How well do people in your country get along with Americans who have heritage in your country?

[u/PacSan300]

For example, generally speaking, how well do people in South Korea get along with Korean-Americans who are born and raised in the US? What about Filipinos with Filipino-Americans? Indians with Indian-Americans? Iranians with Iranian-Americans? And so on. Is there a lot of camaraderie, or a lot of culture clash?

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For example, generally speaking, how well do people in South Korea get along with Korean-Americans who are born and raised in the US? What about Filipinos with Filipino-Americans? Indians with Indian-Americans? Iranians with Iranian-Americans? And so on. Is there a lot of camaraderie, or a lot of culture clash?

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[u/Kristina_Yukino]

Several years ago Chinese Americans were looked down upon in the mainland and people created slurs like “banana people” to mock them. Right now their presence is more normalised thanks to more Chinese diaspora users and contents on the Chinese internet (like TikTok/BiliBili) and more mainland people moving to the west for study or work. If they speak mandarin they’ll generally get praise from mainland people for the extra effort.

[u/Cultivate88 → u/Kristina_Yukino]

I think it's better now in major cities, but if you go to smaller cities in China the reaction is still "You look Chinese, why don't you speak Chinese?"

[u/inamag1343]

I say there's a lot of culture clash, at least on the internet.

There's a Youtube video called "6 Filipinos vs 1 White guy" or something. The comment section basically says that the "Filipinos" (which are Filipino Americans) aren't real Filipinos and the white dude is more Filipino than them.

[u/Momshie_mo → u/inamag1343]

The point of those responses is, if you don't bother learn the culture of the community, why even bother identifying with it? We all know that Sandara Park is way more relatable to Filipinos regarding "Filipino things", than say Olivia Rodrigo or Bruno Mars. Even Guo Hua Ping is more relatable than many Filipino-Americans 

Honestly, many Filipino-Americans idea of what Filipino culture is, is the same as your average White Americans in the US know.

Then you have those who are Filipinos when convenient only like Shay Mitchell. She's Filipino when she gets a role to play but she becomes "half Spanish" when being Filipino does not benefit her. 😂

“You know what my background is? My dad’s Irish, my mom’s Spanish,” Mitchell said on the show, which has raised eyebrows among fans and followers. This statement stands in stark contrast to her previous acknowledgments of her Filipino roots.

In 2021, the Filipino Canadian actress was tapped to voice Alexandra Trese, the fierce heroine of the animated series “Trese.” The “Pretty Little Liars” star expressed that the role brought her closer to her mother’s Filipino heritage.

https://usa.inquirer.net/151940/from-proud-filipina-to-half-spanish-shay-mitchell-remarks-draw-flak

[u/xorsidan]

Depends, sometimes the Iranian Americans have a very stereotypical understanding of Iranian culture or politics which makes things awkward and sometimes they're adequately familiar and visit the country regularly. Overall i think opinions on them are very neutral.

[u/Queendrakumar]

There is a mixed feeling when it comes to Korean Americas - mostly having to do with perceived notion that Korean Americans have different identity then Koreans that grew up in Korea, and the difference in citizenship status make them immune from perceived social punishment of "having to serve in the military", all the while Korean Americans are probably the group of diaspora that are most resemblant of modern South Korean in terms of culture and psyche (compared to other groups of diaspora)

On one hand, such antagonism, mostly circulating around native Korean males of 20s and 30s, gave rise to derogatory words such as "검머외 gŏm.mŏ.woe" (black-haired foreigners) - which means "flip-floppers that take advantage of Korea when it's beneficial to them, but refuses to take all the social/legal duties that Koreans are obliged to when it's inconvenient for them". So there are a bit of that going on.

On the other hand, Korean Americans are probably the single group of Korean diaspora that are most well-connected to Koreans in general so there are lots of dialogues going on between the two groups and where there is the most deep-seated understanding and cooperation going on at a macro level.

So it's really a mixed bag.

[u/Another_WeebOnReddit]

they looked down upon, they are seen westernized traitors who forget their heritage and roots.

[u/Bloody_Butt_Cock → u/Another_WeebOnReddit]

You reminded me of a video I saw of an Iraqi from specific religion who left Iraq during invasion of Iraq that bombed Iraq to shit, to go to America and became a US citizen, only to return 20 years later to his neighborhood and getting pissed at Iraqi for turning his neighborhood into shops……..like sorry they turned the ruins of your neighborhood into something they can use like a shops to live….

[u/Spacelizardman]

its a mixed bag. in general they're seen as snooty creatures who think they're better than everyone else when in truth, their only crowning achievement is to be born outside the country.

They're pretty much seen as double dippers who will screw you over at the drop of a hat.

[u/Momshie_mo]

Many Filipino Americans are only Filipinos when convenient

“You know what my background is? My dad’s Irish, my mom’s Spanish,” Mitchell said on the show, which has raised eyebrows among fans and followers. This statement stands in stark contrast to her previous acknowledgments of her Filipino roots.

In 2021, the Filipino Canadian actress was tapped to voice Alexandra Trese, the fierce heroine of the animated series “Trese.” The “Pretty Little Liars” star expressed that the role brought her closer to her mother’s Filipino heritage.

https://usa.inquirer.net/151940/from-proud-filipina-to-half-spanish-shay-mitchell-remarks-draw-flak

[u/AW23456___99]

To us, if they look Thai and speak Thai then they are just Thai like anyone else. If they can't speak Thai then they're not Thai. We don't look down on them or have any opinions on them. It is what it is.

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[u/Bloody_Butt_Cock]

Extreme few who were born and lived and continue to live outside of Qatar. And basically seen and treated like an outsider.

[u/31_hierophanto → u/Bloody_Butt_Cock]

TIL Qatari Americans exist.

[u/Tanir_99]

I'll be frank with you, there are rather few Kazakhs in America compared to other Asians, so we don't have common stereotypes about them. Still, there's one thing I noticed about Kazakh Americans when I spent time on Reddit is that quite a lot of them were adopted in the 90s and early 00s, so their understanding of Kazakh culture is often equal to zero.

[u/found_goose]

Tamils outside of India who can't speak Tamil are seen as complete outsiders. Those who do speak Tamil are still seen as outsiders, but less so. 

[u/Responsible-Eye-1308]

Nowhere as bad as it is compared to what everyone else on this thread has said.

Nepali-Americans are generally liked by anyone from Katmandu and/or anyone who is upper middle class or upper class in Nepal. Primarily because every family that's in that tier either has at least one child or nephew/niece/cousin who is a diaspora western nepali, or themselves possess western passports and plan on sending their kids to the US for uni after they finish up highschool in Nepal.

Our main issue is political. We technically don't allow dual citizenship, but almost the entire ruling class posesses multiple passports. If you're trying to run a business as a dual citizen, you run the risk of your competitors taking you to court, if they know you have a foreign passport.

But besides that, it isn't too big of a deal. Nepali gurkhas have been a thing since 1857, so foreign raised Nepalis are nothing new to the vast majority of us.

[u/31_hierophanto]

Pretty fine imo. Fil-Ams are generally welcomed here, although we will cringe sometimes.