<p>Honestly sixsixty, why do you take what he says so personally. I'm asian, and I think a lot of my friend's parents are crazy too when they set their expectations so high that their kids have nervous breakdowns. I have two friends that are beaten for getting bad test grades and thus dislike their fathers.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, they get...beaten? As in 'c'mer, boy, I gots mah belt a-ready fuh ya whuppin...ain't nevah goin' get a B in calcus no more heheh'</p>
<p>That kind of beating? </p>
<p>Those families have bigger problems than bad grades. Do your friends just take their 'beatings'?</p>
<p>I won't comment as the entire argument is ridiculous - we know what the OP meant even if it wasn't stated in the most politically correct terms.</p>
<p>My Asian roommates get yelled at by their parents too, in their foreign tongue, so I don't know what they're saying. Interesting phenomenon.</p>
<p>Well yeah my problem was kinda with his diction, but more so with his refusal to back down when EconMajor08 questioned it.</p>
<p>i don't think it's bad for people to make judgements like that. I'm asian (not East asian, more central/south asian) but I think such beliefs are prevalent enough that it's reasonable and quite feasible to form such opinions. Political correctness should have it's limits. The only way I think forming suhc opinions is bad or offensive, is if the guy uses this opinion to form prejudices again'st people before actually getting ot know them, in a way that would affect his opinion of the person.</p>
<p>For god's sake, let's leave PCness out of this, it's annoying and there's enough of it in the real world, let alone on a forum.</p>
<p>How does a thread about a friend's crazy parents (who are Asian, a large group that tends to push its children very hard... nothing unheard of there) turn into a discussion on racism?</p>
<p>I feel bad for kids with parents like that by the way.</p>
<p>You know, I'm reminded of a cornbread white guy I met my first year who said...ahh nevermind. Most of you have only been exposed to one type of Asian family and whatever I say can't change your mind anyways. Just pay a visit to a city with poor Asians every once in a while to figure it out yourself.</p>
<p>Exactly. I guess all black people are paedophiles, and all white people are hillbillies.</p>
<p>Over-generalisation rocks my socks.</p>
<p>you also forgot that all indian and pakistani people smell of curry</p>