I am constantly blown away at how often some conversations come up, no matter how many times we try to beat them down. Today, the conversation hinged around the question “What’s wrong with the model minority myth?” What’s wrong with it is that it’s a massive generalization that obscures the nuanced realities of Asian American [...]
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Same Old
Posted in model minority, stereotypes, Stuff that bugs me on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Yellow Peril, Coming for You
Posted in politics, stereotypes, Stuff that bugs me, video, tagged Debbie Spenditnow, Pete Hoekstra, yellow peril on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I wish the world would be considerate enough to stop the offensive, racist crap, at least until I’m done with this quarter of grad school. I don’t have time for you, Pete Hoekstra. I really don’t. So many things wrong with this ad– who thinks that a rural factory worker is getting rich off what [...]
Look At Me! More Stuff That Doesn’t Deserve My Time, But Gets It Anyway
Posted in articles, race, stereotypes, Stuff that bugs me, tagged Paper Tigers, Wesley Yang on May 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hey, Wesley Yang, thanks for your perspective on the heterosexual, East Asian heritage, male racial crisis. And thanks for framing your perspective as the big issue facing all Asian Americans. Let me summarize your ELEVEN PAGE article in a few sentences to save my readers the trouble of finishing it: Asian Americans are good at academic [...]
