When blacks, browns, reds and yellows have done what whites have, I'll listen to your suggestion.
I do have what white people have. I have more, in fact.
Learn how to read.
I read it just fine and as I stated Iām living proof of what you claim canāt happen.
You can't read and what I said does happen because your ass has been shown it does happen.
You crack me up. When one of these whites don't like you deleting their posts they call you all kinds of asian racial slurs. But here you are toting their water just like they want you to. You're a joke.
Asian Americans Arenāt āBasically Whiteā ā Here Are 5 Ways Racism Hurts Us
June 5, 2016 by
Kim Tran
I am Asian American and I hate teaching Asian American Studies. Iāve been doing it for about 5 years now and I regret to say itās one of the most harrowing and downright painful experiences I repeatedly endure.
Is it because I hate my own kind? Absolutely not.
Itās because I frequently find that my students say some problematic, frightening, and downright erroneous things to resist seeing themselves as people of color who are oppressed. These include but are not limited to the following:
āNo oneās ever been racist toward me.ā
āItās not like weāre Black.ā
āWe havenāt experienced racism in this country.ā
āItās worse in my home country.ā
ā¦or my least favorite
and the inspiration for this article,
āWeāre basically white.ā
All of these things are untrue. Well, except for the second one because, unless youāre mixed race, weāre definitely not Black. That being said, I get it.
When I was younger, I saw Chinese folks who had nice houses, good educations, who spoke fluent English. And I saw Black folks who lived with the dehumanizing effects of anti-black racism.
Between those examples and Asian stereotypes, I thought, well yeah, maybe weāre just like white people.
Maybe if I work really hard, I can make it, too.
I bought into all the nonsense Asian Americans are taught to believe about our identities, our histories and our present in this country. I rejoiced when called a ātwinkieā or a ābananaā (white on the inside, yellow on the outside).
I thought because the racism I knew was different from the kind my
Latinx and Black friends were familiar with, that it wasnāt legitimate. Wasnāt real. Wasnāt that bad.
Yet while our experiences as Asian Americans differ from other groups, we ā like all other people of color in the United States ā live with the daily ramifications of white supremacy. And that distinguishes us from white America.
Asian Americans Aren't 'Basically White' ā Here Are 5 Ways Racism Hurts Us