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Anonymous asked:
Could you explain a little more about the hierarchy of Asian countries thing? I think I know what that's referring to but I just wanted to make sure lol
diaryofanangryasianguy answered:
It’s like a mixture of national, ethnic, religious, and class hierarchy, clashes, and genocides that everywhere has.
East Asia is seen as being “better” than the other regions (Southeast Asia in particular) but within East Asia itself, Japan and South Korea tend to be more praised than China. Japan and South Korea have more global influence through soft power with media entertainment (that also caters to western countries) but China doesn’t care about catering to anyone. Obviously North and South Korea have had on-going military and political tensions, China has tensions with both Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many countries everywhere tbh, and Japan has nationalistic problems and other issues with Indigenous folks like the Ainu people and Okinawans.
Moving into Southeast Asia, Thailand tends to be seen more as an “exotic land” in comparison to Laos or Cambodia because it wasn’t bombed to shit nor faced genocide during the Vietnam War (Vietnamese folks had the most deaths obviously). At the same time though, Thai and Filipino women and children are heavily sexually exploited by westerners. Speaking of that, the Philippines has been colonized and occupied multiple times back to back by both western and eastern countries. The Rohingya (a Muslim minority) in Myanmar have also been facing genocide by Buddhist extremists for years. Regardless of what strides Southeast Asian countries have made and recovered from (including Thailand), they’re still seen as dirty and poor (similarity with South Asia).
In South Asia, India is known for having a caste system and I’ve read stories where people will fight or get murdered for marrying/dating someone “below” them. “Honor killings” are horrible too. There are also religious conflicts between Muslims and Hindus in some parts of South Asia, particularly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. There was also a Sikh genocide in India as well. Kashmir has been a huge issue between India and Pakistan even right now. But in the same turn, many South Asian (especially Indian) migrant workers are treated like trash in West Asia and elsewhere.
In some West Asian countries like Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, they have trafficking and modern day slavery issues, particularly with South and Southeast Asian (also African) migrant workers. At the same time, poor Lebanese folks have been protesting economic conditions for a long time. Same with Iran. Meanwhile, Yemen is getting bombed by Saudi Arabia funded by the US and we can’t forget about Palestinians facing settler colonialism by the Israeli government or the Yazidi (a Kurdish minority) genocide in Iraq. And the on-going Syrian civil war that has displaced millions and millions of Syrian people even today.
I don’t know much about Central Asia except that some of them have issues with China (especially Uyghurs and Kazakh Muslims). Don’t know much about North Asia either except that no one ever acknowledges them.
But as you can see, there are tons of national, ethnic, religious, and class clashes between Asian countries and even within them. Much more than what has been stated here. At the forefront though, East Asia is still seen as the “face” when it comes to all of Asia (probably because of yellow peril racism) with Japan and South Korea being some of the top Asian countries leading with probably the most positive images overall. Though it doesn’t mean they aren’t without problems underneath nor clash with other countries and whatnot.
So the stereotypical hierarchy to many people is that East Asia is the home of anime and K-Pop. Southeast Asia is the sex tourist destination. South Asia is dirt poor. West Asia is a war zone. And Central and North Asia are both non-existent. But regardless of what anybody says or all the shit going on, I got love and respect for the homelands. There’s so much we’ll never know beyond all the negativity until we see them for ourselves. It’s easy to generalize about a place while never thinking about the people that actually live there.
Angry Asian Guy
Hey so someone showed me this video, and although it refers to Chinese, I think a lot of Asian Americans (and beyond) can relate. I’ve cried a lot to this video, but I feel it validates a lot of our experiences with culture.
you’ve heard this one before. high school.
girl meets girl-
no, wait, that’s not right.
girl meets boy. better, more
marketable.
girl meets boy, girl falls in love with boy,
girl and boy get married, picket fence, 2.5 kids.
swimming pool in the backyard. maybe a dog.
you’re still with me, you’ve heard this story
a thousand times.
let’s rewind. back to high school.
back to girl meets
girl. soft meets softer, painted nails
and blonde hair pulled up high meets short skirts
and scuffed sneakers, fringe
over the eyes like a mask.
you might not have heard this one. we were
careful, we kept it
quiet. no making out in the hallways, no
matching corsages at prom. no
marriage, no picket fence, no 2.5 kids. we’re
keeping it quiet.
there are a thousand stories like this,
they just don’t get heard.
girl meets girl.
girl falls in love with girl.
girl and girl move to the city, get a one-room studio,
their parents call them “roommates”.
girl and boy kiss in the street
and nobody gives a damn. girl
and girl don’t stand too close in public,
just in case.
girl
and girl love each other in secret but
one afternoon, maybe april,
girl
holds girl’s hand
in the park,
by the apple trees.
one afternoon, maybe april,
another girl sees them,
hand in nail-polished hand, not afraid
in this one moment,
and she goes home
smiling.
there are a thousand stories
where girl meets boy.
we all know, we’ve all heard them,
but there are a thousand stories like this -
quiet, hidden, soft,
and there will only ever
be more.
we just have to tell them.
GIRL MEETS GIRL, M.C.P
I have too many friends who with too many horror stories to take this lightly. Don’t forget that creating an open table is an active effort, not a passive one.
honestly like real talk like real actual ““discourse”“
the problem with trying to define who is and isn’t lgbt+ is like….that’s…not….really how it works…..
like we don’t have membership. there’s no test to take. no one has a roster of people with gay credentials. and even if there were, the people demanding this stuff aren’t part of any High Council with the power to banish people. if someone says they’re lgbt+ the traditional way of dealing with it is just…believing them and not bothering to comb through every action they’ve taken to prove anything. and labels are so deeply personal and the possibility of mislabeling yourself is always on the table, so it’s really just like. if you feel an affinity for the community then sure. you’re probably right, at the very least you’re questioning now. so what up enjoy your stay.
like realistically at least some of the queer people ive met eventually realized they were straight, or really were lying about it for attention, and the solution to that problem isn’t to legislate it away it’s to just wait until it sorts itself out, because there really isn’t an epidemic of cishet spies come to steal all your resources. that’s just some weird gay McCarthyism.
Ben and Jerry’s really did that? Madd luv✌
This is real?!
People forget that Ben and Jerry are real guys that were always invested in civil rights, sexuality equality, and all other injustices. I’m not surprised by this ad. They be awesome.
^^ yeah they’re awesome. research these guys
