[Cynthia31756]

South Asian immigrants only know of black/African American culture from what they’ve seen on television and in the movies, and that, as we all know, is not exactly ‘positive’. Their culture also has a long history of being very ‘proper,’ with rules and regulations of how one behaves. Many see the stereotypes in TV and start thinking that black Americans are, well, not ‘well polished,’ as they say.

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[Jill30678]

I date a Vietnamese man (we’re both 26), and while I consider him an amazing person, he does seem to have disturbing racist views toward black people, and I don’t understand why. From what I have gathered, however, it may be because he had never seen a black person until he came to the United States. He said he would stare at black students in his first days of high school. I have been working on the issue with him, and it seems like he is having problems with the cultural differences in behavior of blacks and Asians. South Asia is plagued by poverty and lack of education. This may be a big part of it.

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[G-Neil]

I’ve noticed that, too. It’s very prevalent. I agree it’s because they’ve learned or heard somewhere that it is acceptable to treat blacks that way and that we occupy the lowest position in American society.

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[Katrina26726]

From what I’ve read, there’s a lot of racism in Asia, too. There’s still a lot of resentment toward the Japanese from countries Japan occupied and exploited during World War II. A Chinese friend from Indonesia says the native Indonesians are really resentful of the Chinese immigrants. So it doesn’t just happen here. I’ve certainly seen what you’re talking about, though. I’ve been in a 7-Eleven just browsing around aimlessly not knowing what food I wanted and haven’t heard a word from the clerk. But when a black guy came in and started doing the same thing the clerk started verbally abusing him and telling him to buy something or get out. I left.

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