Asian Culture Discussion Thread

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It always be your own

 

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Legendary Wrestler Antonio Inoki Dies at Age 79

His fight with Muhammad Ali is considered the precursor to MMA.

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RIP

ASIAN EXCELLENCE

 

[fenixconnexion.]

It always be your own

If the roles were reversed there would be outrage

 

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Celebrated Korean illustrator Kim Jung Gi dead at 47​

Celebrated Korean illustrator Kim Jung Gi dead at 47

Acclaimed Korean illustrator and cartoonist Kim Jung Gi, 47, died from a heart attack on Oct. 3. Kim was in Paris while on his way to the New York City Comic-Con where he was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead after experiencing chest pains. Kim was famed throughout the art industry for...

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RIP. ASIAN EXCELLENCE

 

[computersputin]

Remembering Kim Jung Gi

The prolific South Korean artist who endlessly drew from memory.

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[tupac jordan]

‘True allyship’: Black man hailed hero after saving elderly Asian man from carjacking perp

Editor’s note (10/7/22 3:59 p.m. PST): The original version of this article has been updated to include more details. An unidentified man is being hailed as a hero after preventing a carjacking that purportedly targeted an elderly Asian man in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile area.

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‘True allyship’: Black man hailed hero after saving elderly Asian man from carjacking perp

Editor’s note (10/7/22 3:59 p.m. PST): The original version of this article has been updated to include more details. An unidentified man is being hailed as a hero after preventing a carjacking that purportedly targeted an elderly Asian man in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile area.

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posted in the Attack on Asians thread. More of that kinda energy is needed. Less division.

 

[c flyness]

George Tokoro

 

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Did you raid a closed down 90s kinokuniya or bookoff?

 

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Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre officially inducted into World Chess Hall of Fame​

Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre officially inducted into World Chess Hall of Fame

Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre, 70, was officially inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame on Oct. 5 at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station in Missouri. Torre was joined by his wife, Maria Lina, and Philippine-born American grandmaster Wesley So during the ceremony. He now joins an...

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• Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre, 70, was officially inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame on Oct. 5 at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station in Missouri.
• Torre was joined by his wife, Maria Lina, and Philippine-born American grandmaster Wesley So during the ceremony.
• He now joins an elite list of the greatest to ever play the game, which includes Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Robert James Fischer and Boris Spasky.

Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre is now a Hall of Famer.

ASIAN EXCELLENCE

 

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21-year-old South Korean golfer Tom Kim matches Tiger Woods with historic feat last achieved in 1996​

21-year-old South Korean golfer Tom Kim matches Tiger Woods with historic feat last achieved in 1996

South Korean golfer Tom Kim recently earned two PGA Tour victories before the age of 21.

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ASIAN EXCELLENCE

 

[JPS]

‘True allyship’: Black man hailed hero after saving elderly Asian man from carjacking perp

Editor’s note (10/7/22 3:59 p.m. PST): The original version of this article has been updated to include more details. An unidentified man is being hailed as a hero after preventing a carjacking that purportedly targeted an elderly Asian man in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile area.

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Need more Kind folk like that man right there.

 

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Levi’s jeans from the 1880s auctioned for $76,000 has hidden reminder of America’s anti-Chinese past​

Levi’s jeans from the 1880s auctioned for $76,000 has hidden reminder of America’s anti-Chinese past

A pair of Levi's denim jeans unearthed from a dark period in American history was recently sold at an auction for nearly $76,000.

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• A pair of Levi’s jeans that recently sold at an auction in New Mexico for $76,000 has the phrase "The only kind made by White Labor" printed in its inside pocket.
• According to a representative from Levi’s, the slogan was used after the implementation of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, a federal law that banned Chinese laborers from entering the U.S.
• While the act itself was not repealed until 1943, Levi's reportedly abandoned the racist slogan and its own anti-Chinese labor policy in the 1890s.
• The jeans’ buyers, 23-year-old Kyle Hautner and vintage denim store owner Zip Stevenson, paid a total of $87,400, which includes the 15% buyer's premium.
• The new owners said that while they would consider selling the jeans to “an extremely interested private buyer," they would prefer for them to be bought and displayed in a museum "such as the Smithsonian or the Metropolitan Museum of Art."

A pair of Levi’s denim jeans unearthed from a dark period in American history was recently sold at an auction for nearly $76,000.

 

[nice jahb]

He Huang has made a new fan today.

 

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Son Heung-min becomes highest-ranked Asian player in men’s Ballon d’Or history​

Son Heung-min becomes highest-ranked Asian player in men's Ballon d'Or history

Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min has surpassed several superstar athletes in the 2022 Ballon d’Or rankings, making him the highest-ranked Asian football player in the annual football award’s history.

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[JPS]

Asian Excellence

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

Hit up Shinsaegae shopping center (Samsung owned)...their 5th Floor...@JPS worthy

in the country side of Korea

 

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@ Beruseruku Desu
@ Beruseruku Desu
@ Beruseruku Desu

 

[moe200069]

i need to know the origin story of the kevin nguyen.. i went to college with a bunch of these types

 

[sfc415]

i need to know the origin story of the kevin nguyen.. i went to college with a bunch of these types

Did you go to college in San Jose?

I was born in the city but my family moved to San Jose when I was 13.

My 8th grade year book had maybe 3-4 pages straight of Nguyens and I swear half of the guys’ names were Kevin.

That picture is how every Asian dude in San Jose dresses , so combine that with the Kevin Nguyen common name, and you get where the meme comes from

Funny thing is whenever my girl and I visit my family back in the Bay, she always mentions “I can tell you’re from here, you have the same black t shirt , gold chain, fade, and Japanese sleeve tattoo combo as every guy here”

It’s true though, out here in Chicago, my sleeve tattoo is pretty unique, and I constantly get random people commenting on it or asking me questions. Back home it’s just like the East San Jose uniform for Asians

 

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South Korea Crowd Surge: At Least 151 Killed as Halloween Crowd Surge Turns Deadly in South Korea (Published 2022)

Dozens more were reported injured when they were crushed during a Halloween celebration in Seoul on Saturday night.

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Dozens Killed as Halloween Crowd Surge Turns Deadly in South Korea​

At least 59 people were killed and another 150 injured when they were crushed in a large crowd in Seoul on Saturday night.

RIP

Really hope @ Beruseruku Desu didnt go.

 

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Crush kills at least 151 at Halloween festivities in Seoul

A mass of mostly young people among tens of thousands who gathered to celebrate Halloween in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 151 people and injuring 82 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years.

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Death toll at 146 currently.

 

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Astroworld all over again RIP

 

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