"The so-called “model minority” stereotype, one of the most pervasive and harmful assumptions about Asian Americans, holds that Asian Americans are a uniformly high-achieving racial minority that has assimilated well into American society through hard work, obedience to social mores and academic achievement."
And that's supposed to be a bad thing?!?
WE realize that Asian Americans are no more monolithic than any other "identity politics" group.
I'm an American(second gen) Chinese woman and I used to think it's not a bad thing. However, racist liberal white women made it an offensive stereotype. How so? They will praise the other children for behavior, academic achievement, etc. while telling the Asian child that their achievements are as expected. And that stereotype follows into the workplace expecting the Asians to work harder than other employees. And if you don't work harder but perform the same as other employees, the crazed white libs will consider you to be "below average".
There's a reason why we now identify as a math Asian, an arts Asian, a science Asian, etc. One of my favorite youtubers, Decoy Voice, is always quick to announce that he is NOT a math Asian.
"racist liberal white women made it an offensive stereotype" -- by NOT considering the individual needs of the student as a PERSON, but by using "racial" criteria to put the child into a racially labeled box.
This seems to me the same leftist identity politics that allows universities to discriminate against Asians to enroll other identity-group-members with lower scores. That is raaacisss! B/c they aren't judging the persons for their individual qualifications, but according to which "race" they "represent" in their "totals".
I went to the University of WA in Seattle and in the math and science classes the white libs counted the number of Asian faces to determine if they would drop the course. One of my friends used to laugh when they did that b/c as my friend put it "What dumb asses! I bring DOWN the average!!" (She was smart but definitely NOT a math Asian :)
In Canada there are people labeled minorities who come from Nations with over a billion people. There are less than 25 million Canadian born Canadians.
We remember the Hmong and Vietnamese refugees who gave up everything to ally with the [failed] US effort in the VN war.
Yes, there have been Asian gangs. LA SF etc. Some brutal. Mostly against other Asian gangs in order to establish their own "territory" among earlier immigrant power groups. Their gang loyalty was derived from their loyalty to origins, family, and gangs in Hong Kong and China (like the Triad). But yes they used drugs, prostitution, etc. which harmed the community, but mostly directed to rivalry within their own immigrant groups.
Such as Wah Ching vs. the ABCs, American Born Chinese. This was real!
Like the rival Puerto Rican gangs in NY back in West Side Story.
I was just referring to the movie. No gangs where I grew up and kids carried guns in a hanger attached to the back window of a pick up truck.
I have friends who grew up in NJ across from NY. They have been very useful in describing the Italian gangs and explaining what racist nicknames mean.
I did get a lesson while living in Hawaii though in racial identifiers amongst asians. And I have a South Korean friend who still hates the Japanese and my best friend in college was Japanese (beautiful, class officer, 4.0, sorority sister) I was born right after the war and don't know if this is still a national memory.
As far as I know, there is still some resentment of the Japanese among the Koreans and Chinese . . .
The Japanese forces in WWII conducted many atrocities. Against Americans as well. We forgave the Japanese and German people long ago. They are our friends.
OH not to forget the Italian gangs aka Mafia! And who stopped their hegemony in NY? OH Rudy, and Trump!
Admiring them is now racist??
"The so-called “model minority” stereotype, one of the most pervasive and harmful assumptions about Asian Americans, holds that Asian Americans are a uniformly high-achieving racial minority that has assimilated well into American society through hard work, obedience to social mores and academic achievement."
And that's supposed to be a bad thing?!?
WE realize that Asian Americans are no more monolithic than any other "identity politics" group.
I'm an American(second gen) Chinese woman and I used to think it's not a bad thing. However, racist liberal white women made it an offensive stereotype. How so? They will praise the other children for behavior, academic achievement, etc. while telling the Asian child that their achievements are as expected. And that stereotype follows into the workplace expecting the Asians to work harder than other employees. And if you don't work harder but perform the same as other employees, the crazed white libs will consider you to be "below average".
