By: Nguyen
Am I woke? I don’t know. I’m still learning and growing as a young adult (almost hitting my thirties … not sure if I’m young or not LOL). However, I think I have seen “unwoke” Asians throughout my life and how they interact with each other, otherwise known as “virtue-signalling”, on social media. They usually “preach to the choir” about the injustices within Asian-American issues, but do so by speaking to things that do not contain any substance (e.g., the lack of quantitative and/or qualitative evidence) or coherent logic. Many “unwoke” Asians rely on personal attacks (ad hominem), generalizations, and/or anecdotal evidence (based on their own personal experience or they give a few rare incidents/circumstances instead of making a sound argument). I hope I don’t sound pretentious when writing this blog post (sorry in advance!).
Chapter 1: How to interact with “Unwoke” Asians?
1. I try my best to provide facts (qualitative and/or quantitative evidence) to disprove their point. When the ‘unwoke’ Asian use ad hominems, generalities and/or anecdotal evidence, you can use it to your advantage by pointing out their fallacies in a respectful matter! Try your best to be considerate and have some kind of sympathy because when people use anecdotal evidence, they are really drawing upon something personal in their life (e.g., pain, suffering due to divorce, domestic violence, etc).
For instance, say something like:
“I’m sorry about your experiences, and I truly like to help find a solution to the problem. We need to recognize that your statement/story is not based in qualitative or quantative evidence. It is more generalities/personal experience. According to Dr. So and So they found a different result in contrast to your statement. They found x,y, and z (So and so et al., 2018)”
Most of the time, ‘unwoke’ Asians will appeal to emotion (argumentum ad passiones). This argument is a logical fallacy where they attempt to manipulate one’s emotions in order to win an argument or counter our argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence.
2. We need to understand the ‘unwoke’ Asian’s mindset. Sometimes they think they are doing good for society by speaking out (virtue-signalling); however, in turn, it is really doing the opposite. We need to understand each other as well as to point out the disconnect between their arguments. For example:
Premise 1: If you are an Asian man, then you are violent against Asian women.
Premise 2: You are not an Asian man.
Conclusion: You are not violent against Asian women
We need to change the way people’s think and facilitate … a paradigm shift!
3. Do not take the bait! Do not be the things that they want us to be (e.g., violent, sexist, oppressors, etc). We can be angry at injustices but do not be the person who ruins it for the rest of us. Our mission is promoting equality and equity for EVERYONE. If you are a part of a group that uses personal attacks on unwoke Asians, you are definitely not woke! You are dividing the Asian community further with your antics! For example, I have seen many people write “cunt”, “slut”, and so forth on social media (e.g., Twitter, Youtube, Reddit) to dismiss “unwoke” Asians’ beliefs. For instance:
When individuals use personal attacks on ‘unwoke’ Asians, you are giving them ammo and helping them solidify their opinions even though it’s “incorrect”. They will screenshot the hurtful comments and present them to their vulnerable followers/friends as “haters repelling the “TRUTH”!
Starwars – High ground
In addition, when unwoke Asians say they are “being attacked” by people who oppose their opinions on the internet. Unwoke Asian will make up excuses to dismiss the people who oppose their opinions by calling them: racist, sexist, social justice warrior, or patriarchal-loving individuals even though they are not. You need to point out their ad hominems! However, if you are the one who provokes them with personal attacks first or later on in the conversation then you lose the high ground.
There are many genuine people that are showing pieces of evidence to counter the ‘unwoke’ Asian’s argument. There is a difference between “being attacked” and “being uncomfortable”. Our goal is to make unwoke Asians “uncomfortable”, it shows that we are having an impact on their lives. Whether you are a “woke” or an “unwoke” Asian, it is good to be “uncomfortable” when facing new or different ideas/challenges. That is how we learn!
4. Finally, if the unwoke Asian adamantly refuse to understand other people’s views, it is their prerogative. We have to admit to ourselves, it is a lost cause and we need to move on! We as a community do not need unwoke Asian to accept our views immediately, but rather we need to at least make them acknowledge that their opinions are not “factual” and logically sound, or at least let them know their views are not the only views out there.
