RicktheRuler Wonders Are Asians in USA Determiemend to be Parasites?

[adios]

As a courtesy to RicktheRuler:

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This is a little off topic, so I apologize if I set this discussion in the wrong discussion. I was talking with an Asian friend of mine the other day about a variety of subjects and we began talking about asians living in America.

He basically suggested to me, that there is sort of an unspoken understanding between asians living in America. Essentially, they are determined to live in America as parasites. He said that Asians come to America to profit from our free education and capitalism, but make every effort not to "give back" to the good 'ol USA. They do this by working almost exclusively with other asian companies--or if they work for a large corporation they spend as much is possible within there own community. I have lived in a variety of places throughout the country and in every single one of them there was an area filled with primarily asian businesses and residents. He went on to say that the most America will get from them is a "Sambo like smile" and some chicken fried rice. Yes, he was a little intoxicated, but nonetheless sincere.

I am doing a real poor job of explaining this, but I think you guys are smart enough to see what he was saying.

Any thoughts on this?

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[kurto]

Doesn't ring true based on my experiences with Asians (friends, girlfriends and co-workers.)

[poker-penguin]

Yes.

They have slanty eyes and eat babies too.

[RicktheRuler]

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Doesn't ring true based on my experiences with Asians (friends, girlfriends and co-workers.)

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He suggested to me that we--whitey--are "supposed" view aians (he was Viet, but was speaking about asians as a whole) like Sambos. Essentially, he was talking about how asians utilize their invisibility (like in Invisible Man, Ellison or Notes From the Underground, Dostoevsky) in America.

I would like to send a special thanks to Adios for making this a new thread. He seems to determined to become a forum moderator and I for one think he would do a fantastic job. If you need a letter of reference to submit with your resume, send me a PM and I will be happy to help. I can't wait to seem your name in green. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[spamuell]

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He said that Asians come to America to profit from our free education and capitalism, but make every effort not to "give back" to the good 'ol USA

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[sam h]

Why would you start this thread, which is clearly absurd on many levels? Anybody who has spent a lot of time with Asian-Americans knows both that this is not true and that implying that they have some common stance vis-a-vis America is ridiculous.

[lehighguy]

As somone that grew up in a community that was majority Asian-American, this is a pile of crap.

[RicktheRuler]

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As somone that grew up in a community that was majority Asian-American, this is a pile of crap.

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If you understand the concept of Invisibility as put forth by Dostoevsky and Ellison, this is SUPPOSED to sound like a pile of crap.

[RicktheRuler]

Also, this concept of creating a country within America is often discussed among people of Persian descent. If you think this is untrue, come to my house and we will tell you about it.

[lehighguy]

Sigh.