Why are East Asians Physically Weaker than Other Races?

[@marknunya3107]

@3:10 that’s an aspect of asian culture i never considered and probably one of the largest differences vs my anglo-saxon heritage. We’ve always been against large power and valued individualism.

[@robcubed9557]

Similar situation for South Asia/Indian Subcontinent. Part of it is culture: emphasis on academics to the exclusion of athletics, and food shortages, and heavily vegetarian diet. I’ve met western-born Indian subcontinental that look completely different from their immigrant parents due to changes in diet as well as increased athletic participation

[@Von199X]

It's the food, Western people eat more calories and protein, that's why their bigger and taller. It's the rice Asian's eat lower in protein content

[@Technoanima]

Correct and Asians hate physicality.

[@sinoroman]

East Asians can change up their diet, that's for sure. Growing food has been ok for countries, but food strategy will get more complicated due to the growing water shortage

[@DonnieWong72]

Just to clarify, I have nothing against girly boys - I love them and indeed I was one myself as a kid - but testosterone has been under attack for some time, and China is currently trying to address this

[@zygon2918]

1:00 Us latinos, we're not techinally considered a race, however, i am curious if you could make a video that or perhaps could direct me to a video that explains the evolutionary reasoning for our prioritization of sex. From my perspective if we selected for better looking people, than we would be on average better looking than most of the planets population however, much like any other group of people it would be easy to say that we've also got out ugly ducklings as well as good looking individuals

[@marknunya3107]

Y’all women are the roses of the world. Everyone admires a beautiful latina. There’s some that aren’t attracted to whites or blacks or asians, but i never met a man who didn’t like latinas

[@concernedliberal4453]

Pound-for-pound many of them are physically quite strong. Just smaller in size, so not too many heavyweight athletes, etc.

[@FIRSTASIAN]

Most of these smaller weightlifting contests are dominated by Asians. p4p I'm the strongest dude in my high school.

[@chrisblue4652]

Okay, theres some issues here. Yes Chinese culture historically has prioritized poetry/scholars over warriors. But you are forgetting that the vast majority of the people were uneducated and were simple farmers. There isn't a genetic pressure for scholar farmers. A better theory for physicality is the type of agriculture, avg temperature, amount of sunlight, etc. Hot + humid regions = smaller people. Cold + dry region = larger people. hunters v herders v wheat farming v rice farming.

[@Vasil_Hristov]

👌🏻

[@Cho11y10]

You guys prioritise in the right things. Nothing to be ashamed of. As long as the moral and values are there , you'll get my admiration

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, etc people seem to be a mix of europeans and east-asians

[@larsjohansson660]

there language is turkik like the Uiguhrs as well in western China. So turkish dna.

[@Kuvvvqingqunnn]

Dna wise, they are mixture. Cultural wise, they are unique.

[@younot-ez3xr]

Kazakhs are Turkic with large Mongolian admixture. Uzbeks are like East Asian, Persian, Turkic (incl. Uyghurs)

[@FIRSTASIAN]

What are you guys talking about? Ohtani 50-50, (the #1 player in baseball) Pan, the dude who just broke the world record in freestyle swimming.(America has never lost a relay race in swimming in over 60 years until now, defeated by China)JAPAN just won 8 gold medals in freestyle wrestling, and CHINA just won 40 gold medals. , MANNY PAC 8 weight class champion ( boxing has been around for almost 200 years and NO ONE has come close to winning 8 weight classes until now)(pound 4-pound Asians are the strongest)

[@DonnieWong72]

@@FIRSTASIAN we’re not talking about athletes but average people and the education system, and the difference is immediately visible when you travel to East Asia

[@ribos2762]

Juiced up athletes and extremes of the gene pool don't represent the general population.

[@FIRSTASIAN]

@@DonnieWong72 Have you heard of eugenics? That's what they did in the old days, they would procreate the two strongest males and females. Look at all the strong-man contests, they are dominated by Caucasians, but in the lower-weight class is dominated by Asians. CHINESE are probably the most dominant athletes in the world, they won 40 gold medals in the Olympia compared to India, 1.4 billion won 0 and Africa as a whole with 1.5 billion, won 13 gold U S , won 40 gold but that's all mixed in Culture

[@FIRSTASIAN]

@@DonnieWong72 CHINESE are maybe the most talented people on the planet. To keep a country of 1.3 billion people intact like that takes skills. (I'm not Chinese but I can tell ) CHINA just won 40 gold medal INDIA won 0 gold AFRICA as a whole won 13 gold AMERICA also won 40 but a mixture of race

[@gbmbg114]

To your point, I actually think it’s an evolutionary tool for different populations to master different aspects of humanity.. and then in coming together (like in the United States, as an example), we’re advised to teach and learn from each other.. like, imagine someone who can gain mastery of ALL of the traits.. to me, that’s the future of humanity.. Which is why these prejudices or hierarchical systems are kinda silly.. everyone has something to learn and something to teach.. and we also have deficiencies to overcome in order to see each other as equal enough to think that there’s actually something to learn from one another lol.. I think that’s our next challenge.. becoming secure enough to learn from EVERYONE.. I have a lot more on the subject, but I’ll stop there.. cool video though! I’ll check out more..