Here is an example of a decent conversation on the topic of Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018):
As you can see how @asianh0 use her personal experience (e.g., I’ve struggled …) and never once gave quantitative and qualitative evidence to support her arguments. At the end of the conversation, @asianh0 somewhat acknowledges people’s opinions, especially @xxYunz and @akarinah0. For instance:
However, she still sticks to her opinions even though she has not read the book nor understanding the intricacies of Asian men and Asian women dynamics in the mainstream media as well as in the Asian community. According to her:
“I wasn’t about to let asian men be like what about me though as if their narratives matter more than hers”. – @asianh0
Chapter 2: Other conversations between “Unwoke” Asian and “Woke” Asian
Generalization and stereotypical claims
Question time: How will you reply to this Twitter post? (Please comment below)
I would try to ask her for clarification:
@KXinming please explain to me with quantitative/qualitative research relating to AM being violent, hegemonic, pretty status quo towards/against AW? (Please try to refrain from using anecdotal examples) Also, are you referring to “All” AM and are you talking about 1st, 2nd generation AM (or all of them)?
To “win” a debate, you need to make your opposition keep defending their stance and eventually they will answer you with other logical fallacies which opens a new can of worms for you to pick apart.
Verbal Diarrhea / Illogical Twitter post
This Twitter post is a prime example of verbal diarrhea (or a Smash technique). It is much harder to combat this debate technique/strategy during a live conversation. Rapidly saying many questions and/or topics in one Twitter post or saying many questions in a live debate is a technique that is done intentionally. This technique is used to make it harder for the opposition to comprehend the questions and to make them forget some of the questions while answering them.
The best way to answer this Twitter post is 1) slow down the pace of conversation, and 2) to distinguish that her statement contains two different ideas.
The first topic is about “Asian Americans are cheering for Crazy Rich Asians”, which is a generalization. Not all Asian Americans are cheering for the film (e.g., controversial casting choice, whether the film is relatable, etc).
The second topic is about Asian and Black race relations in terms of violence (e.g., nail salons incident), in which Asian violence on Black community is not prevalent and not based on any quantitative or qualitative evidence.
These two ideas that @KXinming posted in one tweet are not related whatsoever.
Question time: How will you reply to this Twitter post? (Please comment below)
Here is an example of directly pointing out @KXinming‘s stereotypical claims:
I like how @kasefiles asking for clarification and pointing out @KXinming lack of evidence(s) about the “acts of anti-black violence every day” from Asian individuals.
On Statistics Canada website (2015) and the Macleans article, there are no violent crime statistics based on ethnic perpetrators. The website only contains the ethnicity of victims. For instance, the increase in police-reported crimes motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity is due to 23+ incidents against Arabs or West Asians. Therefore, @KXinming cannot insinuate that Asian-Canadian violence against Black-Canadians is a common occurrence.
In addition, U.S FBI reports (2016) do have statistics based on ethnic perpetrators, but it does not support @KXinming‘s claims. According to FBI reports, they found that 46.3% of all known perpetrators were White. Black and Latino people accounted for 26.1% and 5.9% of offenders, respectively. While Indigenous people and Asian and Pacific Islanders made up less than 1 percent each. Again, @KXinming cannot insinuate that Asian-American violence against Black Americans is a common occurrence.
It is good to have a discussion about anti-black violence, but posting an incoherent tweet about Crazy Rich Asian supporters not caring about anti-black violence is nonsensical and further divide the Asian community as well as putting an unnecessary dent on the relationship between Asian and Black communities.
Anecdotal evidence, Appeal to pity, and Hasty Generalization Twitter post:
Let us concentrate on @KXinming first 3 twitter posts:
I sympathize with her about online trolls using personal attacks against her. Online bullying is WRONG no matter the circumstances! However, my problem is singling out Asian men, there is NO evidence to support that Asian American men are “major” perpetrators of cyberbullying towards Asian American women nor Asian American men cyberbullying is a common occurrence.
We need more studies that include variables such as race, income, age, gender, and sex of the perpetrators involving in cyberbullying, sexual violence, domestic violence, and other crimes.
Here are some recent statistics on cyberbullying:
- According to Graham, 2017:
“Moreover, we don’t have sufficient data on Asian-American students”
- Howlett-Brandon, 2014 found that:
“Kessel Schneider et al. (2012) found that 5.7% of the White students and 8.4% of the non-White students conveyed they had been cyberbullied during the previous 12 months.”
- According to Nellie Tran & Sumie Okazaki (2018):
“Fewer Asian-American students (2.9 percent) reported being cyberbullied than did any other ethnic group. The 62 percent figure refers to how frequently the cyberbullying occurred among those reported being cyber-bullied, not the overall rate.”
