Asian immigrants/children of immigrants get some of the most ****ed up comments. People can be so rude and disgusting when they encounter anything different from their "norm"

I had a teacher in 4th grade who dragged this boy to the pits for making fun of Asian accents He was filipino and one of the best instructors I ever had.

Asian people are so hot and interesting.

This is absolutely true. We get a lot of **** for "always complaining" but it's the only way for these discussions to happen on a larger scale.

Yeah colorism exists in some form in almost all racial groups, especially in Asia where lighter skin tones are the beauty standard. But not getting your 2nd point. No country's media/music stars are representative of the general population in appearance, lol

Since when are Asians not POC? WTF

I love Asians and i'm glad I'm seeing more of them on TV now.

Nobody in this read has said Asians aren't POC💀

To be honest, we aren't really taken that seriously when it comes to addressing racism and discrimination in western society. There are times when we're just footnotes or even completely removed from the discussion. The only time that people seem to address the issue that Asians face in the West is when a white entertainer appropriate something from Asian cultures, even then we're only used to attack white people.

I've been reading blogs/articles online regarding this issue, and while there were supportive comments coming from Asians and non-asians (White, Black, Latino, etc...), however, most were dismissive of the plight that Asians face. There were some commenters saying that the racism that Asians experience aren't due to people being racist but due to people just being a*****es. Some saying "you're successful, get over it!" or diverting the topic to "Asians are racists too!" Others were saying that Asians don't face the same level of racism as others or any racism at all. Asians may not experience the same magnitude of racism/discrimination/struggles compared to other minorities, nonetheless, it doesn't mean that it doesn't happen (Islamophobia that many Asian Muslims and Sikhs (because our ignorant society can't discern between the two) experience for instance.)

When it comes to Asians in Hollywood, there were people (if I remember correctly, there were few members here who share the same sentiment) justifying the so few Asian entertainers since it reflects the US Asian population...apparently there's a quota.

Asians do speak up but when your voice is constantly drowned and not taken seriously, it gets really tiring and futile to the point that most start not to care.

Thank you for your reply, it extremely interesting to read.
You really highlighted several points and I completely agree.

As someone who loves many asian cultures and who had the possibility to travel around the world, I feel pretty free to say that asians are actually better at so many things that, maybe, some people from the west might be scared of them. Let me explain, when I go to countries such as Japan or South Korea I feel the progress, I feel a nice environment, I see nice people, I feel a good music industry, something very impressive to me is that all of these things (and many more) co-exist with the history of the relatives countries, for example I walk down the street and I see both skyscrapers and ancient buildings, and that's something that you don't see here in Italy.
To me they have the right balance between past and future, and that's why I feel at home there. Everytime I return to Europe I'm like... are we serious? I think that this society is kinda stuck in the past and and is scared of the fact that western people are not the best anymore in several fields.

Hopefully things will change in the future, we should ALL try to collaborate with each other in order to make this world a better place instead of randomly spreading hate.
Each culture has both bad and good things, if we'd all work to put the good things of each culture together we would live in a perfect world.

This is really important to talk about to be honest. Psy and the Far East Movement (off the top of my head) are some of the only examples of Asian representation in the American music industry. I'm getting into Kpop right now and I'm surprised they're not dominating the US like Fifth Harmony is. I guess it's the language barrier.

I agree. Indians are considered Asian too.
They all experience racism but no one speaks about it.

This. And just because Asians in the U.S. are generally more 'well off' in terms of money and success compared to the black and latino population, it doesn't mean we don't go through racism.

They have some of the most beautiful people on the planet its peoples loss if they choose to ignore an entire race.

Have you realized that there are basically only two major asian artists in the west and there are no females? Like, try to think about when you're young teenager, you try to find a singer/actor who represents you and you try to imitate him/her somehow.
So why can't asian teenagers have their models here in the west? This is extremely sad to me, seriously.

The korean music industry is objectively the finest music industry in the world right now. If their music was in english they'd take over the world. I can't even find a single western artist who might have a production as good as a korean one. They really have everything: amazing videos, choreographies, dancers, vocals, stage presence, awesome packaging of their CDs.

As far as I know, most Asian families heavily encourage their children to become professionals (i.e., doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc.). I think Asian families disapprove of their children wanting to pursue acting, singing, stardom, etc. That's probably one reason - I don't know absolutely, obviously - why you see little Asian representation in Hollywood. I don't think there are too many Asians actively pursuing careers in entertainment. A lot of Asians also go back to Asia for more opportunities in entertainment. The ones left in Western countries are pushed into stereotypical roles. I think you'll start to see a shift once more Asians are born and brought up in Western countries. Stereotypes about Asians will slowly start to decay.

The amount of racism I've faced in my life

Are you South East Asian? From what I've seen a lot of celebrities from this region are mixed. Which is so unlike their East Asian neighborhood (China, Korea, Japan) where 99% celebrities are Asians. That's kind of strange. Does your country have a high percentage of mixed people then?

I spot tons of racism against Asians in this thread alone.