Because there is something inherantly racist about mentioning a mans race, which this board suffers from massively.
You wouldn't catch someone saying a tight fisted white/english gentleman, so why mention the fact he is of another race?
No but you would catch people saying a tight firsted white/scottish gentleman
What's wrong with bringing up the stereotype that old Asian men are tight-fisted and drive old brown Mercedes-Benz cars with a box of tissues on the parcel shelf?