I know some readers will say: “It doesn’t matter whether or not Asian men are MAJOR perpetrators of cyberbullying against Asian women … bullying is still WRONG, no matter how rare the incident is!”
Good point, however, if Asian men are “angry” at @KXinming Twitter post, she needs to set aside / ignore the personal attacks and focus on the genuine concerns. Dr. Leon F. Seltzer (2012) wrote an article about the best question to ask yourself when dealing with situations of conflict, and he said:
“question that almost no one even considers posing to themselves. And it’s not about yourself at all, but about the one who provoked you. Here it is: Before this person pushed my button, which one of their buttons might I have pushed?” – Dr. Leon F. Seltzer (2012)
@KXinming needs to examine herself and be aware of why people are angry at her post!
In @KXinming second Twitter post, she mentioned:
“The saddest part is this is the platform I genuinely look forward to engaging w/everyday…it’s my *poetry place,* it’s definitely the platform where I’m my fullest online self…” – @KXinming
The above quote is a great demonstration of “appeal to pity” (argumentum ad misericordiam) fallacy. She is trying to garner sympathy by talking about her safe space in order to win support for an argument or idea (which is Asian men can destroy her daily life) by exploiting her opponent/audience’s feelings of pity or guilt instead of using sound arguments.
After that, she used hasty generalization (please observe her word choice – “quickly” and violently”… words can create an impact, for instance: “hordes”):
“… asian men can destroy an important highlight of my daily life so quickly/violently”. – @KXinming
With her anecdotal evidence, which is her personal experience with online bullying from Asian men, she concluded that:
“…asian men only know how to view asian women as a) mothers/ppl who do the labor of mothers or b) sex objects (usually both)….”
The statement she mentioned above is hasty generalizations and sexist. Asian men are often depicted/stereotyped by many Caucasians (and most recently some Asian women) as excessively patriarchal and violent towards women. However, there is no scientific evidence to support that claim.
However, there is a study about divorce rates among the different ethnicities, which may indirectly counter the argument of Asian men being “violent” against women or horrible husbands which @KXinming, Esther Ku, and many other people claim it to be true:
Are Asian men considered excessively patriarchal even though their divorce rate is lower than other ethnic groups? Maybe or maybe not. Therefore, we need more scientific studies pertaining to the Asian community, and their “patriarchal” values. Heck, we need more studies about patriarchal values in Caucasian, black and Latino families as well!
How about @KXinming’s claim about violence caused by Asian men towards Asian women? According to Buddy (2018), he found that Asians are the least likely to experience intimate partner violence.
@KXinming stereotypical claims about Asian men is nothing new (e.g., yellow peril). Throughout history, there was a constant racialization of Asians as physically (or perhaps culturally) inferior from “whites”. According to Park, 2012:
Asian men are trapped into two extreme stereotypes:
1) According to many Euro-Americans and some Asian women (e.g., @KXinming, Esther Ku, etc) without any evidence: Asian men are excessively patriarchal and violent towards women.
2) Asian American men are emasculated (e.g., small penis stereotype, which is similarly done to oppress the Irish and there is a play about it as well), and have no true economic/political power for many decades (e.g., CEO/leadership position).
In addition, Euro-Americans were too scared and worried that Asians would create STRONG communities (Park, 2012). And how do you destroy a strong Asian community? According to Park (2012), from the 1850s to 1940s, policies created by Euro-Americans restricted Chinese men from accessing heterosexual norms and ideals such as nuclear family formations. By implementing racist policies along with the aid of white-centric mainstream media they successfully oppressed Asian communities and many other vulnerable minorities. For instance: Asian women are overly sexualized by the mainstream media by portraying characters such as dragon ladies and/or exotic romantic partners for white men (e.g., The Last Samurai (2003), All the boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)). In the same breath, mainstream media portray Asian men as emasculated, evil, violent, and weak (stripping away their individuality) because Caucasians are fearful of Asian men “stealing their women” and needed a certain group of vulnerable people to compare their “masculinity” with. Why do Caucasians need to compare their “masculinity”? Easy answer, to show what is considered “great” and “not so great” attributes.
In conclusion: @KXinming and many others have little evidence to support their claims about Asian men only view Asian women as the mother who does the labour, and sex objects. Also, why are these stereotypes exclusively to “Asian” or “Asian culture”? I think it has to do with unconscious self-hate / internalized racism among Asian individuals.
