@bnmjy you self describe as both, so this is especially to you.
So A Christmas Story is now playing for a 24 hour loop on TBS. There is that one scene in the Chinese restaurant with the workers singing "Deck the harrs with barrs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra..."
So my question is: How accurate is this stereotype to CHINESE people specifically? I remember on the old boards many years ago someone said this tends to happen with people from Japan because they don't have the L sound in their language. I am by no means an expert on Japan or its language, but of all the Japanese names I've seen and heard in anime, video games, video game end credits, and Japanese metal bands seems to corroborate this.
But this stereotype is commonly applied to Chinese people too. But I am wondering if that is even accurate. The Chinese have many names with the L in it, such as Ling, Lee, and Liu. Why would they have trouble with that sound? Is it just the old "all Asians are the same" racism? Or is there something I'm not understanding here?