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Re: The Other Side of the Model Minority Myth (Score: 1)
by thejohnmon on Monday, July 25 @ 04:21:22 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | I agree with your comment on race relations. It's unfortunate that the bridges aren't there, especially when there are common experiences in both groups.
A clear example of this is from Prashad's book, Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting. the interaction between the Black Panther in Oakland and the Red Guard in San Francisco's Chinatown in the 60s. A Chinese woman from Chinatown asked the Black Panther's assistance in the intervention of at risk youth and teenagers who are disenfranchised. With the Panther's assistance, the Chinese American youth were able to organize into a group called the Red Guard, and eventually it was able to emulate the Panthers by offering similar services to the Chinatown community.
Harden, in her study Double Cross, discusses the similar experiences African American and Japanese Americans go through during the Great Migration from the South to the North and the Relocation and Resettlement, respectively. Both groups were able to attain better opportunities in Chicago from their previous locations. Both groups also faced racism in the Deep South and in the West Coast, where Blacks and Japanese were discriminated against based solely on the color of their skin. Both groups even arrived in Chicago at the same time in 1945.
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Re: The Other Side of the Model Minority Myth (Score: 1)
by Mai-Sai-Le on Wednesday, July 27 @ 03:26:02 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | Wow! That was like one of the best articles I've read on this site! So, so, so informative! I've never met Frank Chin, but I like him already! He sums it all up with what his quote, "To become white, you shit your blood, hate yourself and all of your kind." Wheeeeewww! There you go! I'm gonna definitely have to read his works. My local library sucks, so I'm gonna have to have it sent to mine from another one, or I'll just buy his works!
Geoff: I too agree with you in regards to race relations between Asian and Black Americans in this country. What happened to the tightness they had during the 60's and 70's? Where did we go wrong? What in the hell is the matter with the Asian and Black American generation today? Will they ever get back on track? When will the public change? When will the public's thirst be quenched by what is true and real? Instead of this bullcrap we see in the media and movies of demeaning Asian/Asian Americans? |
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Re: The Other Side of the Model Minority Myth (Score: 1)
by davidals on Monday, September 12 @ 00:37:05 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) | I regret that race relations between blacks and my Asian-American brothers and sisters are so poor. It deeply hurts me that not enough African-Americans care enough about being sensitive and respectful to Asian-Americans.
Likewise, and I would hope to see that awareness run both ways. As a product of the African-American community - I am well aware that the insensitivity flows in both directions. Individual actions and discussions do qualify as small steps - those of us who feel this was (African-American OR Asian-American) need to speak out more, promote harmony more, discuss and also listen more, and be more willing to call out our own (and not make excuses for them) when they betray personal ignorance or prejudice.
There was a gay couple at that party - an older white guy and a younger Asian guy. I felt weird. However, we did have some cordial conversation. At one point the Asian guy excused himself for a few moments. The white guy told me of some of his exploits in SF gay bars. He told me point blank that before he met his boyfriend that he must have [expletive] a thousand Asian guys before he met his current boyfriend.
What a prick! I was appalled. I was shocked. I couldn't believe he said that. It was so crude.
Have you read http://modelminority.com/article112.html (The Truth About Gay Asian Men, by Jason Chang, first posted here in October)? It sheds a lot of light on this specific scenario, and offers a potent analysis of self-hatred (in gay men, in Asian gay men, and - by implication - in a lot of other people). Substantial numbers of non-white people will involve themselves with white partners (of the same sex or of the opposite sex - straight or gay, it's increasingly common) who are unattractive, or - worse - will treat them terribly in exchange for the opportunity to "marry up." Yet another manifestation of the racial hangups that persist long past their expiration date in this society.
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