Chapter 3: Internalized racism on Twitter:
Great response by @akarinah0 about “words” can “dehumanize” a group of vulnerable people:
It is very daunting that some Asian Americans are okay with white people calling them “gook”, “chink”, etc. I assume, you would rarely see that in the black community nowadays, where white people calling black people “n****r” or “n****s” because it is deemed UNACCEPTABLE!
Unless you are Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Django Unchained (2012):
Chapter 4: Asian Americans describing their “Toxic” Asian culture, which is not inherently “Asian”
I do not understand how @mnchen‘s parents saying he “can’t have black friends” related to “Asian culture”? First off, his parents are racist and/or ignorant PERIOD. I think understanding his parents (or any parents) and how they became racist/bigots is a good conversation to have. Perhaps, mainstream media (e.g., movies, news, tv shows) created a negative image of black people being thugs and criminals (e.g., Hillary Clinton’s superpredator comment) which imprinted his parent’s minds for years. I wonder which ethnicity created these images in the mainstream media? hmm, I wonder… (sarcasm). However, this topic about how people became a racist is for another time or another blog post ;). As of right now, my concern is how sexism, homophobia, and/or racism is related or exclusive to “Asian culture”.
@sen_tient said it best relating to @mnchen’s post:
Asian Americans sometimes “subconsciously” make “Asian culture” as a “default reason” for racism, sexism and so forth. However, there are many variables that can make a person a bigot: socio-economic status, religion, family upbringing, education, and so forth. I think internalized racism is what @mnchen is experiencing. @mnchen should look in the mirror and try to distinguish what is “Asianness” and what is “not”. Heck, even the black community is dealing with internalized racism. For instance, white and black children biased toward lighter skin (CNN, 2010). In conclusion, we cannot generalize “Asian culture” or any culture, especially in North America, where we have some impressionable people with different cultural experience that are not of Asian descent.
Want to read more about Internalized Racism?:
- Asian Americans and Internalized Racial Oppression: Identified, Reproduced, and Dismantled
- “FOB” and “Whitewashed”: Identity and Internalized Racism Among Second Generation Asian Americans
- Staging White
Chapter 5: Asian’s stereotypes that are FALSE!
i. Penis stereotype. There was a study by Richard Lynn (2012) called: Rushton’s r–K life history theory of race differences in penis length and circumference examined in 113 populations.
Rushton’s r–K life theory:
“… is drawn from biology, in which species are categorized on a continuum running from r strategists to K strategists; r strategists have large numbers of offspring and invest relatively little in them, while K strategists have fewer offspring and invest heavily in them by feeding and protecting them during infancy and until they are old enough to look after themselves”
– Wilson, 1975 – reference on Richard Lynn (2012)’s article
Richard Lynn (2012) found that there is a correlation between penis size and race.
However, Richard Lynn used outdated sources, for example:
“Testosterone is a determinant of aggression (Book, Starzyk, & Quinsey, 2001; Brooks & Reddon, 1996; Dabbs, 2000). Hence, a reduction of aggression and sexual competitiveness between men in the colder climates would have been achieved by a reduction of testosterone, entailing the race differences in testosterone (Negroids > Caucasoids > Mongoloids) that are given in Lynn (1990). The reduction of testosterone had the effect of reducing penis length, for which evidence is given by Widodsky and Greene (1940).”
Recently we discover that testosterone does NOT determine aggression (Rohrmann S, et al., 2007, Assari et al., 2014, Mazur, 2016).
Richard Lynn (2012) also used unreliable/uncredited sources. According to Scott A. McGreal MSc.:
“Richard Lynn’s claims about differences in penis length between races build on earlier claims by Rushton and Bogaert (1987). The Rushton and Boagert paper is striking for its use of non-scholarly sources (Weizmann, Wiener, Wiesenthal, & Ziegler, 1991). These include a book of semi-pornographic “tall tales” by an anonymous nineteenth century French surgeon that makes wildly inconsistent claims about genital sizes in people of different races….Another odd data source cited by Rushton and Bogaert is an article authored by a certain “P. Nobile” published in Forum: International Journal of Human Relations. This publication is better known to the public as “The Penthouse Forum”, a popular men’s magazine.”
Also to note: Richard Lynn did not even have a limitation section in his article, which many scientific articles include!!
