Annoyances of Asian American Life | Asian American Poll

ANNOYANCES OF
ASIAN AMERICAN LIFE
(Updated Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008, 05:25:56 PM to reflect the 100 most recent valid responses.)

Which of the following is the most annoying occurrence to which Asian Americans are routinely subjected?
Being told you speak English well | 21%
Being asked where you're from, originally | 28%
Having (non-Asian) strangers address you with phrases in Asian languages | 23%
Being subjected to offensive media portrayals of Asians | 28%

Which of the following is the most common way in which racial hostility has been expressed toward you?
Hostile words spoken to your face | 9%
Hostile remarks to others within earshot | 41%
Slurs or taunts shouted from a distance | 17%
Spreading of malicious gossip about you | 6%
Pointedly excluding you from a conversation or event | 27%

In your experience what types of persons are most likely to show hostility toward Asians?
People with low educational levels | 24%
People from social backwaters | 17%
People insecure about their own places in society | 28%
People envious of Asian success | 11%
People with little contact with other ethnicities | 19%

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To AC Dropout:

you really have a problem with Jackie Chan Adventures? That's like the only animated show that I watch in the mornings before work and class(here in the Chi-town area it comes on in the morning). I really don't see anything offensive about the characters at all, though Jade is a little bit too "Scrappy-Doo" like for me...lol.
T.B. Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 16:59:19 (PST)

Over chinese new years my kid was watching tv. He was watching the Jacky Chan animated adventures and drag me out of bed to watch it with him. I'm was a Jacky fan is a kid too, so must be herditary.

But in any event I was horrified to see that they were perpetuating the sterotype of stilted English overbearing unflexiable authority figure of an uncle, a very responsible highly obedient stilted english speaking martial artist (Jacky), and a sassy punk kid with a propensity of someone with a criminal record (Jade).

Granted in the Asian American population there are people who will fit those sterotypes. But to perpetuated it in a cartoon show aimed at little kids, the future of America, is inexcusable. It probably doesn't mean anything to people in the USA who are in constant contact with Asian. But for the rest of America, my kid (when he is older) is going to have to put fact people might think is one of the sterotypes in this cartoon.

In that show they had this Mexican hero name "el-toro." He was also sterotyped. He had a large english vocabulary and he could describe the mythos of local demons lore like a someone with a PHD in anthopology. But had to use "Amigo" in referring to his teammates. What happened? In all the excitement he forgot the English word for "Friend."

This really gets on my nerve the more I think about it....
AC dropout Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 10:24:28 (PST)

At this rate the next thing you know we will have legal jargon at the end of each ad:

"The characters presented in this ad are purely fictional. Any resemblence or similarity to actual events or persons is purly coincidental. *So-and-So* Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and did not mean to offend any race, religon, sexual orientation, or animal."

As long as asian are prensented in more or less a positive light than I'm fine with it. I will be the first to complain if they portrait and Asian gangster committing a crime in an Ad.
AC dropout Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 10:04:31 (PST)

AC dropout:

I've always had that gripe about birth control commercials. Target does the same thing with their "Club Wed" wedding gift registry. Why don't advertisers ever show IR couples?

"What about the birthcontrol pill commercial they have on TV these days. They have a happy black couple, asian couple, and white couple. But no inter-racial couple in that commercial. Is it a message that AF/AM should not have kids in America?"

I know you think we're reading way too much into it, but people still notice this stuff. Maybe the ad execs should listen up!
hapa triathlete Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 23:06:02 (PST)

AC dropout,
let's not forget the commercial about visiting California where there's an AM/AF couple shopping and saying, "We Indulge". What's that showing? Perhaps, AM/AF couples are materialistic? dunno...
Kevin Yang Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 14:17:10 (PST)

ABCDad,

If michelle kwan medals the gold this time around. You will see the real life AM dad hug his real life AF daughter.

Was the young daughter instead of a young AM son cast in commercial because:

1) He's a nerd and doesn't play sports.
2) He's too busy trying to seduce the WF coach.
3) He's too busy having a house party while his family out practicing iceskating.
4) White American would be too threaten by an sucessful AM in a sissy skating tutu.

What about the birthcontrol pill commercial they have on TV these days. They have a happy black couple, asian couple, and white couple. But no inter-racial couple in that commercial. Is it a message that AF/AM should not have kids in America? That only AF/WM or AM/WF should be allowed to have kids, hence decreasing the voting population of pure blood asians in America?

And there are those yeast infection commercials with AF in them. What is that suppose to mean?

The conspircy becomes clear...(fade to black).

I think we are reading way too much into commercials.
AC dropout Monday, February 11, 2002 at 11:37:49 (PST)

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