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5/2 Asian men are crazy:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18442224/site/newsweek
\_ That was about the most useless interview imaginable.
\_ Was it Hoyt Sze?
\_ I guess I don't get the reference. I see from google
he's some kind of anti-whitey, but does he give crappy
interviews?
\_ He's a former Daily Cal reporter, and a legend in his
own mind.
\_ http://www.modelminority.com/article269.html
"Interracial dating between white men and Asian women
undermines the integrity of Asian America."
\_ http://urltea.com/hj7 (youtube.com)
\_ Quite funny, thanks.
\_ Hello racist troller! Don't forget they are also good at math!
http://nomorequo.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-asians-are-better-at-math.html
http://urltea.com/hde (nomorequo.blogspot.com) |
| www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18442224/site/newsweek Eerie Similarities Fifteen years ago, Wayne Lo went on a killing spree at his Massachusetts campus. Wayne Lo appears in court the day after he shot six people on his college campus Wayne Lo appears in court the day after he shot six people on his college campus Web Exclusive By By Samantha Henig Newsweek May 2, 2007 - Before Virginia Tech, before Columbine, there was Simon's Rock. Lo fired at least nine rounds during the following 20 minutes, killing another student and a Spanish professor and wounding four others. His Montana driver's license was the only documentation the purchase required. The cab driver who took him to the store would later describe Lo to the press as "a real gentleman." That same morning he had received a package containing 200 rounds of ammunition, purchased the previous day from a mail-order company using his mother's credit card. When he appeared in court the next day, he was wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with the words SICK OF IT ALL, the name of a rock band he liked. His lawyer would later use an insanity defense, but Lo never testified and has subsequently said he doesn't believe he was insane. This week, almost 15 years since that murderous night and two weeks after an even bloodier morning at Virginia Tech, Lo met with NEWSWEEK's Samantha Henig in a conference room at MCI-Norfolk, the Massachusetts medium-security prison. Wearing a black T shirt tucked into the elastic waistband of his gray pants, Lo looked more like a young professional on casual Friday than a campus killer. He spoke candidly about his murderous tear at Simon's Rock and shared his insights into the Virginia Tech shooting, which he said he had been following closely so that he could be ready with his opinion "if anybody wants to listen." Yet his tone was oddly similar to that of most people when confronted by the tragedy--bewilderment at how such a thing could happen. NEWSWEEK: What was your reaction when you heard about the Virginia Tech shooting? Wayne Lo: When they said it was a perpetrator who was Asian, that really shocked me. The Secret Service came and interviewed me for a report on school shooters that they put out in 2002, and even they said Asians don't really do this. Did you relate to Seung-Hui Cho because you're both Asian? At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but as more details came out, there were just too many eerie similarities to me. The events leading up to the shooting, the warning signs he gave out really reminded me of what happened at Simon's Rock. I don't really think I had mental-health issues, but I did give out those warning signs. He harassed women, and I also had an incident where I was accused of stalking a female classmate. He went and purchased a gun at a store 40 minutes out of town; The assignment was to come up with a 10-step program for anything, so being the smart ass that I am, I wrote a paper on how to eliminate AIDS, and at the end it was calling for the extermination of all people with AIDS--you know, tongue-in-cheek satire. Do you think that Cho's writings should have been more of a red flag than they were? It's ludicrous that they didn't stop this guy with all the warning signs. |
| www.modelminority.com/article269.html By Hoyt Sze The Daily Californian September 9, 1991 Interracial dating between white men and Asian women undermines the integrity of Asian America. Every single day, Asian Americans struggle for identify and dignity. Every single day, this new love connection takes our struggle back one step. White husbands with Asian wives more than double the number of Asian husbands with white wives, according to the US Census. according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the ratio is 4 to 1 Asian American women also greatly outnumber other women of color who choose to marry outside of their race. So hot, in fact, that Asian American males have to bow and withdraw backwards from the room whenever it's discussed. If we whisper the quietest of protests, we're immediately labeled as reverse-racist, sexist or impotent. There are reasons why Asian America - the unifying culture which only exists in Ethnic Studies texts - has never existed. A large part of the blame should be placed on interracial dating, the deliberate siphoning- off