Extremely infuriated by people who think all asians are chinese

jackie chan seems a little pissed off today guys..

It is normal but no where near exclusive to Chinese or Asian peoples.

The slur I hear the most is that all Americans are fat, lazy rednecks. You try to say that it's not true and they throw obesity statistics and videos of George Bush at you. I'm southern and most of us don't talk like George Bush. The US is huge and each area vastly different from many others.

We all deal with it to some degree. As thegypsysailor said, the closed off culture of Asian countries is partially to blame.

Does it matter? People that say such inane bullshit won't contribute much toward society and are thus unimportant. Well, to you at least.

Your insistence that slurs should not be misused is not conducive to a unified global identity. Instead it promotes that there are boundaries and that they should be defened.

I hate it when my mom calls Japanese Anime "Chineese cartoons" she knows better! And I understand you completely. All races have their own unique culture and should be admired and humored as such.

its cause most of the items are "Made in china" >_> pretty much the biggest factor there and almost everyone is a racist even when they say they aren't

Don't worry buddy, I'm not even asian and I feel the same way you do. I'm not sure why everyone refers to all asians as chinese, perhaps its the first asian ethnicity that pops into their heads but towards an asian individual I could understand why it would be offensive. I am white and I live in South Africa, and quite frankly I'm sick and tired of every uneducated moron from America or the UK or wherever else (not saying all americans and brittish are uneducated) assuming all South Africans are black. Yes, two 3rds of the country is non white, but for christ sake, we have a lot of whites, indians, coloureds, and even asians here! Why is everybody in South Africa all of a sudden black? This annoys the hell out of me. What's worse is when I ask someone if they like sushi, and they tell me something like "no, I only like other chinese food like sweet and sour pork and stuff" Really?! Sushi is Chinese now? Since when. Also, when people make a joke towards the Japanese community about them eating cats or some shit. Not even all Chinese people do that! I've seen on the news that it has happened before in China, and now everyone assumes every single asian in the world eats cats. Its ridiculous.

I've always wondered if people of Asian nationalities get offended when referred to as Asian, because we can't tell what country they're from.

I've slept with maybe 10-15 Asian girls and I still can't tell the difference.

You mean, theyre not?!

I heard those black people, the kind that eat curry, aparently their Chinese too.

Unfortunately, in the western world race is defined by physical characteristics alone and many confuse this with ethnicity, culture and even nationality, purely because it makes people readily identifiable and easier to apply stereotypes to.

It pisses me off too.

It annoys me too. I'm Russian and it annoys me when people call me European like I eat all that cheese and shit and talk metric language.

If the assholes are so dull they have to rely on racial slurs to insult people, they aren't worth listening to, anyway.

Yeah, it's normal to get pissed off about it.

When a society is closed and unfriendly to the rest of the world for a couple of generations, then it is quite normal for there to be grave misconceptions about it's people.
Instead of ranting on about people's ignorance of Asians and the Chinese, why don't you make a bit of effort to illuminate them about the inaccuracies and misconceptions that are normal from any closed or secret society.
The shame is on the Chinese, not the rest of the world, in this case.

Are you the Chinese/Canadian who got mad when I joked about cooking and eating Roses cat awhile back?