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edited December 2009 in General
asian-students-that-attend-sfu. these forums are 90 percent asian (mostly chinese), seriously, it's like a peer-support group or something. you would think this was talkUBC. just saying...
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  • edited December 2009
    Token white guy grad student here. XD

    Anyway I think you're being a little OTT here; AFAIK the posters here tend to be SFU students and the board is explicitly SFU-centric.
  • edited December 2009
    dang.. i had no idea was OTT and AFAIK stood for until i googled it.. curses to acronyms!! X(
    asian-students-that-attend-sfu. these forums are 90 percent asian (mostly chinese), seriously, it's like a peer-support group or something. you would think this was talkUBC. just saying...
    to this i reply, saids a sexy asian boy for you..:omg:
  • edited December 2009
    I'm white. :shrug:
  • edited December 2009
    I'm white too.
    The only reason there might be a lot of asians on this board is because there ARE a lot of asians AT sfu. The whole board might as well be asian for all I care, it doesn't make a difference. The only thing that does annoy me is that, in real life, at SFU, there are dozens and dozens of Ethnic-centered student societies: the Japanese student society, the Chinese student society, the Korean student society. It's lame.
  • edited December 2009
    funny how 4 out of the 5 replies are by non azns :P
  • edited December 2009
    im asian. dum dum dummmm
  • edited December 2009
    Thanatos;62045 said:
    I'm white too.
    The only reason there might be a lot of asians on this board is because there ARE a lot of asians AT sfu. The whole board might as well be asian for all I care, it doesn't make a difference. The only thing that does annoy me is that, in real life, at SFU, there are dozens and dozens of Ethnic-centered student societies: the Japanese student society, the Chinese student society, the Korean student society. It's lame.
    I vote a Caucasian student society.
  • edited December 2009
    ^I don't think that counts. Caucasian isn't really an ethnicity. It's not like its "The Asian society".
    Maybe a Scottish Club, or British Club, or Italian Club... would make more sense.
  • edited December 2009
    nicole;62051 said:
    I vote a Caucasian student society.
    [sarcasm]
    +1
    ill order the white robes
    [/sarcasm]
  • edited December 2009
    vonnie;62068 said:
    ^I don't think that counts. Caucasian isn't really an ethnicity. It's not like its "The Asian society".
    Maybe a Scottish Club, or British Club, or Italian Club... would make more sense.
    There's the European Social Club or whatever, but I think that club is more about getting drunk than embracing your roots in other ways.
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    edited December 2009
    +1 for white
  • edited December 2009
    Desolate;62071 said:
    There's the European Social Club or whatever, but I think that club is more about getting drunk than embracing your roots in other ways.
    That's what I always thought being Caucasian was about :tongue:
  • edited December 2009
    vonnie;62074 said:
    That's what I always thought being Caucasian was about :tongue:
    HAHAH very good point.
  • edited December 2009
    bufli;62070 said:
    [sarcasm]
    +1
    ill order the white robes
    [/sarcasm]
    don't forget the wizard hats. :tongue:

    also
    IVT;62072 said:
    +1 for white

    you're an honorary asian given that you're from richmond. :smile:
  • edited December 2009
    Thanatos;62045 said:
    I'm white too.
    The only reason there might be a lot of asians on this board is because there ARE a lot of asians AT sfu. The whole board might as well be asian for all I care, it doesn't make a difference. The only thing that does annoy me is that, in real life, at SFU, there are dozens and dozens of Ethnic-centered student societies: the Japanese student society, the Chinese student society, the Korean student society. It's lame.
    Then start your own Caucasian club, but mask it with something subtle and something "non-racist". There's a "great mustache club" at SFU, but Asian people can't grow facial hair, let alone an epic mustache/beard. So, now you only have Caucasian people in your club. See, clever. Very subtle, and clever.
  • edited December 2009
    The only odd one out: neither White nor Asian...
  • edited December 2009
    persian?
  • edited December 2009
    North Korea...wait is N. Korea in Asia? screwed....keep guessing LOL
  • edited December 2009
    He's middle eastern.
  • edited December 2009
    better change it to "The Joyluck Club"

    this forum is boring, its always the same people posting
  • edited December 2009
    Why don't you start a White and Christian club? That should get the ball rolling.
  • edited December 2009
    so when are our weekly dimsum and bbt meets?
  • edited December 2009
    Unregistered;62127 said:
    better change it to "The Joyluck Club"

    this forum is boring, its always the same people posting
    You're boring.
  • edited December 2009
    mmmmmm I love dimsum, it's so good.

    But now I'm daydreaming about that instead of what factorial designs are.....s
  • edited December 2009
    what the heck, why do you care about the title? Just observe and silently bite your lips...lol
  • edited December 2009
    vonnie;62068 said:
    ^I don't think that counts. Caucasian isn't really an ethnicity. It's not like its "The Asian society".
    Maybe a Scottish Club, or British Club, or Italian Club... would make more sense.
    So what? It wouldn't be funny if she delivered it like a grammar nazi. What's the difference anyway? "Asian" is not an ethnicity either, but we have CAC, in addition to the ethnic clubs we already have.

    Either way I'm sure you understood what she was saying. White people all look the same to asian fobs the same way asians look alike to some white guys.
  • edited December 2009
    online predator;62189 said:
    So what? It wouldn't be funny if she delivered it like a grammar nazi. What's the difference anyway? "Asian" is not an ethnicity either, but we have CAC, in addition to the ethnic clubs we already have.

    Either way I'm sure you understood what she was saying. White people all look the same to asian fobs the same way asians look alike to some white guys.
    She was comparing a "chinese" club to a "caucasian" club.
    I wouldn't say they are comparisons.

    Just saying, you can't group all white people together and call them one ethnicity.
    Because... they're not.

    And... white people don't look all the same to me, so I don't see where you're getting this from.
  • edited December 2009
    Represent!

    [youtube]1JkH-82Np28[/youtube]
  • edited December 2009
    vonnie;62196 said:
    And... white people don't look all the same to me, so I don't see where you're getting this from.
    Key word there is "to me." Not everyone shares the same point of views as you do. I have met asians, particularly fobs from earlier generations, mention that white people look almost similar to them the same way that asians look similar to some white guys - which is why there's a joke about how most asians look like jackie chan. Anyway, I'm surprised you're not aware of this. Even I can't tell a Chinese, Korean, Japanese from an asian crowd.
    vonnie;62196 said:
    Just saying, you can't group all white people together and call them one ethnicity.
    Because... they're not.
    Yes I know they're not one ethnicity and noone here was implying otherwise. But it doesn't mean it wouldn't make any sense if I say for example that I want to start a Caucasian club, just because by definition "caucasian" is actually a group of ethinicities.
  • edited December 2009
    online predator;62200 said:
    Yes I know they're not one ethnicity and noone here was implying otherwise. But it doesn't mean it wouldn't make any sense if I say for example that I want to start a Caucasian club, just because by definition "caucasian" is actually a group of ethinicities.
    Since they were listing out ethnicities, like I said, it's not a valid comparison to bring up caucasian, treating it as an ethnicity.

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