of some of our minority's best and brightest. Look at Asian America's public figures: Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Connie Chung, Wendy Tokuda. I respect the Asian American woman's personal choice and I don't belittle it as some calculated status grab. But I also assert that these women's personal choices have societal ramifications. In an arena where Asian American men are perceived as weak, these Asian American women help to perpetuate that myth. In a nation where almost all of us lose our original culture, these Asian American women turn their back on forging a new culture out of the scraps of the old: I have no problem with children of mixed heritage, but I have never seen a product of an Asian-white relationship willfully identify with the Asian half. I've heard from African American men on campus that African American women stand by them. And I don't think this support is some sick sexist tradition. Both sexes simply understand that, although white society can warp the picture, African American men and women are still their own best allies. I honestly doubt that many Asian American women would agree. This is not an extension of the old country feet-binding daughter-selling logic. I don't speak from some patronizing, Confucian, male-oriented point of view. The great majority of Asian American males are neither reactionary nor sexist. I speak out of weariness on seeing television and motion pictures deny us any role besides de-sexed waiters or buck-toothed barbarians. I speak from anger after I read Amy Tan, claiming that Asian American men are adolescent pipe-dreams, bound to be eclipsed by true romance with the white man. Joan Walsh stating that my reaction to this unfairness is a "gripe session," and attempt to "mute the pain of personal rejection." In a nation where people of color have been steadily gaining power and position, an Asian America of emasculated men and exotic women are willing to please can be alluring. But for all Asian Americans, these misconceptions should be seen for the outrageous insults that they are. Many of my good friends are white males who go out with Asian American females. And I don't want to portray interracial relationships as misguided or unnatural. I have no problem, for instance, with Asian Americans having relationships with other people of color. But in a white society which already tears our community apart - never do you see on television a healthy Asian American couple - this trend is just a part of the larger genocidal picture. I know the Milton Bradley interracial dating game is probably too popular to be stopped. But if the game requires my my people's emasculation at the hands of supposedly well-meaning white liberals, don't expect me to grin while I play. "In Your Face" By Hoyt Sze The Daily Californian September 1991 After the hate mail, crank calls and personal attacks in response to my last column ("Asian America that can say no," Sept. I still contend that the Milton Bradly game of interracial dating be- tween Asian American women and white men backstabs the Asian American community. While we strive to maintain group integrity, these Asian American women are undoing our work. Honestly clouds your life when it's based on self-denial. One fine citizen phoned in to protest: "I found your column profoundly immature and insulting." There's only one reason for this hysteria: You people have never heard and Asian American man speak out before. Some of the protests I received via phone, mail and conversation weren't entirely psychotic. I'll summarize and address those issues: Isn't your message sexist? Asian American women date outside of their race at more than double the rate of Asian American men. If those numbers ever flip-flop, I'll castigate Asian American men in a similar tone. I just stated that the sociological effects of this new trend rip apart Asian America. And as an Asian American man, I'm not going to participate in such a lopsided farce. Some people think God gave Moses the idea of the melting pot. If assimilation requires the disintegration of my ethnic identity, count me out. America should thrive on difference, not cultural hegemony. If my images were displayed on every medium, if my people could become presidents, CEOs and humanities professors, then maybe I'd feel bad for white Americans. Your opposition to Asian American feminism is typical Asianmale chauvinism. First, Asian American men and Asian men are very different. In our society, an assault on a white woman immediately elicits sympathy and action. Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, gets beaten to death with a baseball bat and nobody gives a damn. You trivialize the issue if you claim that this is only my problem. I didn't second-guess anybody's motives for entering these liasons and I think it's garbage for others to second-guess me. I talked to a lot of Asian American men, and they overwhelmingly supported the piece. As individuals, white society will pick us off one by one. As a group, we can stand together, keep our ethnicity, and draw strength from each other. And I knew full well that for Asian American men on campus, this was the issue. I've written about it, finally, but I agree with my Pilipino American friend who says, "The column was long overdue." As for you white men who felt a little queasy, perhaps your discom- fort arose from flashbacks of yellow peril, of Asian invasion. Perhaps you paled at the prospect of your Oriental suburban playmates turned empowered Asian Americans. Let me just leave you with these words: You ain't seen nothing yet. register Re: The Asian America That Can Say ''No'' (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 07 @ 16:58:42 EST We are also forgetting the fact that there are double standards to interracial dating. For example, and on a personal level, I've had this same experience while moving down South. A roommate, who is a grad student, after some inquiries of issues that might arise in our temporary living arrangement felt offended when I asked if my girlfriend can sleep over for one night. However, after a while, his comments began bothering me. What right did he have to tell me who I can and cannot date when I see many white males out there dating Asian women. He said he was just bothered that I might be going out with a white woman. I felt like beating his ass because of his blatant ignorance. While a bit off the topic of Hoyt Sze's article, I am inclined to agree with him. If things were truly fair and Asian men could date whomever they want without being emasculated and excluded from interracial dating or otherwise, there wouldn't be any complaints would there? This is just one of many characteristics involving the white man that I'm sure many Asian American men despise. To any white men out there who give sputtering protest, you are only increasing the number of groups who already resent and hate this double standard, white affirmative action, and white hegemonic policies that the world outside of America often complain about. Send a Message) I have to say that this is one of the best articles on the topic that I've read so far. The way Sze brushed off ... |
| urltea.com/hj7 -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyRWuklsiQ ArchangelMaelstrom (1 day ago) marked as spam This is so dumb, stop bickering about some non-existent underlying flaw in our society that you blanket over one group of people. annhatesyou (1 day ago) marked as spam wow i cant stand white guys.. i like the slow motion parts ahha with the peanut butter sooo funy! theomniscient1 (1 day ago) marked as spam A lot of asian girls tend to reject their culture and unfortunately, they turn into "white wannabes". |
| nomorequo.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-asians-are-better-at-math.html BBC News story compared two questions, one from a Chinese math test and one from a math test from the UK. Chinese people are good at math to an extent we never imagined possible. And this could have staggering implications in the near future, as China continues its ascent as a major economic power: A glance at the two questions reveals how much more advanced is the maths teaching in China, where children learn the subject up to the age of 18, the society says. Science undergraduates in England are likely not to have studied maths beyond GCSE level at the age of 16, it says. Now see if you can do the problems: It's a fact: If world power were determined by math skills alone, then we'd already be worshipping our new Asian imperial overlords. Awhile ago, there was a news story picked up by the Washington Post and many other major news outlets. Washington Post headline: "For Math Students, Self-Esteem Might Not Equal High Scores." The article said, in part: The international test results from 2003 and related surveys from 46 countries show that the world's most confident eighth-grade math students are found in the Middle East, Africa and the United States. Of the 10 countries with the highest levels of student confidence, only Israel and the United States scored higher than average on the international test, and their scores were far below those of the much less confident students in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In other words, even though United States students felt better about themselves, they did worse than other countries (in particular Japan and Korea) in which students thought they sucked at math, didn't enjoy math very much, but scored well nonetheless. Although the article explores the question of whether or not we should even be striving for higher scores if it means a harder-edged approach, I'd like to talk from personal experience, about why there's might be this difference in the first place. Although I went to public school, a good 10-20% of the graduating class went to Ivy League colleges. when I was a senior, one of my honors classes had 15 people, 13 of which were Asians. This is the perspective I speak from, when I give these reasons why Asians are better at math: 1) Their parents - My parents are immigrants. From a cultural perspective, they carried over a lot of their cultural hangups with them when they came here. One common thread that united us, in addition to our Asianness, was the fact that whenever we misbehaved, or whenever we went home with a bad grade, our parents disciplined us. A common Asian story is that