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People often forget that systemic racism against Asian Americans is also racism. That's part of the point. That you can do everything right and have things go r
by qiqing 11y ago
People often forget that systemic racism against Asian Americans is also racism. That's part of the point. That you can do everything right and have things go reasonably well, but have it all taken away from you because of the color of your skin.
Like the physicist who was innocent but had his family dragged through an espionage trial because the officials didn't even bother to consult experts in the field.
- it_learnses 11y agoI'm not sure if that was necessarily racism though. I think because China is now seen more and more as an enemy and the professor was born in China, maybe that's why. Not excusing the the FBI, just questioning whether racism was at play. What if it had been a white Russian scientist? Would it have been different?
- Apocryphon 11y agoDoes that happen to Russian scientists in America often, though? Because there is precedence for baseless accusations against professors from China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Ho_Lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Ho_Lee Though to be fair, there is also precedence of actual cases of espionage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_t...
- kelukelugames 11y agoThough to be fair, there is also precedence of actual cases of espionage This is literally the definition of racial profiling.