tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post4457102718503410208..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: 2010s: The Decade Asian America Goes Mainstream T. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-18787381589866945392013-11-27T13:32:02.207-08:002013-11-27T13:32:02.207-08:00"I'd wager if you asked most Americans wh...<i>"I'd wager if you asked most Americans who knew South East Asians personally, they'd still perceive Cambodians or Laotians as closer to Chinese or Japanese"</i><br /><br />Yes, I'd say that is a fair assessment. <br /><br />I do think this correlates with what I was saying, however - you need a certain critical mass of newcomers for the salient features of their cultures T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-62049931084090880472013-11-25T19:39:53.978-08:002013-11-25T19:39:53.978-08:00I notice though that "Asian" usually ref...I notice though that "Asian" usually refers in the US to East and Southeast Asians because of their looks resembling one another more than either does to South or West Asia and apparently looks trump culture sometimes for people's impressions. <br /><br />Some people in the US even confuse Indians with Arabs (!). See the hullabaloo over by people with the racist comments on the lastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-41284807892049794612013-11-25T19:13:59.080-08:002013-11-25T19:13:59.080-08:00@Anon-
A good question!
I cannot speak for Aust...@Anon- <br /><br />A good question!<br /><br />I cannot speak for Australia or the UK. But in the U.S. --<br /><br />Yes, Southeast Asians usually get lumped in with East Asians. In fact, Indians often get lumped into the general 'Asian' label too. <br /><br /><i>"But what about culturally?"</i><br /><br />To be honest, most Americans do not know enough about SE Asian culture toT. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-73809844035029395172013-11-24T15:26:47.690-08:002013-11-24T15:26:47.690-08:00Do Southeast Asians usually get lumped together cl...Do Southeast Asians usually get lumped together closer to East Asians in western countries than to South Asians in general? In the US, Canada, Australia etc. they do?<br /><br />Is it because they look more similar? But what about culturally?<br /><br />How come historically then, Southeast Asians belong to the Indosphere rather than the Sinosphere? Has more recent Sinospheric influence "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-79028840994083035952013-06-06T17:40:22.282-07:002013-06-06T17:40:22.282-07:00Possibly, but that seems dubious - I suspect if na...Possibly, but that seems dubious - I suspect if national markets were at play, 'token' characters would not be enough to make any difference. They would need to be more keen more prominent characters or at Asian locales (ala <i>Fast and Ferious: Tokyo Drift</i>) or famous Asian stars (ala Fan Bing Bing's scenes in the Chinese version of <i>Iron Man 3</i>) T. Greerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-91783640149239488062013-06-06T08:56:51.490-07:002013-06-06T08:56:51.490-07:00Could be also that the East Asian market for actio...Could be also that the East Asian market for action movies is growing.breviosityhttp://breviosity.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com