want. How then is either Trump or Sanders starting a revolution? Where is the violent uprising? If they are seizing power through extralegal means, why are they going through with the election process?
>From Google...
The dictionary is an attempt to catalog how a word is used by people, it does not decide what a word means. Not a linguist, but /r/AskLinguistics in case you are curious how language can evolve over time despite the existence of dictionaries. Regardless, there are other definitions even in dictionaries: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/revolution?s=t
See #2 and #3
I'm sorry this is happening to your family, and i think you are doing the best and i feel that you are alone in your community dealing with this. A pacifist solution would be to perhaps if you can perhaps build allies within your neighborhood-maybe identify and associate with like minded people in the community would help, a church? groups on nextdoor.com? build some bridges with members in the community that you can trust to back you up and take a pulse of the neighborhood, gather information. I like to believe that there is more good people in the world than racist bigots. That being said, I am also a fan of "speak softly, and carry a big stick" for situations like this. You can carry on as diplomatically as you can outside your house, but also at the same time have a safety plan in place with your family that would include self defense and weapons training. There is no shame if the community knew that you and your family are very talented skeet shooters-for example. Your security cameras is a good start.
Yeah pre-NYC me was more mellow and patient.
Example: I just bought a Thermapen which, on sale, is still twice the price of a seemingly decent competitor...But the Thermapen reads a few seconds faster! Totally worth the upgrade to me!
Any resources out there specifically for Asian Am Diaspora <> Black American Diaspora? I want to learn, read, and support. Seems like the only shortlist one I could find is this recent page I found on Twitter:
https://www.notion.so/AAPI-Resource-on-BlackLivesMatter-be7e443f9ac44527a6dd194bd57595e1
Wondering if there are more // where the rest of you go to for your resources?
If you like the "mala" spicy hot pot flavor, I highly recommend the one's from Haidilao.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQ2CXXX/
It should be a lot cheaper at Asian supermarkets, so try to look there first.
Hello fellow Asian Americans of reddit! I could really use your help.
I actually posted what I am going to say in another recent post in this subreddit, but was told to post it on a banter... so here it is!
I am working towards my PhD in clinical psychology, and need some help with my data collection for my dissertation. My study focuses on personal beliefs, identity, and distressing experiences.
The survey takes about 15-20 minutes to complete. Ages of 18 to 25 are needed, but anyone is welcome to take it.
It would be great to have Asian American as participants to increase the diversity of this study.
This survey is also anonymous.
You have the option of entering to receive a $25.00 amazon gift card--- yes, I know it isn't much, but I am funding it myself and hoping that your willingness to participate and expand clinical knowledge will motivate your participation lol :)
Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it. Furthermore, I am more than happy to share my results with the group!
Here is the link to the survey: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2223515/Examining-Differences-of-Posttraumatic-Growth-across-Personal-Beliefs-and-Identity-Status
I meant to respond to your question just got overwhelmed wit all the responses :) My Tagalog is fluent, but i could use more work and conversational opportunities.
This is one of the books I used : http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/elementary-tagalog-jiedson-r-domigpe/1111645498?ean=9780804841177
But I really picked it up from listening to Tagalog Music, i'm a fan of music despite the language so it helped to listen, and look up words.
I've been working with some map stuff. You could try the following:
There was one open source map application that did exactly what you wanted but I don't remember the name. I'll let you know if I find it.
Like many others, I also wished it was longer. While you're waiting for the next episode to come out, check out Angry Asian Man's podcast: Sound and Fury. He does one-on-one interviews with some awesome people including Steven Yeun, Dante Basco, and Jeff Yang. Jen Wang and Jenny Yang were also on it.
Sorry, I don't give my name out on the internet--even my Chinese one, or even just my first name. Both my English and Chinese names are pretty unusual. I can say that the Chinese name contains the word xiao, which literally translated for the lazy means "obedient" but is actually an interesting idea with a lot of historic roots. I still don't agree with it though.
Names are an interesting issue for Asians/Asian Americans. I have a cousin in Taiwan who spent part of her life in the US, and had gone through several iterations of English names before she found one she liked, though at the cost of confusing her American friends. Another cousin feels like she picked out a name that's too commonly picked by other just-learning-English Asians, and wants a new one that's more unique, like mine. My aunts and uncles have assigned me to come up with a new name for her, but she wavers between "is that really a female name?" (in response to ones like Simone) to "that doesn't sound like a name at all, you're making stuff up now" (in response to ones like "Willow").
