Title: Unusual or Usual? Post by: senior citizen on June 26, 2005, 04:00:00 AM Had our family reunion topday and a good time was had by all, except for a small problem. There is a new Japanese wife in the family (as well as two other Filipinas and a handful of Chinese and a few Thai), it appears the men in my family like Asian women. Must run in the DNA. Plus we are a military family.
Anyhow, the Japanese woman snubbed the Filipinas, but talked with the Chinese/Thais. Is this a cultural thing? I thought it was the Chinese and Japanese who did not get along well. Filipinas apparently get along well with other Asian women, and were friendly enough toward the Japanese woman, until she snubbed them. The Japanese woman and the other Asians were light-skinned and the Filipinas have Moreno skin (which I and others find very appealing). Is it skin tone, nationality or what? Never thought I'd see a new Asian wife snub other Asian women at a family affair, especially when many were a decade or more her senior. I'd think she'd be glad of Asian company. Any ideas? Any one else see this in action? Or is this woman just a snob or for some reason has it in for Filipinas? Title: Not so unusual, but... Post by: Bob S on June 27, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Unusual or Usual?, posted by senior citizen on Jun 26, 2005
still tacky behavior. It's easy to forget here in multicultural America just how racist and elitist 99% of the rest of the world really is. Just listen to Russians talking about Ukrainians, Germans talking about Poles or Russians, or French or Brits talking about Americans. So a lot of it probably has to do with nationality and stereotypes. To further explain the dynamics of the situation in that region (and for your entertainment pleasure), here's a little something I stole from another web site, "BigDaikon.com", a site for English teachers living in Japan: Posted by "Stupid Flanders" UK = f*** up little island country off the continent, has strong military history, invades everybody, hated by neighbors...esp Ireland, who they assraped worst, also they think they are very different from the Irish...and a million times better than everybody else. Annexed Scotland. Friends with USA. Korea = bullsh!t little country full of racist drunks who hate everybody...but none so much as the Japanese. Severe inferiority complex. Divided nation due to Japanese meddling. Half of country moves to NYC to open grocery stores. Ireland = bullsh!t little country full of racist drunks who hate everybody...but none so much as the English. Severe inferiority complex. Divided nation due to UK meddling. Half of country moves to NYC to open bars. I guess China = Germany. Big a-ss army, neighbors terrified, but not as much as it's own citizens. Good beer. Thailand = Greece? Title: Re: Not so unusual, but... Post by: Jeff S on June 28, 2005, 04:00:00 AM Title: Re: Not so unusual, but... Post by: senior citizen on June 28, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Not so unusual, but..., posted by Bob S on Jun 27, 2005
Thanks. Someone else has told me that it may be because a lot of Japanese families have Filipina servants and see them as a servant class, like Negroes in the 1930's here in the US. Whatever, it was in poor taste. I hope my dear cousin set her straight on American egalitarianism. I feel sorry for the lady as although Honey and I live some distance away, there are three or so Filipinas nearby in the family who will probably treat her with stony contempt until she makes amends. Title: class Post by: Bob S on June 29, 2005, 04:00:00 AM ... in response to Re: Not so unusual, but..., posted by senior citizen on Jun 28, 2005
I've never heard any Japanese ever mention anything about a Filipina maid. But I've dealt more with middleclass families. Jeff-san has more experience in a whole range of Japanese class levels, so he would know better than I. But I find it hard to imagine any traditional J-wife allowing some other woman entry into her sacred space. ;-) But I do know that Filipinas occupy a domestic servant class role in Hong Kong. I don't know the exact numbers, but I think it's on the order of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Filipinas that work there. |