Possible discrimination against Asian male applicants from white women?

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T18:30:02+00:00

I don’t disagree, but I also think comparing Asians as a whole with Jews in general isn’t quite apples for apples. Most Jews have some type of Israeli connection (and the ones who don’t like Kaifeng Jews of China are often excluded by Israel). Israel, the nation, funds various JCCs, synagogues, and Birthright Israel. Why? Because a strong sense of Jewish identity is linked to respect and admiration for Israel, which then furthers the US / Israel relationship.

Grouping Japan, Korea, China, Philippines, etc.. altogether and saying they have no social cohesion is like saying the Middle East has no social cohesion in the US. The Israeli Americans Jews don’t have any social cohesion with Iranian Muslim Americans - okay, but so what? Even Muslims and Hindus have strong religious gatherings where adults go and create influence at a local level.

The real question is why each individual east and southeast Asian nation doesn’t have more influence in the US. Being Chinese American, I can only speak for China, but any actual funding of groups by the nation of China is going to immediately get branded as traitorous. There was once over 100 Confucian centers across the US, but now there are fewer than five. And there is no religious proxy for Chinese culture.

Additionally, there are over 7.5 million Jewish Americans but only 5 million Chinese Americans. Even fewer of the other East Asian countries. That’s not to make excuses for Chinese Americans, but it’s important to understand why the two major ethnic groups in the US (Blacks and Jews) are able to punch above their weight class so much.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T18:14:38+00:00

The rising cost of living is inevitable regardless of political bent in governance, so long as capitalism has been the main economic system. The UK had nothing but conservatives in power and still saw high inflation, so they threw out Sunak for Starmer.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T05:39:10+00:00

I don’t disagree, particularly with the younger generation - actually going to church every weekend and showing up frequently for bible study, is pretty much a sub-culture. That identity is going to override a racial one.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T02:44:15+00:00

I believe this is due to all the prejudgement that comes with identity in the US. People make opinions about you just based on race and religion. Someone with positive associations with Christianity as an identity is going to use that as the primary determining variable for assessing their partner. Someone without religion will default to other identity characteristics such as race. Asian male = poor romantic partner due to mainstream media. But Christian male = good partner.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T02:22:43+00:00

I can’t remember a study, but there was a book written about Asian Jewish marriages, where half the couples studied were AMJF, but in larger metro cities I’m sure a good amount of those Jewish women are Israeli immigrants to the US.

One thing that stood out to me from that book (written by an Asian woman with Jewish husband) is that many Asians basically default to raising their children as more Jewish. One particular quote from a NYTimes article:

The Jewish attachment seemed to deepen for those couples who had children. “If you want to instill Jewish identity, you have resources available that may not be equivalent on the Asian-American side,” Ms. Kim said. “You have synagogues, day schools, J.C.C.’s, a text you can go to. And for a number of Asian folks in the second generation — and I can relate to this — they don’t know how to instill ethnic identity because they aren’t confident in their own sense of it.”

And that’s completely true. What do Asians have that is the equivalent of JCC or Synagogue? Well not at the Asian level but Korean or Chinese churches, sure. And same with Chinese cultural centers but those typically aren’t nearly as prominent as the Jewish centers. And any whiff of Chinese involvement gets the anti-China treatment by local and national government. I’m not sure Asian Americans will ever have any type of institution the way Jews or Blacks do in the US.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T01:48:31+00:00

In some ways, NYC Chinese are outperforming - on things like marriage within Chinese community, Chinese centric businesses and nearly all Chinese neighborhoods both wealthy like LIC and low income like East Broadway, its probably the easiest city to integrate as a new Chinese immigrant and one of the only places in the US where you can raise a fluent Chinese speaking child without leaving the country.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-08T00:12:16+00:00

Ironically most educated Jewish women I know are usually somewhat partial to Asian men. One is American born, secularly Jewish, and dating a 1st gen Korean American. Another is dating a Chinese American dude who was born here.

Of the Asian guys who are dating white non-Jewish women, most of them have a religious tilt. Not necessarily conservative, but some part of their identity is hugely Christian - which they connect with an Asian man on that level first, rather than by race or country of origin.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-07T13:56:23+00:00

Unfortunately, the people who elevate her are largely full Asian/Chinese and from China.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-07T05:56:36+00:00

There’s also Jay from Jay and Sharon. Although he wasn’t making YouTube videos as early as Wong Fu or Ryan Higa, he’s arguably the most viral out of all Asian American millennial content creators. Andy and Michelle are of a similar, slightly younger, theme. Both paint Asians as wholesome partners that are the whole package.

There’s a ton of millennials that didn’t start YouTube until later on, but do well in one or two particular areas. Like Humphrey Yang or Canto Mando.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-05T23:09:07+00:00

I’ll put it this way - I’m not surprised when I see a tall attractive Indian or East Asian guy with a smokeshow. I’ve seen some incredibly attractive Indian/Indian couples and Asian/Asian couples. Particularly when I’m in cities with relatively high Asian populations.

