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Angry Asian
Man is a term popularized by an
Asian American blogger,
Phil Yu. The Asian pop culture blogger Jay Chan has also used this
term. It has also been called "Bitter Asian Man" by Hyphen: Asian
America Unabridged<ref>Hyphen Asian America Unabridged. "Are
you a Bitter Asian Man?". June 29, 2006. 2005.
<http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/2005/07/are_you_a_bitte_1.html>.</ref>
and the website Bitter Asian Men. <ref>Bitter Asian Men.
Juned 29, 2006. <http://www.bitterasianmen.com/></ref>
and "Disgruntled Asian-American Men".<ref>Diverge.org.
"Disgruntled Asian-American Men." 2005. June 30, 2006.
<http://diverge.org/2005/08/disgruntled-asian-american-men/>.</ref>
It refers to an
Asian or
Asian American male concerned with anti-Asian racism and
discrimination, as well as
internalized racism among other Asian
Americans, especially in the
media and
popular culture. While the image of the
Angry Asian Man may be considered a pejorative stereotype, at the
same time it captures an activist political sensibility among Asian
American men which has found voice through the Internet. The image
of the Bitter Asian Man is also a stereotype, but awakens the
sympathy of society at large to the bitterness of some Asian men.
The term "disgruntled Asian-American man" used by the organization
Diverge.org has a connotative effect somewhere between the two.
Although Angry Asian Man primarily focuses on issues pertaining
to East and Southeast Asians, more recently, the site has expanded
its base to include issues affecting South Asians and Arab
Americans.
Stereotype
Common concerns expressed through
the persona of the Angry Asian Man:
Hollywood portrayals of
Asian American men as weak and nerdy (Example: Gedde Watanabe's
character Long
Duc Dong in the movie "Sixteen Candles"), or alternatively,
one-dimensional villains and martial artists Portrayal of Asian
American men as romantically and sexually undesirable, as
effeminate, submissive, and unpopular while Asian women are viewed
as exotic, sexy, highly desirable. (Example: movie "Fargo" where an
Asian man is portrayed as a pathetic, desperate loner trying to hit
on the white, female police officer.) White males who
exclusively date Asian women, and Asian women who exclusively date
white males Negative media representation of Asian countries,
especially the alleged "China threat" [49] or during the
1980's with "Jap-bashing" and Japanese buying American companies
and icons like Rockefeller Center while ignoring English and
Germans buying American companies and icons Perception of Asian
Americans, especially of the second- and third-generation, as
perpetual foreigners unable to speak the language fluently Asian
American men as poor communicators and backwards male chauvinists
(Example: movie "Joy Luck Club" where the Asian men are
undesirable while the white men are more caring, refined, and
modern) Asian Americans as materialistic and shallow, only
buying designer brands or attending the most prestigious
universities. Asian American men as manipulative, back-stabbing,
unscrupulous, untrustworthy Asian Americans as ambitious and
goal oriented and only caring about making money and not saving the
environment or being politically activeReferences
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See also
Stereotypes
of AsiansInterracial marriageAngry White
Male External links
A
Threatened Manhood? Exploring the myth of the angry Asian
male, AsianWeek,
February 3, 2000. Angry Asian
Man, a blog by Phil Yu Washington Post article, about the site
and Phil Yu himself Bitter
Asian Men
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