BRICK TOAST: most semilegit boba shops have them. Just ask. TBH if the store has boba and sells popcorn chicken I will usually ask if they have brick toast.
And yeah, black sesame ice cream is AMAZING. Yogurtland used to have black sesame froyo and that was good, too.
. Well, we could get Roscoe's earlier and get ramen later AFTER the musical? Swing by Little Tokyo
Wow, those are fucked priorities. Minions >Ant Man
😵I've never seen a single Minions-related movie
Hahaha, thanks! To be perfectly honest, I was kind of worried about how I could fit in the date plus the midnight showing of Ant-Man since I had bought tickets way in advance, lol.
That really shows you where my priorities are these days
I found myself arguing on the internet for the benefit of my own self-righteousness; not because I actually wanted to make a change. Once I realized that; it doesn't particularly feel very noble to argue on the internet any more. Hank Pym would agree with your priorities.Hahaha, thanks! To be perfectly honest, I was kind of worried about how I could fit in the date plus the midnight showing of Ant-Man since I had bought tickets way in advance, lol.
That really shows you where my priorities are these days
I totally agree with this. The way I see it is this: if Ellen Pao were a man and/or not Asian, would people still express similar derision toward her actions? I think so; it's only the specific insults they fling toward her that would be different.
I think it matters, but I don't think every battle is worth fighting. In this particular instance, the people insulting Pao are doing so because of her actions. Coming in from the side and trying to pull things in a different direction isn't going to help or convince anyone of anything.
Sorry, I didn't see this earlier, until Dead Prince just pointed it out.
I don't know. I certainly don't think I have all--or even most--of the answers here. I do know, though, that often arguing directly against someone's beliefs is counterproductive; they just dig their heels in and come back harder, and then you both waste time. I think changing perceptions is going to be a gradual process, and one legitimate way of going about it is to carry yourself in such a way, where your critics see you and then question their own assessment, so while I don't think the "model minority" approach is ideal, per se, I do think it's a way of making headway against veiled racism.
Awesome! If I may make a recommendation, if you have time, maybe check out the Maldives. Place is beautiful and rarely sees American visitors.
I agree. It does not help at all that currently one of the most known Asian-American politicians, Leland Yee, is known because he got busted for weapons trafficking.
Yeah. Hence why it will take time. STEM is the safe financial bet right now, as your dad says, but politics resides at the top end of the liberal arts. In order for Asians, as a group, to get there, we will have to broaden our focus and accept that non-STEM majors are viable, as well as recognize politics as an achievable--albeit difficult to achieve--goal, but I think it's mostly too late for our generation. Maybe our kids will have a shot at it, but potentially swallowing the loss of financial independence for a low rate of success would be a hard sell.
It will be awesome. Thanks for posting that. I'm really curious how the general OT population takes to that type of discussion, since this thread is relatively sheltered.
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As I was saying earlier today, we're in the awkward, lose-lose (but almost winning) position where we're seen as basically white by other minorities but also as not-white by whites. Both sides seem to agree that our struggles aren't real, and both sides say we are "overrepresented" in academia and employment, albeit for different reasons. Moving in either direction will cause one side to hate us more, and that's a dangerous spot.
Hi! Glad to have you here. My Chinese is terrible, but I can speak and listen fluently, at least.
