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Originally posted by DeltaSigStan
Well, I'm mostly refering to the steretypes placed on us because of pop culture, particularly amongst our young, like assuming we all race Hondas and Acuras and play DDR. Or that we all know martial arts.
Amongst Asians, there's the whitewashed stereotype, but that's an internal thing too. I know that happens within every race, but I think it's ironic that we're stereotyped as being "model", yet to do what I've been called as "acting white", gets you chastised.
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that has a lot on how young asian americans view themselves. pop culture has taught us whatever we feel about our own. unfortunately it has been quite negative upon the young asian american psyche. all you see in the media are the following stereotypes:
dragon lady - sensual seductress (can't think of any examples off of the top of my head)
nerd - asexual geek (charlie chan, asian dude off of law and order)
karate man - asexual martial arts hero (jackie chan)