From: dtwei@acsu.buffalo.edu (Danielle T Wei)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african.american,soc.culture.asian.american
Subject: Re: What does Arthur Hu mean to *me*
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:29:14 GMT
Organization: UB

In article <1993Jan9.011721.28966@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> ajh@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Alan Hu) writes:
>In article <1993Jan8.205613.568@cbnewse.cb.att.com> ronaldd@cbnewse.cb.att.com (ronald.h.davis) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan8.140439.12779@nynexst.com> clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu) writes:
>	[Clare's observation that Asian Americans are less prejudiced than
>	 recent immigrants deleted.]
>	[Ronald's comments on racial animosity arising from the Vietnam war
>	 deleted.]

>	A second factor is post-1965 racial attitudes in this country.
>	Whereas African Americans continued to be subjected to white
>	racist hate, continually being portrayed as lazy, shiftless,
>	stupid, violent, and criminal, Asian Americans were subjected
>	to white racist love, elevated to Model Minority status as
>	the "good" minority -- hard-working, quiet, obedient, politically
>	apathetic, happy to be second-class citizens, and "as long as
>	all you gooks and chinks keep quiet and work hard, we won't
>	treat you as bad as we treat the niggers".  This playing off

I can't believe it! I actually agree with Alan Hu!!
But I don't advise the Asian Americans follow the footsteps of the other
"fellow minorities" such as the blacks and Hispanics; they will soon overwhelm
the euro-american majority and they have the power, we are simply too much of
a minority for an out-right conflict, because we cannot win in the end.
I believe we should follow the example set by the Jews, they are only 2-3%
of the total population today, and they have basically overcome the prejudice
of the euro-american majority. (yes there are still some racist assholes out
there that hate jews, but face it: the jews have made it. they control the
media/government)

>	   i am *totally* unsympathetic when i hear cries of racism against
>>japanese people by white people.  my tendency is to think:  "yeah, they're ones
>>to talk..."
>>
>
>	Does your attitude help?  Does this kind of divisiveness really
>	improve things for you or for me?  Would the world be a better
>	place if I had watched the Rodney King videotape and cheered,
>	"Yeah!  Kill the fucking nigger!"?  If a bunch of neo-Nazis
>	came into my office now and Louisville Sluggered me to death,
>	would you laugh?  Would you say, "Goddamn Chinks and Japs are
>	stealing our jobs!"?

Well said... Asian Americans should be cautious, but should never take the
offensive and prejudice against other races.

>	Sure, there's plenty of racist Asian Americans, just as there
>	are plenty of racist African Americans and Latino Americans
>	and white Americans.  Just as there are sexist men and sexist
>	women.  But should I lash out with vengeance at all other
>	groups?  Should I divide and hate?
>
>	We're all in this together, black, white, yellow, whatever.
>	Why can't we start acting that way?

Very optimistic, but we're free to dream, right? :)
But seriously, I believe if things don't work out right (people are too
racist/stubborn, etc) we have to depend on ourselves. We have to prove
to the world that we're for real, we cannot simply jump into the bandwagon
and wait for Tian1Shang4Diao4Xianr4Bing3 (pork pies from the sky) :)

>						--Alan Hu

Ning Wang