JamesInFlorida
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Do you even know anybody from Taiwan? Serious question.
Hundreds of people. Serious answer. You are just trying to play trivial pursuit now to avoid a position you cannot defend.
And here it is-the lack of analysis. It's clear you don't get my overall point (which ironically I get yours-it's just incorrect as a whole).
To be completely honest: it's sad that you see people as part of groups, rather than as individuals. This type of thinking disallows distinction among people of the similar racial/cultural/religious/ethnic/etc, background. As I said earlier painting everybody from Taiwan as having the same outlook is ironically racist (or at the very minimum stereotyping). It's why when you see a headline saying a "chink in the armor" about a TEAM (not an individual player), you automatically think of race immediately. If you admit that if the headline was isolated from any person based upon race-that it wouldn't be racist-than you're admitting that you view individuals in terms of race (and possibly ethnically/culturally, etc). You wouldn't call it a racist statement if "chink in the armor" was written about a team without any asian players now would you?
That's not to say that you shouldn't notice somebody's race. But the problem is that society sees Lin as an asian basketball player first (rather than simply a basketball player that is asian)-THAT is the problem. Not to mention many people confuse race with culture. While some people may refer to Lin to as an "asian-american"...they may also refer to Yoko Ono as an "asian-american". However that's clearly a blanket term-because I don't think anybody in their right mind would argue that both respective cultural backgrounds are the same (or even very similar).
This could lead to potential tension in other races as well. For example the term "african-american"-while being PC, isn't always 100% accurate now is it? There are many black people who trace their roots back to Jamaica, Haiti, etc. who don't consider themselves to be "african-american". Those cultures will also obviously be different than black people from Europe, or africa, etc. Why? because it's a blanket term-and that's what society (and you) are doing.
In short: you're making this into a much bigger deal than it actually is. "Chink in the armor" is a common saying (when used typically has NO racial connotations at all).
Jeffrey Feldman: The Chink In Obama's Armor
Jeffrey Feldman used the term "chink in Obama's armor" why wouldn't that be racist?