when you bring home a report card with 5 A's and 1 A-, your parents will ask you "Why didn't you get that 6th A?" Then next semester, bring home 6 A's, and your parents will ask you "Why didn't you get all A's last semester?" Many of us came from homelife that valued achievement above all else. Despite considerable cultural and linguistic barriers, they were able to carve out a place for themselves. Consequently, they expected the same sort of perserverance, the same sort of excellence, the same sort of triumph from us, and often they would get it. Sometimes they would get creative and use objects around the house (eg a coat hanger). As barbaric as this sounds, many of us considered it a valuable part of our upbringing. It set boundaries for us, gave us discipline, and instilled in us a desire to work hard. There is no festering mental illness as a result of these beatings; A Child Called It too, and some parents clearly have mental problems in the way that they treat their kids. But in American culture, beating your kids, as a general proposition, is strongly looked down upon. Even Tony Soprano doesn't do it, and is ashamed of himself for the one time that he did! There's a difference between child abuse and child discipline. I'm a strong advocate of child discipline is all I'm saying. Setting boundaries and not being an enabler can only be a good thing. In Asia, students are expected to shoot for the moon, especially in math and science. Yet there aren't that many that aspire to be poets, filmmakers, or WWE professional wrestlers. Why do you think the most prolific, talented people in those areas come from the United States? Because in America, we try to value those creative aspects of the human psyche as much as any of the others. Schools in China and Taiwan are akin to oppressive regimes. School is run virtually year round with 10-12 hour days not uncommon. This in fact is one of the reasons why my parents brought me over here; they wanted me to grow up with schools that would encourage freedom and creativity rather than regimented discipline. I think there's no good answer for the question (and let's be honest; but they might grow up feeling like their math skills are worthless. For every smart, friendly Asian person you encounter there may be another socially maladjusted one. For every good thing that comes with having sky-high test scores, there's something I could point out that's bad. I think a large part of our problem is that we are hooked onto the myth that the public school systems work in the US Every public school I have been exposed to has been more of a daycare center at best. It also doesn't help that we have abysmally low standards for teachers, and that schools cater to the maladjusted morons who create trouble. I'm asian (Sri lankan) and moved to the US in about the 6th grade. When i came here, my math levels were about 4 years ahead of what people were doing in the US. Though we were taught this stuff at such a high level, the stress that is put on you at those schools makes you hate life. I was lucky cause my parents never pressured me to learn, but I knew of some kids that were pressured by parents, and I even know of one that hung himself when he got a B on a test. This is just ridiculous, so IMHO, I think the US should step up their math programs jsut a bit more, but still allow for the freedom and creativity that actually makes school fun here. Don't pay the teachers $35k/yr, pay them $140 and hire only a 4th of them. People need to get the idea out of their head that smaller classes are better. Those that need extra help don't need high-level extra help, they can get tutoring from other students or lesser-paid teachers. Pay the teachers for our public schools well, the standard for teachers will rise and so will the standard for students! The standard of teaching by those teachers will drop and inherently the students. Plus the size of the classroom is very important, with a high student to teacher ratio, you think the teacher can effectively managed the progress of each student? I'm an Asian from Singapore, an I can tell you that it is not that the Asian Students are better in Maths, its just that the standard of teaching for Math in non-Asian countries are getting lower. The solution is to increase the standard by implementing new techniques and reviewing the current curriculum. The disparity between confidence and actually ability reminds me of a study in which people who listened to talk radio (Rush Limbaugh) as their primary source for news and current event information, were shown to have the highest level of confidence about the accuracy of their knowledge, but were also shown to have the most outright incorrect information about reality. Anyways, even though the Chinese expectations are much higher for their students I believe the biggest problem in America is the fact that we don't want to work for things and would rather blame the school system. Take myself as an example, I am going through regular kentucky public school (senior at Simon Kenton High School) in USA and even though some of my teachers have been very poor I was still able to solve the example problem and submit the solution successfully. Pride/Attitude is the biggest hurdle in the American way of life, I am born American, raised American, and a proud American; but that doesn't mean I don't have to put a lot of effort into my studies. It almost makes me sad to be grouped into the same crowd of people who say it's because there teachers are not good enough. Get off your ass and do something about it... |
| urltea.com/hde -> nomorequo.blogspot.com/2007/04/why-asians-are-better-at-math.html BBC News story compared two questions, one from a Chinese math test and one from a math test from the UK. Chinese people are good at math to an extent we never imagined possible. And this could have staggering implications in the near future, as China continues its ascent as a major economic power: A glance at the two questions reveals how much more advanced is the maths teaching in China, where children learn the subject up to the age of 18, the society says. Science undergraduates in England are likely not to have studied maths beyond GCSE level at the age of 16, it says. Now see if you can do the problems: It's a fact: If world power were determined by math skills alone, then we'd already be worshipping our new Asian imperial overlords. Awhile ago, there was a news story picked up by the Washington Post and many other major news outlets. Washington Post headline: "For Math Students, Self-Esteem Might Not Equal High Scores." The article said, in part: The international test results from 2003 and related surveys from 46 countries show that the world's most confident eighth-grade math students are found in the Middle East, Africa and the United States. Of the 10 countries with the highest levels of student confidence, only Israel and the United States scored higher than average on the international test, and their scores were far below those of the much less confident students in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In other words, even though United States students felt better about themselves, they did worse than other countries (in particular Japan and Korea) in which students thought they sucked at math, didn't enjoy math very much, but scored well nonetheless. Although the article explores the question of whether or not we should even be striving for higher scores if it means a harder-edged approach, I'd like to talk from personal experience, about why there's might be this difference in the first place. Although I went to public school, a good 10-20% of the graduating class went to Ivy League colleges. when I was a senior, one of my honors classes had 15 people, 13 of which were Asians. This is the perspective I speak from, when I give these reasons why Asians are better at math: 1) Their parents - My parents are immigrants. From a cultural perspective, they carried over a lot of their cultural hangups with them when they came here. One common thread that united us, in addition to our Asianness, was the fact that whenever we misbehaved, or whenever we went home with a bad grade, our parents disciplined us. A common Asian story is that when you bring home a report card with 5 A's and 1 A-, your parents will ask you "Why didn't you get that 6th A?" Then next semester, bring home 6 A's, and your parents will ask you "Why didn't you get all A's last semester?" Many of us came from homelife that valued achievement above all else. Despite considerable cultural and linguistic barriers, they were able to carve out a place for themselves. Consequently, they expected the same sort of perserverance, the same sort of excellence, the same sort of triumph from us, and often they would get it. Sometimes they would get creative and use objects around the house (eg a coat hanger). As barbaric as this sounds, many of us considered it a valuable part of our upbringing. It set boundaries for us, gave us discipline, and instilled in us a desire to work hard. There is no festering mental illness as a result of these beatings; A Child Called It too, and some parents clearly have mental problems in the way that they treat their kids. But in American culture, beating your kids, as a general proposition, is strongly looked down upon. Even Tony Soprano doesn't do it, and is ashamed of himself for the one time that he did! There's a difference between child abuse and child discipline. I'm a strong advocate of child discipline is all I'm saying. Setting boundaries and not being an enabler can only be a good thing. In Asia, students are expected to shoot for the moon, especially in math and science. Yet there aren't that many that aspire to be poets, filmmakers, or WWE professional wrestlers. Why do you think the most prolific, talented people in those areas come from the United States? Because in America, we try to value those creative aspects of the human psyche as much as any of the others. Schools in China and Taiwan are akin to oppressive regimes. School is run virtually year round with 10-12 hour days not uncommon. This in fact is one of the reasons why my parents brought me over here; they wanted me to grow up with schools that would encourage freedom and creativity rather than regimented discipline. I think there's no good answer for the question (and let's be honest; but they might grow up feeling like their math skills are worthless. For every smart, friendly Asian person you encounter there may be another socially maladjusted one. For every good thing that comes with having sky-high test scores, there's something I could point out that's bad. I think a large part of our problem is that we are hooked onto the myth that the public school systems work in the US Every public school I have been exposed to has been more of a daycare center at best. It also doesn't help that we have abysmally low standards for teachers, and that schools cater to the maladjusted morons who create trouble. I'm asian (Sri lankan) and moved to the US in about the 6th grade. When i came here, my math levels were about 4 years ahead of what people were doing in the US. Though we were taught this stuff at such a high level, the stress that is put on you at those schools makes you hate life. I was lucky cause my parents never pressured me to learn, but I knew of some kids that were pressured by parents, and I even know of one that hung himself when he got a B on a test. This is just ridiculous, so IMHO, I think the US should step up their math programs jsut a bit more, but still allow for the freedom and creativity that actually makes school fun here. Don't pay the teachers $35k/yr, pay them $140 and hire only a 4th of them. People need to get the idea out of their head that smaller classes are better. Those that need extra help don't need high-level extra help, they can get tutoring from other students or lesser-paid teachers. Pay the teachers for our public schools well, the standard for teachers will rise and so will the standard for students! The standard of teaching by those teachers will drop and inherently the students. Plus the size of the classroom is very important, with a high student to teacher ratio, you think the teacher can effectively managed the progress of each student? I'm an Asian from Singapore, an I can tell you that it is not that the Asian Students are better in Maths, its just that the standard of teaching for Math in non-Asian countries are getting lower. The solution is to increase the standard by implementing new techniques and reviewing the current curriculum. The disparity between confidence and actually ability reminds me of a study in which people who listened to talk radio (Rush Limbaugh) as their primary source for news and current event information, were shown to have the highest level of confidence about the accuracy of their knowledge, but were also shown to have the most outright incorrect information about reality. Anyways, even though the Chinese expectations are much higher for their students I believe the biggest problem in America is the fact that we don't want to work for things and would rather blame the school system. Take myself as an example, I am going through regular kentucky public school (senior at Simon Kenton High School) in USA and even though some of my teachers have been very poor I was still able to solve the example problem and submit the solution successfully. Pride/Attitude is the biggest hurdle in the American way of life, I am born American, raised American, and a proud American; but that doesn't mean I don't have to put a lot of effort into my studies. It almost makes me sad to be grouped into the same crowd of people who say it's because there teachers are not good enough. Get off your ass and do something about it... |
| youtube.com Scarey 53m Gorge Swing in Zambia 01:44 Me and my mate Craig going on the 53m gorge swing in Livingstone, Zambia. We did this after the famous bungy jump of the bridge by Victoria Falls. Nada Surf - What Is Your Secret - Live @ Sonic Boom Records 03:04 This is Nada Surf performing an acoustic version of What Is Your Secret at Sonic Boom Records in Seattle on May 27th, 2006. Clifton Suspension Bridge 00:36 Evening - night, highlighting the new lighting unveiled to celebrate Brunel's 200th birthday. Available for commissions or archive sales, all shot at uncompressed HD resolution. and its easy to do this anywhere even in a big lake or river. But for everyone who thinks I cant fish here are pics from the 11 pounder i caught. and its easy to do this anywhere even in a big lake or river. But for everyone who thinks I cant fish here are pics from the 11 pounder i caught. Insane Japan Pop Girls 00:27 someone said Sasebo and harajuku I am seeking the orchestra name, other people please do not have to give me trash electricity postal, thanks I want to know this orchestra is called any name ? We saw these girls outside a performing arts school in Tokyo. During Lollapalooza 2003, Perry Farrell and a team of Pranksters led by Jason McHugh launched Mindfield, a text messaging prankster game that was played across the country MindField Agent Jacquelyn KIng works the crowd at Lollapalooza 2003 trying to get signatures suppoprting her important organization the Pave The Rain Forest Foundation. During Lollapalooza 2003, Perry Farrell and a team of Pranksters led by Jason McHugh launched Mindfield, a text messaging prankster game that was played across the country. Mindfield will be back for three days in Chicago when Lollapalooza returns August 4th-6th 2006. |