The grand takeaway.
Not a big fan of his ultimate point that Asians have to """be more American""" to reduce anti-Asian discrimination. I doubt wearing a red,white, and blue bro tank is going to stop someone from being racist.
Andrew Yang pens op-ed on rise of anti-Asian racism: "...saying “Don’t be racist toward Asians” won’t work"
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Asian Americans should learn from our example. They really should. You can be as American as apple pie and baseball. You'll still be "the other", maybe a token or a fetish if you're lucky.
Muslims and Arab Americans tried it too after 9/11. Didn't work then, either.
We've seen this story play out before, and it never works. This racism is systemic, a fear of the "other" that won't be washed away with some theatrical nationalistic pride. It's even more dangerous now with an increase of fear and then Yoda appears and says Yoda things.
Ok if you want to raise that flag, but definitely don't present it as any type of solution. It's absolutely blind bullshit given this country's history and literal present.
Ok if you want to raise that flag, but definitely don't present it as any type of solution. It's absolutely blind bullshit given this country's history and literal present.
yang gang is just either reddit tech bros or 4chan shitposters, absolute joke of a support base lol
Hey Andrew, what did the US government do to the families of those Japanese Americans? Do you know?
Seriously, this is a garbage op-ed.
lol, you think people haven't tried it?
Racists don't care. As long as you look/are different they would be racist towards you.
Racists don't care. As long as you look/are different they would be racist towards you.
These people don't give a shit how "American" you try to outwardly act. They don't like you because you're Asian. Let me say it again, it's not because of anything you did wrong, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ASIAN.
Like Jesus fuck, this is some stupid model minority bullshit.
Like Jesus fuck, this is some stupid model minority bullshit.
He continues to have in-group conversations out in public for white america's benefit and entertainment. Weird guy.
Heck yes, Andrew Yang is one of the good ones. Not American enough to be President because he's still Asian, but good to have a few beers with or whipped cream.
His heart is in the right place, but that's not it.
Will be interesting to see if there is any rise in gun ownership among Asians
Will be interesting to see if there is any rise in gun ownership among Asians
well, he does court the reactionary & 4chan crowd quite a bit
Lmao @ Andrew and respectability politics.
"You guys got a problem?" is what he should have said in the parking lot.
"You guys got a problem?" is what he should have said in the parking lot.
Beating racism doesn't happen by kowtowing to racists. Appeasement has never worked and will never work. Confront them, challenge them, de-platform them. That's how you step to racism.
"if you are a victim of a hate crime, after your hospital stay go find your attackers and ask them what you could have done differently."
The type of morons who discriminate based on race won't care how you act, how you dress, or what you do. They'll hate you anyway.
I sympathize with how he has had to deal with racist crap, but this is definitely not the solution to it.
A paramedic once told me a story about how he saved a woman who was choking in a restaurant when he was off duty. He saw her choking, offered to help her, but she kept refusing, all the way until she passed out. Then he followed standard procedure (in our area, the law says that someone unconscious implies that you are allowed to help) and performed chest compressions on her until the food got out. When she came to while being loaded into an ambulance, she learned that the paramedic had saved her, and freaked out because she "didn't want a dirty brown guy touching her."
This guy literally saved her fucking life, and she couldn't see past his skin color. That's how these people work.
I sympathize with how he has had to deal with racist crap, but this is definitely not the solution to it.
A paramedic once told me a story about how he saved a woman who was choking in a restaurant when he was off duty. He saw her choking, offered to help her, but she kept refusing, all the way until she passed out. Then he followed standard procedure (in our area, the law says that someone unconscious implies that you are allowed to help) and performed chest compressions on her until the food got out. When she came to while being loaded into an ambulance, she learned that the paramedic had saved her, and freaked out because she "didn't want a dirty brown guy touching her."
This guy literally saved her fucking life, and she couldn't see past his skin color. That's how these people work.
