These things are all true, and not having something like an MLK era is something I had not considered. However, one thing that I would like to point out is that when I am talking about racism in Asia, I am not really comparing local to foreigner. I am comparing the treatment of foreigners of European Descent to foreigners of African, Middle Eastern, or Indian Descent.
I'm not sure you can exactly equate the same thing in Asia with racism over here. While I think the closest analogue to their form of stereotyping is what we would consider racist, you have to consider a few things differently.
1. In America, we are a melting pot. In Asian countries, the various nations actually have ethnic cultures and people that form the vast majority of their nations. These nations have their own people where people is an actual genetic lineage. (or plurality of accepted lineages)
You would never say, you are Black and therefore you can't be American.
But you might actually say, you are Black and therefore you can't be Thai.
2. The concept of being an "outsider" blurs the line of racial stereotyping as outright racism. In the states, we look at racial categorizations as stereotyping against certain races. In Asian nations, first and foremost in their mind is the idea that you as a different race are an outsider. You are not native to their land. They have no history of accepting immigrants en masse, and therefore the outsider term is very apt. You might be Black or Arab or White but first and foremost you are not one of them. And if they categorize your race, i think it has less to do with overt prejudice against your race and more with the idea that you are a stranger in their land and they do not know who or what you are.
3. These nations do not have the history of social evolution of America. Jim Crow laws, whites vs black, slavery in the triangular trade, the 14th amendment, Martin Luther King Jr. None of that existed in China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam, etc.
What is a racial epithet without its historical stigma? Is it weakened? What if instead of a history of mistreatment, there is simply no history at all?
My definition of hipster is a bit different than most seen on these. My definition of hipster is someone who has many of the choices on things they partake in (such as fashion, music choice, or beer choice,) rooted in irony.
In order to make monocolor-only work well in draft, you need hybrid heavy environments like Shadowmoor, but it is possible.
Yeah, I've drafted a lot of Shadowmoor-Eve and Mono Red and White are some of the best decks, they can be rarer to get though, and if someone close to you is going for it you get trainwrecked bad. I would assume when people talk about about formats being about mono colored decks that atleast half the people in an 8 person pool would draft them, and that would cause a lot more train wrecks than a 2-3 color format.
-A couple days ago I was replaying Mike Tyson's Punchout and I forgot how stereotypical Piston Honda was. This is what he said between rounds ""Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nipponichi..."
-I think the main reasons racism with Asians is not as discussed in the US as much is that the history of opression is not quite as deep, and the averages for things like grades and wealth are fairly high for Asian-Americans.
-I have lived in Asia for most of the year for the past 7 years, (mostly in Thailand but have spent decent amount of time in many Asian countries.) The amount of racism here completely dwarfs the amount in the USA. I'm not just talking about things like higher prices for foreigners either. The amount of negativity shown to many Africans and Middle Easterners is very very high. Even racial jokes are much more common in the areas of Asia I have traveled and lived than in anywhere I have lived in America.
I somewhat agree with this, Card Advatage is one of the first things that people learn about when get beyond basic Magic and some get stuck on thinking that is pretty much the only thing.
That creates so many problems, it would be a nightmare for basically all parties involved. When are average prices calculated? These cards will surely drop like a rock if it was announced they would be considered proxies. Is WOTC ready to take a huge financial hit if these are calculated at a decent price before they drop? If not they are really screwing over anybody who has bought a card on the Reserved list before? For people trying to get into Legacy/Vintage, do they think the new printings will be easy to get? I'm sure they would be released in fairly small numbers and hoarded big. I'm not really a fan of the reserved list, but this idea borders on parody.
With the amount of counterfeiting going on in China (look at the amount of pirated DVD's to licensed DVD's available) that someone would get arrested for counterfeiting Magic cards seems absurd to me.
A huge chunk of the appeal of Legacy is playing with old classic cards such as the original dual lands, banning them would be just about the worst solution I can think of.
Seems pretty ridiculous to me. Strong female characters, I can get behind that. I just don't see how an all female block would work though. I imagine it would take a place on a plane, how does this plane stay populated? How about animals on this plane, are they all female?
Yeah, I've drafted a lot of Shadowmoor-Eve and Mono Red and White are some of the best decks, they can be rarer to get though, and if someone close to you is going for it you get trainwrecked bad. I would assume when people talk about about formats being about mono colored decks that atleast half the people in an 8 person pool would draft them, and that would cause a lot more train wrecks than a 2-3 color format.
-A couple days ago I was replaying Mike Tyson's Punchout and I forgot how stereotypical Piston Honda was. This is what he said between rounds ""Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nipponichi..."
-I think the main reasons racism with Asians is not as discussed in the US as much is that the history of opression is not quite as deep, and the averages for things like grades and wealth are fairly high for Asian-Americans.
-I have lived in Asia for most of the year for the past 7 years, (mostly in Thailand but have spent decent amount of time in many Asian countries.) The amount of racism here completely dwarfs the amount in the USA. I'm not just talking about things like higher prices for foreigners either. The amount of negativity shown to many Africans and Middle Easterners is very very high. Even racial jokes are much more common in the areas of Asia I have traveled and lived than in anywhere I have lived in America.