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According to news reports, Bruce Lee’s former house in Hong Kong will be sold to raise funds to help the victims of the earthquake in China.
Is a two-storey house at Kowloon Tong where Bruce Lee spent his last years before his mysterious death in 1973. The house will be arranged for selling by an 86 year old philanthropist named Yu.
A Chinese restaurant located in Hickory Ridge road Columbia, called China Chefs is serving great food at a low cost price of $25 or less.
This was opened 1989 and it is at the back of a hospital. The restaurant is not up to the competition, but they make their business stand out by giving their customers a different kind of impression that they can find here. China Chef is claiming to be different with other restaurant, because of their unique price and idea of a hard-to-find jewel.
Forget interracial dating. How about inter-Asian dating–dating across different cultural lines?
Inter-Asian dating is something that reveals stigmas even more severe than that of interracial dating. For our parents’ generation, inter-Asian dating might pose problems dealing with the politics of culture, e.g., instilled hatred for the Japanese in Chinese and Korean cultures. However, in our generation, it might pose something even more troubling: the idea of an Asian hierarchy.
It is well known that the Asian community is divided amongst cultures. When my Asian friends sit and talk about our different backgrounds, the conversation inevitably becomes a “one-up” argument. We are constantly trying to one-up each other with a lot of “Well in my culture…” thrown around. Because of this, certain Asian types are labeled as superior while others are labeled as inferior.
Like myself, you probably acknowledge that the idea of the Asian hierarchy exists within the Asian community, but think yourself immune to such biases. You think: I have many Asian friends who are Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, etc., and I love them very much and don’t make broad sweeping judgments about them based on their culture.
However despite my love for my friends, I have found that I sometimes subtract them out of their culture; I don’t consider them a typical example and see them as an exception. Thus, I have found that I do still judge other Asian cultures–even placing them beneath me.
It is very wrong, very, very, very wrong. Why I choose to write about this topic is that it affects whom I choose to date. I have even heard some of my friends say that the last thing they want to do is date a Chinese, or a Viet, a Korean, etc., the preference belongs to the individual.
How can this be counteracted? Very few people who are affected and aware of these cultural differences actually truly believe the prejudices of it, but the problem is a community issue and there are those who do honestly believe in the superiority of their culture. How then, can the Asian community attempt to unify groups that see themselves outside and above the Asian community?
I must play devil’s advocate for a moment as well. Perhaps the reason that I am concerned with inter-Asian dating is because I allow the cultural differences to affect me. I know many, many happy couples who are of different Asian backgrounds. These individuals truly disregard–don’t even think about–a hierarchy in culture. Thus, is my own issue with this subject a reflection of the prejudices that I so wrongly believe? However, I cannot possibly be the only individual who deals with this problem. How can we then overcome this false categorizing of cultures and look outside of it? This question has implications outside the dating realm, and is the key to uniting the Asian community. I wonder what the answer will be, and if such a problem can ever be solved.
Director Arthur Dong who made “Licensed to Kill” has come up with a new film entitled “Hollywood Chinese.”
It’s a story of Chinese people entering Hollywood, their real life experiences and thought on the involvedness they had in dealing with it.
The Asian American Journalists Association has selected students who will compete for the J. Camp for journalism skills and academic achievement.
J. Camp will be on July 18-23, 2008 at Loyola University Chicago. “J Camp gives students the confidence to make a difference with a future career in journalism,” said Douglas W. Nelson, president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Benson Lee’s film observes the lives of his B-boy crews as they raze the dance floor and following them n their competitions in Germany and around the world.
“These guys love kung fu films because they relate to the main character’s journey: being on their own, acquiring knowledge, trying to attain a state of wisdom. They have that warrior attitude; they train on their own and, ultimately, they prove themselves in a competitive arena.” As described by Lee about his crews.
Asian-American Chamber of Commerce in Stockton, Central Valley will be celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage. They will be doing it Lotus celebration, like what they are doing annually.
They will also be distinguishing the contributions from the three Asian organizations in their community. These are Chinese Cultural Society of Stockton, Japanese American Citizens League, and Filipino American National Historical Society.
“Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” was the title of the award given to 50 business men who has an excellent business programs in the nation.
This award is entitled to those business men who have successfully built a business, a good vision and an exceptional leadership.
About a month ago, I was sitting with my girl friends in the library attempting to study. Needless to say, that study session ended up in a girly heart-to-heart chatter. During this time though, I got into a slight argument with all my friends about The Asian Fetish.
I told them that it was my number one turn off in meeting non Asian men. That sometimes I felt that if a guy was hitting on me who wasn’t Asian, then I couldn’t help feeling that he must have an Asian fetish. Their reply was that I was over reacting. None of them were Asian so to them my complaints were me being overly sensitive and hyper aware about my race.
One of my friends even ventured to ask me how even if I was right, isn’t this so called fetish the same thing as having a type? She even used the example of boys having a blond hair, blue eyed, big breasted type (she herself was all of these things), but she concluded as much as it upset her, she just accepted it as being a part of who she was and the way she looked.
I got really defensive. My immediate reaction was outrage. How could a fetish be even remotely compared to a type!? I had never encountered this response to this topic, but all my friends seemed to think that I was being extremely narrow minded as well as hindering my own potential to meeting new people. After the initial shock, I got to thinking. I’ve thought about that conversation for so long, that I now have to ask myself and other Asian women these question: Is an Asian fetish the same thing as having a type? Are we sometimes overly sensitive to this topic? Does our constant awareness of this issue actually limit us as Asian women?
My own responses to these questions are this:
No, an Asian fetish is not the same thing as a type. There is a difference between being fetishized and fantasized. While my beautiful blonde friend can eliminate her stigma by simply dying her hair brown or even wearing less flattering clothing, an Asian girl is sexualized regardless of hair color, body shape, clothing choices, etc. Because we are a different ‘race,’ there is little we can do to eliminate our overtly Asian features.
Yes, we most definitely are too sensitive about this issue. It’s because we talk about it all the time and laugh about it with our other Asian girl friends. So when we see it in the media or see it in action at a party, it only further confirms our staunch belief that this sexualization is prevalent. In this respect, we need to be conscious that maybe we are too aware and too sensitive about our difference in race and too quick in assuming that we are being disrespected and objectified. As a result, we may be limiting our dating range with other races.
Your answers might be different because your experiences are different. Being an Asian girl who is aware of this fetish has definitely shaped how I play the dating game, or who I even let near me just to flirt. Think about these questions because they might reveal how big of a role the fetish plays in your own life. You might be surprised.
Kings Bay had celebrated Asian Pacific Heritage month last may 23 at the Kings Bay Chapel and Fellowship Hall.
During the celebration they had food tasting, dancing, awarding and many more. There are different kinds of food that are served like Filipino, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese. The dancers include students from Camden County High School and Jacksonville; they performed some dances from the Philippines like Tinilking and Cariñosa.