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Re: Asian-ness (was Re: "Whiteness" Re: Obseneties)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Sunday, September 3, 2000, 3:45
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>which is to say those who are trying too hard to fit into the >most dubious of the cultured "white mainstream" social mores (example: the >Asian teenage boys & young men who are heavily into "tricking out" their >small-sized sports cars with all sortsa silly gizmos, audiospeakers, >stickers >& tailfins).
Guys who do this are trying to fit into the "white mainstream"? I've never seen any white guys at my high school do such things to their cars. This is an almost exclusively Asian practice here. _____________________________________ "Courtesy is the KY Jelly of social intercourse"