If you want to know more about the criticisms of Richard Lynn (2012) study, please read:
Good news:
According to a systematic review that made up of 15,521 male participants found that penis size varies according to race is FALSE! (Veale et al., 2014)
ii. Model Minority Myth
According to Andrew Sullivan (writer for the New York Magazine) wrote this about Asian American:
“Today, Asian-Americans are among the most prosperous, well-educated, and successful ethnic groups in America. What gives? It couldn’t possibly be that they maintained solid two-parent family structures, had social networks that looked after one another, placed enormous emphasis on education and hard work, and thereby turned false, negative stereotypes into true, positive ones, could it? It couldn’t be that all whites are not racists or that the American dream still lives?”
Also, remember this video:
Andrew Sullivan’s quote and the Bloomberg video are problematic because it perpetuates the “Model Minority” myth, as well as putting all “Asians” in the same category. We are not the same! The US has 18 million Asian Americans originating from 20 countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Asians are a very diverse group of people with many different histories, cultures, and languages.
I have seen people, especially “unwoke” Asian say:
I know what some readers will say: “What’s wrong with being a model minority?” I think people do not really understand the implication of elevating Asian “success” in relations to other ethnic groups. According to Mcgirt (2018), when people uphold Asian Americans as ‘deserving’ and ‘hardworking’, it is used as a strategy to criticize unfairly African Americans. As a result, it downplays the potential impact of the civil rights movement (e.g., Black Lives Matter)
In addition, if mainstream media put all Asians together into one group, then they will erase/ignore the problem that specific group of Asians faces in the U.S (e.g., Thai, Cambodians, Laotians, Vietnamese, etc).
According to Kochhar and Cilluffopew (2018) from 1970 to 2016:
- Income inequality has increased in the US. among Asian Americans
- Income inequality among Asians in the US is nearly doubled
- Asians have the highest earnings, however, it is not a status shared by all Asians
Edlagan and Vaghul (2016) mentioned that data disaggregation matters for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Not all Asians are equally successful in terms of employment opportunities, high income, education attainment and so forth.
Here is a journal article about “The Model Minority” by Dr. Min Zhou (2012):
Chapter 6: Successful “Unwoke” Asian and how they impact on the community
A recent report from The Cut – interviewed Lana Condor who is the actress playing a lead female protagonist for To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018). Lana Condor said when the interviewer mentioned about how the ethnic make-up of the casting does not 100% with the original source material:
“Lara Jean is Korean American and I am Vietnamese. Jenny knew that question was going to come up. She nipped it in the bud immediately. We have representation for the first time in 25 years! Let’s all remember this is a huge stepping stone. When Jenny was first shopping the story around, studios were like, That’s great, that’s awesome. But what if [Lara Jean] was white? I was like, Okay, y’all are just dumb.
If you’re going to ask this question, ask an Australian playing a American or a Brit playing an American. Half of our American superheroes are British. I understand your question and concern. But there’s a double standard here. If we’re going to be race specific — are you asking Nicole Kidman or Margot Robbie? If the world had a baby, it would look like Oscar Isaac. He can play any ethnicity, it’s not even an issue for him.”
I agree with her. I think that Asian actors can play ANY Asian characters. There are a small number of Asian roles/characters being made, we shouldn’t be fighting over these things. If Robert Downey Jr. (American actor) can play Sherlock Holmes and Henry Cavill (British actor) can play Superman, why can’t Asian actors play a different Asian? If we are fighting with each other on this type of issue, there will be slow changes in Hollywood and the studios will use this as an excuse. (Don’t let them divide us!)
Unfortunately, Lana Condor became a hypocrite when she was talking about the controversy about the lack of Asian men in the show:
“We tried to stay really close to the book and they weren’t written that way. If Jenny was telling a different story, we would tell it. But I will say this: My boyfriend in real life is Cuban but he is very light-skinned. There are times when people online will say, “Of course she’s with a white guy.” Oh, so Asian people can only love Asian people? I can only be with my race?
You are being racist unknowingly and continuing to put us in a box that we don’t need to be in. It’s really unfair. People should be able to love who they want to love. It’s offensive to me — you’re continuing to promote tribalism. So I can’t be with who I want to be with? These are probably the same people who have an issue with the LGBT community. It’s the same thing — you telling me who I can love is unfair.
I’ve also heard that a small group have said they’re going to “boycott” the film for this reason. No. 1 — you probably weren’t the audience anyway. No. 2 — it doesn’t matter if you boycott, it’s on Netflix. It’s going to be out there! I don’t really pay any mind to it, but I think it has been affecting Jenny. It’s making what should be an exciting time an anxious and fearful one. I’m so angry at people for making her feel that way.
