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10. How Asian Americans Are Reckoning With Anti-Blackness In Their Families

Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:19 AM

Sep 2020

http:// https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-blackness-asian-americans_n_5ed87ca8c5b6ea15610b5774

“Anti-Black racism in Asian communities is tied to the “model minority” myth, which white political leaders, particularly in response to the civil rights movement in the 1960s, wielded in order to drive a wedge between Asian Americans and other people of color. Many Asian immigrants internalized that mentality, operating under the false impression that being a “good” immigrant could help them assimilate into whiteness and align themselves with white people.“

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The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans [View all] Kind of Blue Sep 2020 OP

Very interesting read. brer cat Sep 2020 #1

Yeah, brer cat. For me, it's easy to forget how institutionalized racism plays Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #2

It's quite effective, unfortunately, brer cat Sep 2020 #7

Interesting, thanks for the post irisblue Sep 2020 #3

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That's a tough sell FBaggins Sep 2020 #4

Well, I think you'll probably need to contact Prof. Wu at Indiana Univ., Bloomington Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #5

Why? FBaggins Sep 2020 #8

Sorry, my failure to realize it was a rhetorical question that conversely really means Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #9

How Asian Americans Are Reckoning With Anti-Blackness In Their Families missy Sep 2020 #10

Whoa, Missy, Thank You! for this follow-up article that is a cross-section of Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #11