<p>Pandem, I don’t believe that you are racist. You are probably just as prejudiced as any other well intentioned individual. You made a generalization, which we all do, based on some reasonable observations – there are less Asian Americans in artistic professions, Western industries have been more successful in terms of wealth and political power due than Asian industries in RECENT history and that is in part due to their emphasis on creative enterprises.</p>
<p>However just know that the way you have chose to word your conclusions is inflammatory and invites perceptions that your are racist/ignorant. To lack creativity usually connotes dullness, robotic-ness, etc etc. This is not fair to the creative accomplishments that have been achieved by Asians throughout history as well as right now. </p>
<p>Also the way that you communicate your responses leads me to believe that you conclude that the “lack of creativity” is something inherent in Asian culture – as in, Asian culture as a whole is just not inclined to “creative” thinking or processes, and “creative” Asians are the exceptions to the rule. You may not be entirely wrong but this is an oversimplified way of looking at it, and thus leads you to form conclusions which seem prejudiced. </p>
<p>First off, as many people have mentioned before, creativity is NOT limited to artistic endeavors. Yes, there are less Asian American actresses, singers, dancers. However a big reason is that Asian American parents discourage such professions in favor of ones that seem more stable to them. Those professions generally fall in the engineering/medical fields. Yet even if there was less natural artistic talent among Asians, the only thing that you can say about is that we are less ARTISTICALLY-oriented not that we are less “creative”.</p>