From: inxs@phoenix.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese,soc.culture.asian.american,soc.culture.usa
Subject: Re: [SOC] On Luyen's Death
Date: 23 Aug 92 21:11:21 GMT
Organization: More Rock Less Talk


	I wonder why when a white or a black person got beat up or killed
	in a racial incident, we would hear all kind of outrages from the
 	media for weeks.  But when asian american got killed,
	all I hear is silence, and not much is being done about it.
	
	Let's see, just during the last few years, we have
	had a bunch of Indochinese kids got wiped out from a school yard.
	As a result, we got law passed on AK47, nothing about racial violence
	against asian american.  Sometimes after that, a few monks got killed
	in Arizona; then a vietnamese american kid got killed by a trio of  
	haters in Houston; another vietnamese american killed in North 
	Carolina for the same reason.  When african american tried to settle
	a dispute with korean american in New York, another vietnamese
	american got killed due to mistaken identity; and again in the battle
	for South Central, a vietnamese name showed up in that
	list of 40-odd bodycount.  The latest casualty in this one-way
	hate war is another 19 year old vietnamese american from Florida.

	Imagine all the outrages, riots, and social studies we would 
	have had if this many white or black kids got killed during the last
  	few years because of racial violence.   

	Where are all this hatred for asian american coming from?
	In my opinion, the media has a lot to do with it, and when 
	something terrible happened, they just shut up and do nothing. 
	
	What do young american hear or see on TV everyday about asian 
	american?  Nothing good except the japanese is cheating on
	us, they are buying up america, they are the cause of our
	unemployment and decline; the torturous vietnamese (in movies) is
	still holding our MIAs, the asian kids are messing up the grade
	curve, the korean american is poisoning and robbing the african
	american community.  It's pretty hard not to feel resentment if 
	you are young and are bombarded with this amount of negativity. 
	(I got pretty worked up myself after reading all the articles 
	about the japanese).  
	
	Who can the resentment be directed at? 
	The 1.4% asian american in america of course.  They are seen, 
	I hope by a very small minority, not as contributors but as 
	threateners to the american way of life.  They, 1.4% of the
	population, are responsible for a lot of problems in america. 
	And who are the blamers?  People like lee iacocca.  He's 
	whining about the japanese while buying from and dealing with  
	them more than anybody else.  And our government.  I suggest 
	that the next time the japanese do something 'unfair', don't whine 
	and blame, do something about it.  Do us all a favor.
	
	A study into why these 15 young men from Florida acting so
	un-american  will reveal a lot about the nature of
	their hate, so that we may be able to do something to prevent this
	from happening again.  Balance of information and responsible
	journalism is a start; and yes, more actions and less scapegoating 	
	and blaming from our leaders. 


	Don 



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