Asian American Twitter (which I just discovered is a thing) is very angry about @AndrewYang's latest op-ed saying the best way for AAs to tackle discrimination is to dig in to "American-ness" and fight for a cure.
Unsurprisingly, he got "Cathy Newmanned."https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/andrew-yang-coronavirus-discrimination/ …
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His essay is a call from within the community (not imposed from outside) to be aware that our identities are pawns in a larger geopolitical game. After all, national solidarity matters most at times like this. He's asking: is there anything we can do to reinforce it?
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He’s right. It alleviates the pressure non-asians can face in terms of being castigated as a racist when we all stand in solidarity.
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But it doesn’t because all the racist see is somebody who don’t look like them, but who looks like the perceived threat. The “other”..
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Yang is saying try your best, be humble, think of others. I think that’s more “Asian” than saying it’s not my problem, you’re not the boss of me. Funny how people project their own anxieties on others.
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no one else has to! In HI, if anyone acts up, they get to eat multiple knuckle sammiches from different caterers.
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Everyone should aim to do all the above compassionate things. I guess I can understand the argument that Asians may want to go "above and beyond" as a necessary evil, to avoid further discrimination. But we shouldn't be under any illusion that that isn't because of a flaw in ....
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