[@DonnieWong72]

@@gbmbg114 thank you!

[@cifei36]

Just because you and your circle of friends was raised to be weak doesn’t mean the majority are. I know plenty of Asians who grew up learning Martial Arts.

[@extraordinarygamer937]

I love all my fellow East Asian brothers and sisters, I am from India and under British rule and the Islamic rule before India suffered from extreme level of famines which stunted our growth for generations and is present even today, hence why Indians have been weaker too but there is a leap of growth in present day Indians from older generations

[@robcubed9557]

I’ve met South Koreans and Mongolians and Chinese that are pretty hefty.

[@ribos2762]

That's because the modern Korean race is quite mixed, not because of the recent Japanese invasions but because of the Mongol invasion. if I remember correctly 2/3 of Korean adult male perished during the Mongol occupation, either slaughtered by the Mongol or died when they were sent to invade Japan by the Mongol. The hefty Koreans can definately trace their ancestry back to Mongolian. Same with the hefty Chinese.

[@Vasil_Hristov]

>Women are on average shorter than men >Oh but I've seen tall girls 🙄

[@raw726]

By the way 5'8 5'9 is best height to live longer i don't want to get taller because if you are taller than this then your heart has to work harder

[@FIRSTASIAN]

I'm 5'3 and my grocery price is 100 dollars a month. lol

[@DonnieWong72]

@@raw726 that’s great to hear as a 5’8 guy!

[@larsjohansson660]

Im 180 cm I think that is 5^11. Being taller is defo good for dating. Ladies dont want short men.

[@DonnieWong72]

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[@jbchoc]

Kung-fu movies show otherwise.

[@Feathertail2205]

Kung Fu movies don't represent the entire Asian population irl.

[@TCHHCTN]

All that soy, gluten, refined flour/sugar, additives and preservatives. And sunlight/air pollution/synthetic materials. If you look at Australians vs British (same genes) Australians are usually a bit bigger and healthier cos they get more sun and do more outdoor activities.

[@DonnieWong72]

@@TCHHCTN yeah endocrine disruptors are real… but I can’t give up the soy (although I believe soya sauce is ok cos it’s fermented)?

[@Mwuff7775]

The entire soy thing is pseudoscience.

[@johnmclean8167]

I don't think it was a "focus on academia" that caused this difference. Yes, China was ruled by an exam-based bureaucracy and had high literature and philosophy from classical times. But while the numerically small elite were engaged in these activities, the vast majority of Chinese were illiterate peasants until very recently (I don't mean this disparagingly, the whole world was). If I was looking to history for a determinant of genetics, I would want to look at agricultural systems, kinship structures etc. at the base level of society, not the priorities of the upper castes. Also, China has some pretty strong warrior traditions and martial arts.

[@DonnieWong72]

@@johnmclean8167 I hear what you’re saying but my view is in my own lifetime (I’m 52) this has certainly been the case

[@Tyranthraxus78]

While the Asians were consuming rice and vegetables, growing weaker each generation, the Europeans were hunting wild beasts and consuming their flesh, growing strong and tall for thousands of years.

[@FIRSTASIAN]

WRONG, EUGENIC is their culture, they used to find the two strongest males and females and modify them.

[@sinoroman]

There was negative or incorrect information on Chinese history a decade or more ago. About how Europe developed guns with gunpowder and China only developed firecrackers or fireworks. Teaching of Chinese history has been better, going into how China developed handcannons, early missiles, firebombs, and early mines. Not sure if he is not aware or chooses to ignore history.

[@Arotheadrian]

I'd ask Manny Pacquiao...

[@AkaiShuichi-lz5kt]

same in india, famines in india has a long lasting histroy since pre colonial era ehich was caused due to el nino and la nina events buttttt it worsed in colonial era in the islamic and british rule, there were many frequent famines (read abt shahjahans deccan campaign and british era famines.u'll know) and the replacement of our diet by colonialists, in other words the majority of foods eaten in india isnt indian the british mainly used indian fertile lands used for millet cultivation for.opium trade with china, and this made indians depend on the ration system of the british (which is continued till this date) in the ration system british used to buy rice from indian farmers and distribute it to indians, now india is a country which has historically had water shortages and this has lead indians incorporating millets into our diet as its much more resistant, but imperial policies limited.it to mainly rice, wheat, potato, maize, rawa not just these, indian govt post 47 also had a key role.in this, like prioritizing rice and wheat over other grains, like the continuatiob of rice distribution throu ration system (even in this day and age half of our country is dependent on this system)

[@dav]

It’s all in the food supply. The genetically engineered foods of the West explains all of the 6ft tall guys. I think Asia, particularly China and South Korea finally caught on in this regard especially after the rise of the middle class. Starting already this generation, you already see a lot more taller young Asian guys.

