Nobody is saying NOT to volunteer, donate and do things that many AAPI are already actively doing. But to perform these actions out of some twisted idea of 'being more American' is backwards and wrong. Also, racism needs to be called out. Period.
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But we’re all Americans and AAPI proudly embracing and displaying that fact helps hammer that point home. The most decorated unit in military history was one of Japanese Americans - they all enlisted for WW2 service even as their families were thrown into interment camps.
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Yang’s talking about stepping up in the same way.
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Yeah did you actually see Allegiance? Do you think it was really of net benefit to the people trapped in those camps that people were pushed into volunteering for meatgrinder suicide missions?
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Do you think it's some great victory that the 442nd being the most decorated unit in the war shamed Bill Clinton into paying reparations for internment FIFTY YEARS LATER
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The 442nd accomplished a lot. Are you belittling what they did because the American government’s failure to not provide reparations in a timely manner? Although they got it a lot faster than
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I'm belittling the brass who made them false promises and exploited them, and belittling the propagandists who use cheap deflections to defend those assholes the way you're doing now
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I’m not defending anyone except the Japanese Americans in the 442nd who selflessly volunteered when they had no obligation to. You’re having a tantrum and confusing me with a racist. But you check mark folk thrive on drama so obviously you manufacture it. Simmer down.
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Okay, good for them They shouldn't have been encouraged to volunteer by people intent on exploiting them or indifferent to the fact they would be exploited That's who you are right now, you're not them
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I’m not advocating that Asian Americans be exploited, but nice strawmanning. Come back when you have some integrity, Arthur.
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You're advocating that Asians "step up" for the community in various ways with no assurance or expectation that anyone will "step up" for us in return, and in the face of the massive historical evidence that they don't
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No, I’m saying that’s what Yang is saying and that there’s precedent for it. I see people stepping up in my community of all races - for all races. Stop focusing on color so much.
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Yes, it's what Yang is advocating for, and the precedent for it demonstrates that it's a waste of time
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