moal09

moal09 t1_jdlab5k wrote

Reply to comment by 10YearsANoob in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

Yeah, the filipinos I'm talking about are specifically filipino-americans.

I even personally had a filipino friend who I referred to as "asian" once, and he immediately corrected me and said he wasn't asian.

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moal09 t1_jdk5tp1 wrote

Reply to comment by 10YearsANoob in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

Honestly, even now, I've met some filipinos who don't consider themselves asian.

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moal09 t1_jdk5r0h wrote

Reply to comment by PoopMobile9000 in TIL that Chinese Food was introduced into America during the California Gold Rush, starting in 1848. As 30,000 immigrants had arrived from the Canton region of China, the restaurants gave the predominantly male population a connection to home and provided gathering places for the Chinese community. by jdward01

The Chinese also had trouble finding work as employees, so many opened restaurants, etc.

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moal09 t1_j9honiq wrote

Reply to comment by BakeSomeCoolShit in South Korea court recognises same-sex couple rights for first time by Mrloler70

S. Korea is unique as far as east asian countries go where the majority of the population is Christian -- in part from a century of American missionary work, but also due to a lot of the fallout from the Japanese occupation during World War 2.

A conservative culture + a conservative religion means stuff like this takes a while to get going.

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moal09 t1_j0piwo7 wrote

Reply to History-making Asian American soccer player describes his journey to self-acceptance | Kellyn Acosta, the first Asian American to appear in the World Cup for the USMNT, described how others have dismissed his Japanese heritage, and the harmful stereotypes around Asians and sports. by AsslessBaboon

Let's be honest. Nobody is stereotyping this dude as an asian. He even says himself that he only recently fully owned his asian heritage.

Not saying he doesn't have the right to claim he's Japanese because he is, but the dude is American-born, doesn't speak Japanese and looks 95% of African-American. I'm not really feeling the asian struggle here.

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