Bitter Asian Men

Thanks to Kountrytime for this link on his blog.  Amusing, somewhat true and definitely could have been expanded on with better arguments, Bitter Asian Men rants on about some of the common annoyances that Asian males often bounce around after a couple of beers (yes, another factoid is that we can hold less alcohol than the average A&F guy).  Some bullets:

• White girls don't like us -- hell, girls in general prefer other ethnic males over the supremely dorked face Asian male stereotype
• Asian girls don't like us (it's true, one of the best perks of being an expat in Asia if you're white is that you get your pick of tittering Asian-girl-trophies
• Our parents hate us with their 'love'
• We can't grow facial hair, among other physical drawbacks

Etc.  Of course, as an Asian guy, I'm tempted to say 'grow some balls' and dare to be different to all these Asian guys who complain about their station in society. But I feel a little sorry for them too, because after centuries of Western stereotypes, we are in a pretty bad position.  Some friends I know try real hard to be all-American, whatever that means, while some just retreat into the safe haven of their yellow posses.

Just hoping more of Asian males in this generation will disrupt the common associations with our ethnic-gender and make some noise in more diverse areas.

In any case, for a more serious approach to Asian-American issues, including the bitter Asian guy syndrome, check out Leopard in the Temple's mag (where he's a staff member): Hyphen.