2 Korean Females (one young/one old). not getting a long at work. in USA, not Korea?

Question

I work for a national chain pharmacy. I am suppose to be a Front End worker ,but occasionally I will work as a cashier in the pharmacy, but I am not a tech or a pharmacist. Well, one of the techs that we have had for a very long time got fed up with one of the pharmacists who actually came after her, decided to leave. I have had some of the same issues that this person had and so do others. Anyways one of the techs is a Korean girl, and I think she is Korean-American in the sense that she was born in America, so she doesn't have all of the stereotypical Asian attributes one would associate with and Asian. The Korean Tech is a young 20 year old. Anywways the Pharmacist that supposedly is causing the problem is a 40 year old Korean lady, who was born in Korea, but moved to the states when she about 5, so I would think she would be pretty enculturated/assimilated into American customs, but I guess he still has some of her Asian culture/ and values as well.

I did not hear this come out of ther mouth, but the tech that left told me that she heard the Asian Pharmacist tell the Asian tech how stupid she was, and that Asians are suppose to be smart, and how bad she made Asians look. Ok I know that White people tend to think of Asians as being smart, but isn't that more relative and only in certain areas. Yeah they tend to be smart in math and science, and other areas, but are they smart in everything the do? So does this mean that other ethnicities are not as smart?

I understand that Asian guys might have to use their smarts to get jobs to get money to get girls because of height problems, but thats a little bit different.

I think the reason why people have this perception of Asians being smart is because they have this "displined" attribute about them, and a lot of the jobs the have tend to be ones that require a lot of education and long hours of training. I think that has to do with more nature and how you were raised.

So, if Asians are smart, if they mated with somebody that was not Asia, does that mean that child would not be as smart, because they are not of full Asian descent or at least East Asian decent? Hmm, and why is that there is some much p**n that pops up with Asians. Not that Im trying to look, but that seems to be one of the "in" things. Now, is p**n a smart thing to do? I guess they don't want to have that good-2-shoe submissive behavior, so they act out instead. Do Asian really think of themselves as being smart or smarter then other races/ethnicities, or is it because outsiders say that Asians are smart that they feel that they are suppose to be that way?

Answer 1

I am Asian and i don't think i am smart or smarter than other races.

Answer 2

You're question is so stupid... Two American live and work in Korea. They work at same job, but they don't get along. WTF? Just because they are the same race, doesn't mean they should get along. Only Americans think that way with other ethncities besides white. lol Also, majority of Korean americ do consider themself more intelligent to other race besides asians in general. Not because of the sterotype, but on the education they recieve. Typical Korean parents push education hardcore to their children...So that child in the end, feels she knows more compare to others :\

Answer 3

We need to address several topics here.

1.  Intelligence has a tendency to regress toward the mean.  That is even two super smart parents have a tendency to produce children of average intelligence.  I have been tested between 135 and 140 IQ.  My kids show signs of early intel.  I am Korean and my wife is a white chick with easter and western European decent.  My wife is also very smart but we have our concentrations of gifts that do not overlap.  I am an idiot in subjects that she is a genius and vice versa.

2.  Keep in mind that Asians, particularly India, China, and Japan practically invented p**n.  There are manuals from the Karma Sutra to herbal medicine remedies to keep your ardor to paintings of s*x.  I infer from your cultrual upbringing, Puritanical-Christian, that p**n is wrong and dumb.  You are passing judgement on something that you are not too knowledgable on from personal experience.  I had a few friends in the Adult entertainment industry, and from the associates I've met they are nicer, more hospitable, and genuine people than most Christians I've met.

3.  Please do not attribute the 40 something woman's behavior as stereotypical.  We are people.  As people go, we are individuals.  However, ingrained in some culture, we do have propensities to being subservient, classist, and nepetistic. Hmm not too far off from any other culture, especially the stereo typical cordial southern white hospitality.

Answer 4

In my opinion, being a smart person consists of 2 things. 1- The environment one grows up in and 2- genes.

Ethnicity and intelligence has been paired with Asians for a while now. I think its time to break away from that.  

Answer 5

WHO cares, not to b an a.s.s. but isn't true for any ethnic to think their r superior (superior complex, dude) than the other and isn't it true that we oppress that thought to give each other in respect. people r people and they r going to b what they r in any ethnic race.

Answer 6

i am korean, and was born in america. i can understand where they are coming from because korean grow up with high expectations from their parents. koreans care alot about education so that is why she mightve said to the other that she is making us look bad. we are not saying others are not as smart but with just the sterotype that asians are smart. koreans are not that into p**n as much as other countries such as japan and india.