In my experience, I’ve loved all races. It’s not like I can only be with my people. I don’t think we should be stuck to only loving people based on what they look like. For the most part, the fans are really excited and happy. Noah is everything they thought Peter Kavinsky would be. That’s who we are trying to please at the end of the day.”
The problem is not people shouldn’t be able to love who they want to love. I like how she uses a straw man argument. Strawman is defined as a type of argument based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent’s argument, but in actuality refuting an argument that was not presented by that opponent (Wikipedia). The outrage/controversy is about the lack of Asian men being a romantic lover in mainstream media such as To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018). If an Asian male romantic lover is implemented in movies such as To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) this will counteract the “white-worshipping” trope that was used for many decades.
Here are examples of Asian Women as romantic lovers for white men:
- The Man With The Iron Fists (2012)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Looper (2012)
- The Last Samurai (2003)
- The Wolverine (2013)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Shanghai Noon (2000)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Blackhat (2015)
- Miami Vice (2006)
- Hannibal Rising (2007)
- Dragonball Evolution (2009)
- The Hangover Part II (2011)
- The Social Network (2010)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)- The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
- The Outsider (2018)
- Transporter (2002)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- Miss Saigon (musical 1989)
Limitless (2011)- Priest (2011)
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Birth of the Dragon (2016)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Balls of Fury (2007)
- The Interview (2014)
- Netflix’s Iron Fist
(2017), and so forth.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) is not a unique story at all, and I do not believe this movie empowered Asian women or any women at all. Since, it does not pass the Bechdel test!!!
Also, she mentioned:
“They made Asians the other-a separate group that could only hang out with each other.” – Lana Condor
Since when do “Asians” are the only ethnic group that hang with each other all the time?
In addition, she said:
“I’ve also heard that a small group have said they’re going to “boycott” the film for this reason. No. 1 — you probably weren’t the audience anyway. No.” – Lana Condor
This statement is similar to what many “unwoke” Asians are saying; they just look at the anger and the “boycotting” comments, instead of understanding and focusing on the genuine concerns and choosing to ignore the root cause of the “anger”. Also, most of the “anger” are Asians. Who are you trying to represent? Plus, who is the main target audience then? hmm?
Not to mention, how can we take Lana Condor and her movie to heart when one of her cast members said this:
Remember my previous blog post when I said:
“We need “woke” Asian cast members that are aware of the current affairs in order to effect change and bring forth accountability to the film and movie studio.”
Both Lana Condor and her fellow non-Asian cast member, Israel Broussard, need to look in the mirror and reflect on what they learned so far about the systemic racism in their institutions (e.g., movie industry) and try to learn more about it and actually have a conversation with people who feel oppressed and concern about certain issues (e.g., Asian representation).
Chapter 7: The End Game (Conclusion)
Dr. Eugene Wong famously said:
“One reason why Asians have not been ahead because collectively they have been the ones that are the most quiet that is one reason why the industry when they want to use a minority group as a scapegoat, they know if you do it to the blacks you have a problem, you do it to the jews you have problems, you do it to the gooks you are home free” – Dr. Eugene Wong, Sociologist at California State University, Long Beach
The Asian community needs to collectively voice our concerns about the injustices facing our community. We need to define what our platform is, we need to draw a line in the sand and stand by it! Or else we will remain divided. We need to be STRONG, LOUD, and PROUD!
Please read: To All the (Asian) Boys I’ve Loved Before: #AsianLove, and Why Representation Matters
Want to learn more about fallacies?:
- Straw man fallacy video
- Ad Hominem fallacy video
- Fallacy of Division video
- Appeal to Emotion video
- Slippery Slope video
- Red Herring video
- Appeal to the People fallacy video
- List of Logical Fallacy Wiki
Love reading my blog post? Please read my other post relating to Asian issues:
- The Asian Persuasion: My thoughts on “Crazy Rich Asians” trailer
- Ching Chong Ling Long Portrayal: Asian American Actors in Hollywood
- Asian-Canadian Identity
- Examining Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Rub & Tug: The Outrageous Case of Scarlett Johansson
What do readers think? Please comment below your opinions and concerns about my “unwoke” Asian article. I love to read people’s feedback, especially comments that oppose my point of view! Who knows, you readers may change my mind!
