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>If it weren't for the melanin problem, I am positive that "white people," the institution, would gladly grab us along for the ride, just as they did with the I
by nyolfen 10y ago
>If it weren't for the melanin problem, I am positive that "white people," the institution, would gladly grab us along for the ride, just as they did with the Irish and the Polish and so forth. (And, possibly, if it weren't for the fact that having us as a model minority makes it easier to oppress the non-model minorities without looking like you hate minorities in general.)
i'm sorry you have identity issues but it's not the result of a conspiracy to oppress minorities
- tptacek 10y agoIs it really called a conspiracy when a double-digit percentage of the population openly professes it? There must be a better word.
- geofft 10y ago> it's not the result of a conspiracy to oppress minorities Sorry, there is a strong argument that the "model minority" myth was, quite literally, a conspiracy to oppress minorities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority#Possible_causes_of_model_minority_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_minority#Possible_causes... http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Success%20Story,%20Japanese%20American%20Style%20(article)/ http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Success%20Story,%20Japanese%2... You can read the article that coined the term: http://inside.sfuhs.org/dept/history/US_History_reader/Chapter14/modelminority.pdf http://inside.sfuhs.org/dept/history/US_History_reader/Chapt... It is quite clearly being skeptical of efforts to help, quote, "problem minorities," because Japanese-Americans did just fine in the author's opinion. You can argue that no such conspiracy exists, but there's too much evidence in favor of it to be able to realistically dismiss it out of hand.