Blogs Tagged With asianamerican options | rated: b

  • Empty Praise: Identifying by Race

    Recently, Sleetse wrote that he was tired of being a "glob." I was surprised and flattered that he remembered the word I "coined" in nlute, a short narrative of selected periods of my life. I too was a glob--good little Oritental boy--not because I was genetically predisposed to be a "model minority…

  • Brave new world

    Interconnecting through XangaOne of the many wonders in my lifetime is the Internet. For many of you, the Internet is just another part of your lives, but for me, it is an amazing system. I come from a planet that did not have these new technologies--digitalized information, microcomputers, satellit…

  • Response:

    Hahaha! Ekin wrote that I look like a spokesman for RBJ... Egads, that was not the point. But I do know that there are a few readers who are members of RBJ and I just wanted to pass along some of the new things happening there. And I am moved by the fact that some find RBJ to be inappropriate or dis…

  • Randomocity

    Comment of the day... wait... so its superbowl sunday? -- Posted 2/1/2004 BarbEric_Bojo --Patriots 32 Panthers 29 Ok, Carolina lost, but it was an exciting game, and Deshaun got his touchdown, the highlight for me. Wait till next year...Closing in on 15,000 I really hadn't notice until someone ment…

  • All Look Same

    No, no, no. This is not another Asian American post, although I think I should post one soon--I've been writing too many inconsequential pieces for too long. School has kept me too busy to think too deeply about things that matter--not to make excuses, of course. Anyway, SammyStorm suggested that I…

  • Gaijin vs. gaikokujin II

    Ok, there seems to be a difference of opinion, and I think I should have put more thought into it than I did. This is what I get for talking off the top of my head. Takunishi, a JA (sorta? Weren't you born in Japan?), says that he is called gaijin when he goes to Japan. Gurlekka says that her mother…

  • Asians in America II

    My post from last Thursday elicited different comments. I responded to Paiky on Friday. Today I will address Dizzo who provided an opposing comment suggesting that, as far as he is concerned, all races in America are equal. CultofDizzo: to be completely honest, i never considered asian americans any…

  • Asians in America I

    My last post elicited different comments, which is, in my opinion, a good thing. Discussion--even if divergent and at times conflicting--is always good in that it is the first step in understanding each other and getting along--but please, don't call me Rodney King:PaikyPoo: we live in a world of ph…

  • Recognizing Ourselves

    Some have told me their scores on the alllooksame.com quiz. Although he didn't tell me directly, Masa says he scored 14 (out of 18) for a 77.7% accuracy rate. While this figure may sound low for a Japanese quiz, it was the highest score anyone I knew got.... until TiggerJ told me he got ALL of them…

  • Back to being JA/AA:

    Stupid me. Once upon a time I thought I was smart enough to tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese and Koreans (CJK). I thought each group had a particular look. Then I realized that Japanese actually had a diverse looking group of people--some pretty hairy, some not so, some with double eye…