Adapting to American culture as a Chinese student
It strikes me as really odd that mocking Asians this way is acceptable, while almost any remark about black people can be interpreted as serious racism.<p>In my opinion, people in the US are, without realizing it, very hypocritical and very stuck-up when it comes to racism. If your roommates joke that you will study all day, they are being really rude, but making fun at a cultural difference which is indeed very noticable (in general, Asian students study way more than American students). I don&#x27;t think this is racism. The basic problem is that people think that being racist is a binary thing that can be triggered by saying something bad about groups of people (nowadays, it doesn&#x27;t even have to be a racial group anymore). It is a very bad thing that such an undefined thing is taken so seriously (I think the usual definition of &#x27;racism&#x27; is &#x27;the idea that people of some racial groups are inferior to people of other racial groups&#x27;, which would make the only racist thing to literally say that people of some racial groups are inferior to people of other racial groups.<p>I think similar behaviour against other ethnic groups should be treated the same way as this behaviour against Asians (as rude, but not racist). I think it is mainly due to Asian people who deal with mockery very well (as illustrated in this story). In the long run, I think it will only benefit Asians. For example when I am around black friends, I will subconsciensly watch my words and avoid touchy subjects or remarks.