Speaking Up Against Stereotyping of Asian-American Men

June 3, 2009

Interesting video here with Yul Kwon, winner of the million-dollar prize in Survivor, voted one of America’s sexiest men by People magazine, plus some typical Asian-American accomplishments, such as being a Phi Beta Kappa Stanford grad, a Yale Law School grad, and work stints with McKinsey and Google. Also featuring The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi and Jeff Yang of the San Francisco Chronicle.

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7 Responses to “Speaking Up Against Stereotyping of Asian-American Men”

  1. Will on June 4th, 2009 9:48 am

    awesome video - Yul Kwon, awesome dude
    a brother of my fraternity - Lambda Phi Epsilon! :D

  2. FZ on June 9th, 2009 3:41 pm

    I’m Asian-American, and I’ve noticed this stereotype.

    The truth is, we created this stereotype. It’s our fault. Get out there and change it, don’t blame anyone else for it.

  3. Bolo on June 10th, 2009 10:08 am

    Is it wrong that I wanna be a kung-fu master?

  4. clement on June 15th, 2009 11:27 pm

    Why are asian guys afraid to show their sexuality?

    Its possible that the need for group conformity is higher. therefore parading one’s sexuality is taboo.

  5. Maciano on July 29th, 2010 11:04 am

    I think this is unalderated unmanly whining.

    The guy who’s offended by a movie script he couldn’t do, because they wrote the line ‘kick some Arabian ass’, is just too much. You’re being asked to do a movie and you refuse.. hello?! I think that’s quite generous as it is. Plus, the guy should be lucky to be in a movie at all, he’s not exactly eye candy material.

    Westerners could never in their dreams have as many advantages in Asia as non-Western immigrans have in the West. Do you think we’d be allowed to settle by the millions in Peking or Mumbai? Hell no. Yet, in the US Asian guys moan about not being taking serious as men. It’s so pathetic, it is to laugh.

    Asian guys who think the West is bad for them should realize that they don’t have to come here, they could always go back to Asia. Nobody’s forcing you. If I could, I’d move to Asia as well, regrettably, as a Westerner, that’s almost impossible to do,

    Personally, I like Asians generally. They work hard and never cause any trouble. Let’s keep it that way. It may be a stereotype, but a damn good one to live up to. I wish more Westerners were like them in certain ways.

  6. Asian Rake David on July 30th, 2010 10:26 pm

    Wow Maciano,
    I love that you’ve posted here as you’re a perfect example of what is wrong with the imperialist “American” attitude, LOL.

    I do agree with you and the above posters who have said that Asians should stop talking and start doing. But the whole, “If you don’t like it here, you can go back to where your ancestors came from” thing is so counterproductive.

    “If I could, I’d move to Asia as well, regrettably, as a Westerner, that’s almost impossible to do”

    Hmmm…. I guess all those Western expats I’ve been working with are just pretend-Westerners, then, LOL

    Cheers!

  7. Ming on November 2nd, 2010 6:34 pm

    Marciano,

    “Asian guys who think the West is bad for them should realize that they don’t have to come here, they could always go back to Asia. Nobody’s forcing you.”

    You sound like an uneducated, 1st graders who doesn’t know the true Americans. Anybody who has the right to tell anyone to go back to their own country is the Native Americans! It has been genetically proven that Native Americans possess Asian genes, specifically Chinese genes. Even a brave white person admitted America was discovered by the Ming dynasty in 1421, 71 years AHEAD of Europeans whom carried a MAP, for pete’s sake.

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