Asian American Attitudes toward Height | Asian American Poll

AA ATTITUDE TOWARD HEIGHT
(Updated Saturday, Jun 6, 2026, 12:07:54 AM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Assuming you are an Asian American, how important is height in your assessment of a person's attractiveness?
It's a key element of attractiveness. | 20%
It's one of many factors I consider. | 44%
It's less important than other personal qualities. | 28%
I am not attracted to tall people. | 8%

Assuming you are an Asian American, which best matches your feelings toward your own height?
I'd like to be 3 inches taller. | 43%
I'd like to be an inch taller. | 27%
I'm happy with my height. | 26%
I'd like to be an inch shorter. | 4%

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About Tyrone Bogues stats. I was reading a basketball magazine several years ago. I briefly read that one sentence, and I was only reading that magazine for leisure, not extensive research. Big deal, the average person like me reads/hears millions of words and numbers every month - so what if I misquote one sentence in my lifetime.

In the 93-94 season, Tyrone had 313 rebounds that season. Shawn Bradley had 306 rebounds that season. I think that was the point the magazine made.

My point was that Tyrone Bogues plays larger than his height. Even by NBA standards, a 5'3" player averaging 4 rebounds per game is far more impressive than a 7'6" player averaging only 6.3 rebounds per game.

B. Lee Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:41:16 (PDT)

Although I would like to belive that we East Asians are as tall as westerners and blacks - I can't. All those people saying that they have Asian friends who are like 6'6,6'3 and so on...I can't believe it. I live in Toronto, Canada -and if anyone knows anything about the area, then they will know that the Chinese are at least double the population of the next most populous minority. And Toronto is the most MULTICULTURAL CITY IN THE WORLD!!! This topic of discussion has been debated among my friends(a mix of white and asian) and we have obsorved that the Asians here(mostly Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese) are pretty short. The tall ones are ususally a good solid height(around 5'9 - 6'1, they are fairly well represented in the population) and yes there are 3 or 4 guys who are 6'3 or above, but thats about it, and there are thousnads of us. We don't get anywhere on this formu by LYING. All those fools making up this stupid crap abot this group of gigantic asian friends that they have is ridiculous. I could easily say that I know a group of Asian guys who are 5'3, 5'2, 5'2 and 5'1 - but I don't lie.
King Kwok Monday, April 08, 2002 at 20:08:53 (PDT)

chinatown,

I posted several messages explaining my viewpoint. I stated that nutrition is undoubtedly the greatest contributing factor for the rise in height of China. I stated that there is a possibility that subtle forms of eugenics may also be contributing to that growth. I did not say eugenics is the only cause (or even a significant cause) for the growth.

My messages are clearly posted on the internet for the whole world to read. If my message are not getting to you, then there is nothing left I can do. Honestly, it seems more like a personal issue with you, after I wrote a letter to you in a harsher tone, when you were the one who attacked me first, and I was defending myself and my position.

B. Lee Monday, April 08, 2002 at 16:34:42 (PDT)

B. Lee, it's far more conventional to attribute any increase in height to nutrition as opposed to eugenics. With the disparity in nutrition that existed in China however long ago would reasonably suggest a nation of shorter peoples than per se would exist in one of nutritional opulence. And while America had long reached the genetic ceiling in terms of height as a result of good nutrition, China still had a ways to go. Hence, while America's capacity for growing seven-footers seems to have steadied, China's are still growing as the nation heads into an era of greatness unseen in that region for ages.
chinatown Monday, April 08, 2002 at 06:27:05 (PDT)

Yo angela, my fresh-off-(da)-boat sista: Nope, they don't climb me because I am a human being. If they did, I would react by trying to step on them. And if you've ever considered climbing a human being, then I guess you're a very strange person who enjoys reading bad novels.

Speaking of eugenics; about the only pragmatists on this issue are the non-pragmatic dupes on the internet who would prefer donning white hoods on their empty heads and chasing black people than actually making anything happen. For all it's worth, eugenics was debated in America over a 100 years ago, when it actually was profound and trendy. However, to counter this, people believed that society was fit to take care of the genetic losers and that it was in the best interests of all things humane to take such a course of action. Sounds rather like communism doesn't it? Well, that led to an increase in popularity for the socialist party, Captain Germany a.k.a. Marx was having a jolly good time, the 1800's were coming to a close, and every dog-gone American bid farewell to Laissez-faire as all out capitalism took a bite in the crotch, thanks to trusts and monopolies, oh and don't forget Standard Oil Co. This was what I alluded to a few posts ago.

I must admit, it does sound good to sterilize all the criminals, get rid of short and ugly people, make sure inherent disease end before they can make their mark on the next generation. But if we did, who would our children beat up on? Who would they embarass with their superior intelligence, height, attractiveness, and charisma?

Oh and B. Lee, you really read very wrong. Tyrone Bogues has never averaged even close to as many rebounds in a season simultaneously with Shawn Bradley. During Bradley's rookie season in 1993-94, he averaged 6.3 rebounds while Bogues averaged 4. By NBA standards, that's not very close. I should also point out that Bogues never averaged more rebounds than he did that season. Though this may seem a red herring, I suggest you peruse your source(s) in a far more maticulous fashion than you have before, because not only may you miss vital facts and statistics (as in this case) but misconstrue it altogether.
chinatown Sunday, April 07, 2002 at 20:41:03 (PDT)

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