i essentially have two groups of friends. my asian friends (i'm asian). and then my non-asian friends. the feel is so radically different with each group. if i go to a party with...
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all asian people, people are more reserved and if you don't already know the person really well, don't count on overt friendliness and good small talk. and then when i go to parties with my non-asian friends, everyone is talkative, socially savvy. it's like a whole different world and i can't help but marvel at it a bit. i will say it, asian americans as a whole, can be socially awkward.
posted September 22nd, 2011 at 2:52pm in
Toddler
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- I've always wondered about that. I mean how things that we think of as individual personality traits, like shyness, are cultural traits in other countries. I'm not Asian but I...(more) 9-22-2011 2:55pm
- this is fascinating (i'm actually being serious). I wonder how the asian adoptees of non-asian parents fare? 9-22-2011 2:56pm
- op: i've met many such adoptees. they are like white folks, savvier. 9-22-2011 2:57pm
- interesting. are they shunned (for lack of a better word) by the Asian community? 9-22-2011 2:59pm
- Not as much bc they look the part at least. I had adoptee friends in college who really e,braced all things Asian and had tons of Asian friends. And others who avoided Asians. 9-22-2011 3:05pm
- so do you love them both equally? 9-22-2011 2:57pm
- op: i like my asian friends once i get to know them really well. but whenever i meet new asians, it's just awkwardness. i've had to sort of train myself over the years to shed my...(more) 9-22-2011 2:59pm
asian inhibitions. i like both the same.
- I'm Asian-American (4th generation) so it's a bit different for me, though I know what you mean 9-22-2011 2:59pm
- ^^^I just realized though that I have no male Asian friends. Just women. 9-22-2011 3:00pm
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