Anyone looking for a list of Asian American literature may want to check out the Asian American lit club's Library Thing list: http://www.librarything.com/profile/asianamlitfans
Alternatively, go directly to the livejournal here http://asianamlitfans.livejournal.com/ (last update was this month!)
This is at the bottom of the page:
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Instant Pho hasn't have enough time to develop yet lol. The super markets around here have instant Pho, but they are expensive little bowls for a similar amount you would get with a 50c cup noodles. The packets are decent though, lol.
I mean, instant rice noodles aren't uncommon, but made to be like Pho isn't as common or as big. Only instant rice noodle I can remember growing up with is this and it's pretty cheap (well, not on Amazon.)
as per usual i am perusing amazon for terrible romance novels:
>From USA Today bestselling author Jade Lee comes four highly-acclaimed novels in one box-set. Join Jade on unique journey as she opens the door to historic China—her very own heritage—and embark upon a sensual historic romance of a life-time.
>WHITE TIGRESS: Englishwoman Lydia Smith is drugged and sold as a Tantric slave. But the dark-eyed dragon of a man who purchases her doesn't want her virginity. He wants her Yin—the essence of her ecstasy—and to put her on the path of the White Tigress.
>HUNGRY TIGRESS: Westerner Joanna Crane is captured in China by political rebels with a taste for white flesh. Her rescuer: a Shaolin master with fists of steel, eyes like ice, and ideas of his own. But protection comes at a price... for both of them
>DESPERATE TIGRESS: Shi Po, Shanghai's most famous abbess and leader of the Tigresses, faces death and disgrace. Only one man can save her. But first he must prove he can master her demons.
>BURNING TIGRESS: A Chinese man's only hope of survival is luring a western woman into his way of life. But the white woman he chooses wants more than bedsport.
Hey also Japanese here. I feel your pain, Japanese food is really hard to do a low carb diet since so many dishes use rice and/or sugar, plus your restrictions must make it super hard.
Here are some Japanese search words you could use:
Low Carb: 糖質制限、糖質オフ、ロカボ
Crockpot: スロークッカー seems to be used more in Cookpad
No grains: This one is harder, グレインフリー doesn't produce too many results. There are more results for グルテンフリー but a lot of recipes use rice flour, so you may need to sift through a lot of recipes.
When I had my crockpot I made a lot of curry. You probably can't use the curry roux but they sell Japanese curry powder which only contains the spice. Off the top of my head keema curry/dry curry (キーマカレー and ドライカレー) and soup curry (スープカレー) doesn't need curry blocks, and you can sub out the root vegetables with almost any other veggies and it will be good. Some veggies I've tried are eggplant, tomato, bell peppers, celery, zucchini, mushrooms, and okra. I've also had curry with cauliflower rice and that turned out pretty good.
Like the other commenter said any nimono would be good, I really enjoy using chicken wings and daikon. I've seen my Japanese friends use a dry white wine instead of sake, so you may be able to sub that in. My mom made a great kuromame on New Years using the Slow cooker option on the Instant Pot, though you may need to swap out sugar with some sweetener. Never tried this myself but Sukiyaki might also work!
Hope this helps, and good luck!
> Does anybody know any good resources for Cambodian cuisine/recipes? Was talking to a buddy and I realized I don't know that much about Cambodian cuisine
I use the following two cookbooks:
For the record, not Cambodian myself, but I've spent time in Cambodia, and the recipes in these cookbooks line up with the food I ate there. I cook from both pretty regularly.
Over my time here on Asian American, there has been quite a lot of talk about Asian men being disproportionately represented in big media, even against their sexual opposites--nonetheless the disdain for the mainstream bigotry of the lack of AA lead stars. Any who, I was ordering some books that was suggested by /u/tripostrophe here and I came across this book as an Amazon suggested purchase:
Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies -- anybody read this or would want to start a book-review about it?
I only use the pink one so i can find that in most chinese supermarkets, but I found brown and orange on amazon.
There is a foam type material but I would be worried it's not as effective.
It's like this,
https://www.amazon.com/ARAX-Pitta-Mask-Gray-Pound/dp/B00PRO3PB0/
I've only worn it once, and it was awhile ago, and I'm skeptical of how effective it would be to block out droplets and stuff. It definitely did not help block air pollution.