There's a reason why we now identify as a math Asian, an arts Asian, a science Asian, etc. One of my favorite youtubers, Decoy Voice, is always quick to announce that he is NOT a math Asian.
"racist liberal white women made it an offensive stereotype" -- by NOT considering the individual needs of the student as a PERSON, but by using "racial" criteria to put the child into a racially labeled box.
This seems to me the same leftist identity politics that allows universities to discriminate against Asians to enroll other identity-group-members with lower scores. That is raaacisss! B/c they aren't judging the persons for their individual qualifications, but according to which "race" they "represent" in their "totals".
Exactly. It's just like the bigotry of low expectations
White libs are the most racist group out there, even though they claim the opposite.
I went to the University of WA in Seattle and in the math and science classes the white libs counted the number of Asian faces to determine if they would drop the course. One of my friends used to laugh when they did that b/c as my friend put it "What dumb asses! I bring DOWN the average!!" (She was smart but definitely NOT a math Asian :)
That's funny! Thanks for sharing.
In Canada there are people labeled minorities who come from Nations with over a billion people. There are less than 25 million Canadian born Canadians.
PR IDEA: A mob of Asian youths ransack and loot a software store. Think of the new tough guy image !!
Wouldn't work. They fear the house slippers and wooden spoons of their mother's:)
We do have the rooftop Koreans, though
HA! Meme worthy!
Like we commented on the recent riots: they are not looting working boots! !
Remember the Koreans on roof-tops defending their stores during the 1992 LA riots. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooftop_Koreans
We remember the Hmong and Vietnamese refugees who gave up everything to ally with the [failed] US effort in the VN war.
Yes, there have been Asian gangs. LA SF etc. Some brutal. Mostly against other Asian gangs in order to establish their own "territory" among earlier immigrant power groups. Their gang loyalty was derived from their loyalty to origins, family, and gangs in Hong Kong and China (like the Triad). But yes they used drugs, prostitution, etc. which harmed the community, but mostly directed to rivalry within their own immigrant groups.
Such as Wah Ching vs. the ABCs, American Born Chinese. This was real!
Like the rival Puerto Rican gangs in NY back in West Side Story.
The Jets weren't Puerto Rican.
Thanks! We want to be accurate here. But weren't there PR v PR gangs and white v white gangs too?
For a fact, there were Chinese v Chinese gangs and Chinese vs ABC gangs . . . even if my analogy is flawed.
I was just referring to the movie. No gangs where I grew up and kids carried guns in a hanger attached to the back window of a pick up truck.
I have friends who grew up in NJ across from NY. They have been very useful in describing the Italian gangs and explaining what racist nicknames mean.
I did get a lesson while living in Hawaii though in racial identifiers amongst asians. And I have a South Korean friend who still hates the Japanese and my best friend in college was Japanese (beautiful, class officer, 4.0, sorority sister) I was born right after the war and don't know if this is still a national memory.
As far as I know, there is still some resentment of the Japanese among the Koreans and Chinese . . .
The Japanese forces in WWII conducted many atrocities. Against Americans as well. We forgave the Japanese and German people long ago. They are our friends.
OH not to forget the Italian gangs aka Mafia! And who stopped their hegemony in NY? OH Rudy, and Trump!
So my ADHD kicked in and the last word was ping. So I asked myself Asian Ping Pong and mental health?
ping: like as ringing a bell to summon interested readers to a post
😂 thanks Army Lady. I know but I tried to put Asian and ping pong together to make a funny
Pong!
Senator Josh Hawley thinks Asian Americans have faced discrimination:
Woke Nominee PANIC As GOP Senator Exposes Her "Discrimination Against Asian-Americans": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJQ6ZRlrmZE
she is like: diversity matters! fewer smart Asians, please!
She is a low IQ Slug: https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/i?id=d3bd4365f4b19a32d9959b81b865a21e3cee124d-9065836-images-thumbs&n=13
LOL!