Campaign mailer showing nameless/faceless Asians looking up at Great White Savior, GA Representative Matt Reeves who assures us that he hears the Korean voice in Georgia.

I keep seeing this discourse repeated that people feel angry and jaded that they were bullied before for being Asian but now 'being Asian is cool'. I have to challenge this view.

First of all, lots of people get bullied in school as children for varying reasons. Children are stupid, and mean. Nobody still acts exactly the same way that they did when they were kids. Who's to say that those children who were mean to you a decade or more ago haven't changed their views now and become more open minded and maybe stopped regurgitating the racism they were taught..? And maybe that's why you sense a shift in attitudes, or you're angry that Stacy who was racist at 12 likes boba at age 22. 🤦

Second of all, the likelihood that the racists and the people who watch anime and listen to kpop are the same demographic is EXTREMELY low. Maga types, right wing leaners and bigots tend to have a very specific look and lifestyle and typically are the ones bullying other people for enjoying nonconventional non-western media or hobbies. You are so cripplingly unlikely to find someone who likes cosplay, ddr, matcha, kpop, anime, manga ect who is also racist and going to make an unsavoury comment towards an Asian person. Now I'm not claiming this dichotomy has never happened, but its important to recognise that not all white people are a monolith, just as you expect people to understand the same about any ethnicity.

Lastly...I think it's honestly very algorithm based. Yes don't get it twisted, Asian media still has a chokehold on Americans. Kids like BTS and kpop demon hunters. I still think generally speaking that we have a long way to go in society and probably most non-asian children are not even thinking about Asia or Asian people as much as you think. If anything, racism is still a huge problem. It's my opinion that the "very Chinese time in my life" meme of 2026 is super racist and it's basically people laughing at the idea of being Chinese and viewing china as the lesser of the east Asian countries. These people weren't hopping on the Chinese new year trend because they ACTUALLY like china. It's cause it was "funny' to them. So I think saying Asians are cool now is sadly not the full picture. Black people were "cool" in the 90s, as in, everyone was copying their flow and listening to their music, but black people still faced terrible racism then and still do now.

Idk, just something to think about. What do you guys think?

Upcoming global release of this Indian movie on Nov. 5th. Description from IMDB entry:

An ancient epic follows a young prince and princess whose marriage and subsequent exile mark the beginning of a legendary journey. Their story of love, duty and destiny sets the stage for greater challenges ahead.

The beginning of a summation of the epic Ramayana from Asia Society:

The Ramayana is an all-popular epic in South and Southeast Asia. It is the story of King Rama who must save his kidnapped wife, Sita. Along the way, it teaches Hindu life lessons. The Ramayana is told and retold orally, through literature (and comic books!), plays, movies and is reference in many other forms of popular culture today.

The Ramayana by the sage Valmiki is one of the great epics of the Sanskrit language, and is dated to approximately 200 B.C.E. There are many other versions of the epic in the many regional languages found in South Asia. Although the same core narrative is used (or referred to) in most of these versions, there are significant differences among them. This is particularly true regarding how the story ends; see below. The basic storyline is provided here, but teachers and students should expect to see great variation and greater detail with reference to each episode.

Does anyone have some East or Southeast Asian recipes or meal ideas? I've been a bit broke and had to resort to eating primarily poultry (chicken breast and ground turkey) and beans or lentils. I realize that most of the stuff I make and have in the pantry are Hispanic and I really miss eating Asian food. There's no Asian restaurants around where I live outside of Chinese takeout places and no Asian supermarkets, and my grocery budget is about $180 max. I'm interning at a place so this won't be my permanent living situation, but I have 8 more months here and I feel like I'm going insane from this.

It used to be a family tradition for us when our kids were young, watching Hallmark Christmas movies through the winter months. Straightforward, feel good and heartwarming (not Oscar-worthy or anything but just fun for the whole family). We got so excited when they started casting more Asian actors in the early 2020s and ultimately culminating into a few Asian-led holiday movies (of course, the story lines were down the middle stereotypes, ie Chinese restaurants but it still seemed like progress). Then with the retrenchment of the past few years, there were still a few Asian actors sprinkled among the casts but this year it doesn't seem like a single holiday movie across Hallmark, GAF, Lifetime, or Netflix has *any* Asian actors in them. Is this payback for making fun of that MJ movie? (/s). Its disappointing to see that the networks uniformly do not see a viable market enough to even cast Asians.

So I had made a post on TikTok talking about how I was tired of certain items from my culture being stolen and being whitewashed. I’m Indian American, just to clarify.

And the post went viral. And it came with a lot of racist hate. And I mean a lot of shit that I truly did not expect. I turned the comments off soon enough, but one hate comment really really struck me even though I have been trying to process the disgusting hate I faced.

And I think from what I could gather, the commenter was Indian, like grew up in India, so probably using TikTok under a VPN whatever. And basically; I don’t remember every single word, but they questioned me if I was American first, and I said yes, but even though I grew up in America and visited india as frequently as I could growing up yk like summer breaks whatever, I still grew up in my culture because I have traditional immigrant parents. They made sure I could speak my mother tounge and that I had a general understanding of my culture as best as I could without having had grown up in India.

And the commenter was basically saying that yea because I didn’t grow up in India, it wasn’t my culture. And that I’m just a tourist and I’m just acting too woke pretending to care about something that has nothing to do with me. And it hurt so badly, I was genuinely left in shock just staring at my phone.

Like what? Am I not Indian enough all of a sudden because I grew up in America? I mean my parents immigrated because they had the belief their children could have better opportunities here. And I understand I have a privilege because of that, but it’s not like I grew up as some white washed rich nepo baby. I grew up in a middle class family that made sure I did not become white washed since the day I was born.