[@DonnieWong72]

I’ve noticed the sudden and dramatic leap in height over a single generation of Chinese youth too, and I came to the conclusion it must be the introduction of growth hormone in the food chain

[@elwolf8536]

No It's the availability of meat and also being lactose tolerant

[@DonnieWong72]

@ I’m Gen X and meat was abundant throughout our lives, but we we all short - until they started up with the hormones in the last 20 years - and in Italy they are still short cos they don’t mess with all that

[@sinoroman]

Yeah, more food in better quality. But people in East Asia can adopt a more testosterone-rich routine. There has to be a valid reason, not "other races are bigger than us" (not valid)

[@FIRSTASIAN]

It's EUGENIC, like how the way we breed dogs, u mix a bulldog with a bull terrier to get a pit bull

[@Chucklecheese69]

NO SHIT OF COURSE!!! YOU EVER SEEN AN ASAIN WIN ANY SPORTS WITH GOLD IN STRENGTH? THEY PUT ALL THEIR STATS IN INTELLIGENT OVER STRENGTH

[@israelayoade]

😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 This was so funny.

[@sinoroman]

funny joke

[@AlteredState1123]

Yes, Olympic weightlifting. Check it out.

[@Ryan-ie4ib]

Ain’t you fellas ever heard of the Mongol Empire? They weren’t weak people. It’s not about race it’s about a mindset 🫡

[@DonnieWong72]

@@Ryan-ie4ib exactly that’s kinda what we were getting at - the focus has been on academics in recent generations but it hasn’t always been that way, and we need to embrace our physicality again

[@ribos2762]

It's both race and mindset. The mindset can affect what genetic traits are favored which in turn affect the gene pool, and the gene pool in turn shapes the "race". Ancient Mongolian and ancient Chinese are not of the same race. Using the categorizations "East Asians", "White", "Black" is too broad imhop.

[@TonyG101]

Load of bs. No race is stronger than another. Were not different enough, its how we are raised and what activities we do. My grandfather at 85 was stronger than myself at 18. He grew up hunting, farming, had fought and survived war by 21. I grew up soft therefore weak…

[@YasCiYasKi]

this coming from a Tony

[@ribos2762]

Nah, physical differences between races definately exist. There are traits that are easy to observe such as skin color, eyes color, hair color, then there's bone length, thickness, muscle, tendons placement etc... there definately are strength differences, the question is how much. There are countless examples of adopted Asian kids that's raised in the West by white parents that grew up short and frail looking just like typical Asians that grew up in Asia. Playing basketball won't make people grow taller, it's just that tall people tend to choose play basketball.

[@Vasil_Hristov]

You're delusional. Different races have different bone structure, different muscles, testosterone levels,, different torso to limbs ratioetc etc etc

[@richardangerer7083]

Observing and categorizing racial differences is pretty much the definition of race theory and racism. Stop making excuses.

[@DonnieWong72]

@@richardangerer7083 as someone who suffered daily racism as a kid in 80s UK, I’m not so sensitive to racial stereotyping and personally don’t consider it racist unless there’s an element of spite

[@ribos2762]

Acknowledging the differences, and using the differences as an exuse to mistreat people are two different things. I see the differences between a German Sheperd and a Corgi, doesn't mean I want to kill all Corgi because they're different from German Shepherd.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Over simplified.

[@cristobalvalladares973]

I think Latin America produces the most beautiful of women. The curviest women also, but we are not a race. We are ab amalgam of races. Late in life I've discovered the beauty of Asian women. Those korean cheerleader's are amazing!!

[@Captain-America4992]

Black women are hands down the curviest, any latino woman with natural curves & a round butt surely has Black ancestry.

[@Honor-n1k]

Wow! I wonder who these guys could be if they didn't buy into such limiting racial paradigms.

[@jasonjoseph71]

Most of the weightlifters r from china bro. Wtf u r talking about.

[@DonnieWong72]

We’re not talking about athletes (of which China, being a nation of over a billion people, obviously has plenty) but the average people across society

[@jasonjoseph71]

@@DonnieWong72 Chinese people have a masculine brain. Most probably because of the strong family set up. A father is present in the household. That is not the case with most races. That is the perception of Chinese as an Indian. And strength doesn't equate to muscles or size. Looking strong doesn't necessarily means being strong. I know because I am doing this powerlifting regularly

[@jasonjoseph71]

@@DonnieWong72 Chinese people have a masculine brain. Most probably because of the strong family set up. A father is present in the household. That is not the case with most races. That is the perception of Chinese as an Indian. And strength doesn't equate to muscles or size. Looking strong doesn't necessarily means being strong. I know because I am doing this powerlifting regularly