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February 07, 2004
..Set Us Back 30 Years
These kinds of words sound familiar. They sound like what blackfolks were saying about themselves about 30 years ago.
We must take time to speak about our own day-to-day psychological injuries. We must consider how the word chink and other racist terms have affected us personally. Bring these discussions to the classroom, to the workplace, to your home and community. That's how the campaign to change the shop's name began; one Asian American woman, Susannah Park, began talking with her friends about it.
I think things are substantially different for Asians in that they have fewer numbers bear a higher 'responsiblity' to be less radical. That is to say, those more thoroughly integrated into the mainstream as their more educated numbers are, there are fewer opportunities to coalesce into organizations which are public and yet distinctly Asian. Asians cannot have radical student unions and Asian business clubs on campus, not because they're not interested, they simply cannot muster the critical mass. Thus they get attached to more mainstream groups with that mass.
Tough sledding for questions of identity. Therefore the twinkie problem.
Posted by mbowen at February 7, 2004 09:38 AM
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Do you know what BS that dude's column sounds like? All I could think was, jeez, what a pussy this guy is. Someone calls you a chink, call him a pasty-pink cracker honky sister-fucking SOB. If he confronts you, make like Bruce Lee. Anyone that racist will think you can walk through walls if you have the right moves. Trust me.
Sorry for the language on this family blog, but that's the bottom line. You drag your ass over to the U.S. voluntarily, you're gonna get hazed for a while. Shut up, work hard and before you know it, you can say, "That's Dr. Chink to you. Now bend over and let's check that prostate."
But see, that's where I'm unenlightened. I'm not on board with the wussification of the U.S. If the dude wants someone to hold his hand and tell him what a victim he is, there's always Canada. It's a little cold but they have a higher tolerance for whining. But don't pull that shit in Philadelphia.
Posted by: IB Bill at February 7, 2004 12:54 PM
Noticed elsewhere: "Asian-Americans Take Offense at a Law Firm Memo"
Posted by: George at February 9, 2004 05:07 AM
Also noticed elsewhere: "Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White" and "Performance Anxiety"
Posted by: George at February 9, 2004 05:44 AM