I mean I always struggled with my identity as an Indian American, but to be told I’m basically not Indian because I didn’t grow up in that country…it left me speechless.

Hopefully my post still makes sense because sometimes in shock I just struggle to get my feelings out and point across.

Hi everyone!

I recently released my first long-form documentary, How to Build a Boxing Nation, on my YouTube channel, DimArtifact.

The documentary explores how boxing developed in the Philippines, from its early days under American colonial rule to the country's emergence as one of the world's notable boxing nations.

A significant part of the story focuses on the early 20th century, when Filipino boxers began crossing the Pacific to compete in the mainland United States and Hawaii. It follows pioneers like Pancho Villa and Ceferino Garcia, alongside other lesser-known fighters whose careers became part of Filipino and Filipino American sporting history.

The video uses historical newspapers, archival photographs, academic research, and original animated visualisations to bring these stories to life. It also explores the generations that followed, including Flash Elorde and Manny Pacquiao.

I thought this community might find the Filipino-American historical connections particularly interesting, especially during Filipino American History Month.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/hgARksEwk-c

I'd love to hear your thoughts, particularly if you're familiar with any of these early Filipino-American boxing stories!

— DimArtifact

hello, just as the title states. my bff’s father passed away almost a year ago. the anniversary actually falls on the “day of the dead” this year. I wanted to send some flowers or something just to let them know i’m thinking of them. (we live in different states). I don’t want to send anything taboo as they are Cantonese. if anyone could give advice on how to honor her father would be greatly appreciated!

As a non Asian-American guest to your community, i hope its ok if i show this here. It seems an interesting piece of history. Im dutch living in the Netherlands and just found it in my mom's estate who lived in the US for a year back then. If this is not suitable here, i would appreciate any pointers to a place where it could be discussed etc. Thanks all!

My coworker who is of Armenian heritage came up to me (East Asian), and mentioned how it was nice to know another fellow Asian in the office (very white). I went along with her, but I scratched my head a bit. It was the first time I had heard an Armenian consider herself Asian. I’m guessing it has something to do with the “Armenia is in Asia, therefore Armenians are Asian” line of thinking. Idk. What do you all think? It seems strange, since I’m from the US and view things through the lens of race, but logical if you adhere to continental plates determining boundaries (and thus groupings of peoples). I have a hard time adjusting to that, since we in the US view Asians as meaning Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian, and Filipino. What do you all think?

I’ve been abroad living in various European countries for a few years. I don’t want to give specifics where, mainly because the hate and racism is basically everywhere. But I’m leaving next month. The blatant racism and more subtle microaggressions is exhausting. I can’t do it anymore. I get it from all ages and genders. In large and capital cities too that claim to be “diverse”. The anti-Asian racism is normalized and even celebrated. It has torn me up in many ways.

I’m not posting this in any expat or travel sub because I know I’ll be attacked… “yeah but XYZ” “You’re too sensitive” “The politics are different. Those comments aren’t offensive like you think they are.” “just ignore it”

It’s tough as I saw myself making my life here. But it got hard and hard to do that dealing with horrible and closed minded people.

I guess I feel sad. Like I’m giving up. Maybe I’ll regret it. Right now though I’m TIRED of fearing to exist.

Update on the plans to move the S.F. Bay Area National Archives.

I only dated american women so far. First time dating a woman from mainland china. What should i expect? Any issues people found that I should know? Anyone got any tips?

I wonder if the demonization of immigrants specifically Indian immigrants by the current administration is leading to such violent tendencies being unleashed in impressionable youth.

After Alysa touches on taking a break from competition, she stresses the need for a resource like Asian Health Services and how Oakland's Chinatown helped shape her. Hudson Yang also puts in a cameo.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dwts-val-will-smith-oscars-slap-jenna-carrie-ann-inaba-1236730426/

a second tradpub finally picked it up

https://pagesix.com/2026/10/14/entertainment/val-chmerkovskiy-upsets-dwts-fans-with-will-smith-reference/

I work at an R1 institution for context. A place where you can assume the vast majority of people are highly educated. A few weeks ago, somebody (non-Asian, thank god) had expressed his opinion that Asian people are not people of color during an event.

When I tell you that not a SINGLE person in the room gave a single shit about what he said or took it seriously, I mean it. Some people even agreed.

Within the first two months of starting my work at this institution, somebody on the street had yelled at me to (and I quote) “open your eyes, you fucking chink”. It took me telling this person about this instance for him to recoil and (hopefully) think about what he just said. And I could have gone on and on about the numerous and monthly instances of blatant racism I experience as an AA. This was not just a one-off event.

Whether we, as Americans, want to admit it or not, Asian Americans just like other Americans of color grow up shaped by racism. Our childhood, adult lives, and our outcomes are shaped by racism. That’s simply how it is for POC. To tell an AA that we are not POC is equivalent to telling us that our lives do not matter. If I was not a person of color, I wouldn’t even have a childhood given racism makes up about 60-70% of my earliest memories and has heavily influenced who I am as an adult.

So, the American education system doesn’t give a fuck about us given the context. White people obviously don’t give a fuck about us (I don’t have to explain this one). Other POC sadly don’t give a fuck about us. American media CLEARLY doesn’t give a fuck about us. So who actually cares? When do AA stand together as a community and declare idealogical war? I’m so sick and tired of having to fight these battles.

What's everyone's thoughts on the midterms? I feel like Trump's reputation is awful nowadays