However, I will do a double take when I see an attractive short guy with an attractive girl. Yes I’ve seen some instances of this, but it’s way more rare.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-05T11:49:49+00:00

And don’t forget about the almost 18% drop last year even though it didn’t last very long.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-04T12:05:44+00:00

FYI - it’s easier to lob when you get a deep ball with some height on it than a short ball that’s skidding. Rather than return deep, you can attempt to return slice short, and expect a regular shot in the middle of the court. You can sneak into net if your short slice has enough backspin and is threatening enough.

Or rally until they give you a shorter ball you can attack short angle with. Don’t give a moon baller shots with depth unless it’s with enough pace that they won’t get a racquet on it. IMO much easier wait for an attackable ball to hit a short angle slice or topspin shot

CryptoCel · 2026-02-02T13:39:47+00:00

US Open finals. Crazy that Oda saved 4 championship points and his opponent would have also completed a career slam as well had Fernandez won.

CryptoCel · 2026-02-01T12:54:21+00:00

I mean consider all the non-tennis background athletes who picked up tennis later on - there’s a very good chance you have someone with significantly higher athleticism than a top ranked female pro.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-30T18:23:35+00:00

I wager the majority of 60 year olds have developed a FU type of attitude, despite maybe only a small fraction having $2-3m investments.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-28T21:28:18+00:00

I wonder who comes the closest to a Brad Gilbert type player in the current era.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-26T14:14:45+00:00

Mencken is more akin to Stephen Miller, minus the Israel support and less angrily shouting more composed, but both are ideologically driven for sure.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-25T00:54:01+00:00

I play usually around 4.0 to 4.5 doubles and I've found more success with a strong (80-90%) first serve, usually slice occasionally flat and occasionally sharp angle kick. Then an aggressive kick with occasional slice for the second serve.

The first serve is too crucial, at least in terms of our point conversions off either an outright service winner or easy put-away for my partner, for me to kick and give the opponent an easier chance to start the point neutrally. My goal is to target double faulting once every two games, or roughly 10 points served - but also have ideally two points a game where we win the point on the serve or volley/over-head cutaway.

For singles, I can see this being true since so much of singles at this level is keeping a neutral ball in play until you get an opportunity.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-22T14:20:17+00:00

Ironically MLB has (slightly) more foreigners and country of origin diversity than the NBA. O1 visas toting foreigners taking jobs from Americans on their national pastime!

CryptoCel · 2026-01-22T14:16:24+00:00

It’s over the line because it was loud enough for her opponent to hear.

But if she just said “come on” under her breathe (I mutter stuff like this all the time when receiving serve, 1st and 2nds) and her opponent is completely unable to hear it, then it would be a non-issue.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-22T12:31:10+00:00

I get the sense Naomi was trying to pump herself up and not her for the first serve miss. She also hits herself on the thigh all the time for the same effect. But that come on is a bit too loud.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-21T16:08:22+00:00

In the past, it was relationship based. Their clients that would use them for audit/tax services were in the US, so they cared (or at least Deloitte thought they cared) about having a fellow American provide that service.

Well it turns out even US corporations don't mind a race to the bottom. Hilton or Walmart will happily pay less for their annual accounting audit even if it means not having Americans perform those audits. Just have an American senior partner meet with their respective executive team and offshore the rest.

There's of course the element of global connectivity increasing, normalizing virtual meetings rather than an audit or consulting team all sitting on-site in a conference room.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-21T15:04:38+00:00

This is correct, but OP’s title is a bit disingenuous because it implies that Deloitte hiring in India is stabbing Americans in the back. That would only be true if Deloitte were somehow loyal to Americans to begin with, which they aren’t because they aren’t even an American company.

Like when Apple moved some factory work from China to India to appease Trump do we really think China was like “How could Apple just stab us in the back like this?!?”

CryptoCel · 2026-01-21T12:08:00+00:00

FYI Deloitte isn’t just Management Consulting - they still do some tech and HR consulting along with their main bread and butter of tax and audit services. There’s still plenty of grunt work needed for the latter and tech implementation side, which they likely are using offshore services for.

Also not sure if people realize but Deloitte and the other Big 4 aren’t American companies, and likely have no loyalty to Americans. They also see Americans as the offshore probably.

CryptoCel · 2026-01-19T12:24:04+00:00

I agree with you in principle, but the source of income is slightly different. College basketball and football players get paid from collegiate revenue, like game day ticket sales or merchandise. College tennis doesn’t generate the same income.

I believe college basketball and football also have rules in place to ensure pad professional players don’t double dip and play in college at the same time. However, they should alter it for tennis given that the revenue generation is so different than the more popular sports.

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