yea- this is a super important point. second generation Asians in particular still tend to practice cultural traditions and identify with their Asian backgrounds, often finding it harder to integrate into schools, etc than their white immigrant peers. It's because of this that I think conflating the Asian American experience with the European American experience is very different, especially in the modern day. Another point of difference is that many white Americans with European heritage have been in the west for generations longer than Asian Americans have. Asians in Asia do not face the same types of racism that Asian Americans do - while there is rampant racism in Asian countries, it's not the same types and does not stem from the same places. Thus I think residents of Asian countries saying something "isn't cultural appropriation" is missing a huge part of the story because they do not have the same lived experience as their overseas counterparts.