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I think you are making shit up.
I have been around a ton of cars and car people. Rice was never used to describe Asians.
A ford focus with a huge wing? Rice
A civic with a massive ground effects? Rice
A twin turbo Supra with nitro? Tuned.
The ethnicity of the driver or country of origin never came into it, East Coast, West Coast.
Is hoopty racist? No. Neither is rice.
Oh really? Do the whites you hang out with use the term refer to any car mod you don't like? Have you asked them where the term comes from?
Haha. I don’t make fun of ppl for their personal choices or their ideology. What is the point in that? Express yourself. Takes all kinds.
I don’t look to be offended nor look to offend.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.
I'm not making fun of anybody.
If you want me to express myself then I will: I don't like you, and if I knew you irl, I would think less of you after this conversation.
Asian American into car culture here. Ricing and ricers are still derogatory and racist terms to this day. Do not mistake your ignorance of something that no one would bother to tell you for knowledge that it's not true.
Aww man I am sorry to read that. I haven’t seen it personally; sorry you have. Where are you located where being Asian and into cars got you slurs? That is uncool.
It was Indiana at the time, as far as getting cars and racism getting mixed together in one experience for me. These days I'm in Texas, but haven't engaged too much with the car culture here yet.
Edit: btw, sorry for my tone in my previous comment, I was honestly getting pretty worked up going through the comments in this post.
All good. I am genuinely here just for cool desktops and probably shouldn’t have engaged at all as it just distracted from that.
I think what is interesting about online communities is how little impact they have in the real world, yet there is a feeling of impact.
For example, whether rice is in or out, will have no bearing on what happened to you or may happen again, which makes me sad.
Any chance of making a lasting change by winning hearts and minds is lost in a sea of win at all cost hyperbole. Real stories always matter my friend. Hopefully Texas is more chill for you.