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> people start campaigning to no longer classify asian / pacific-islanders as a "minority". I'm not aware of any organized campaigns to this effect, but the id
by doktrin 6y ago
> people start campaigning to no longer classify asian / pacific-islanders as a "minority".
I'm not aware of any organized campaigns to this effect, but the idea that Asians aren't "real" minorities / PoC is one that sometimes gets tossed around in progressive circles.
e.g.
https://www.insider.com/the-internet-is-debating-who-to-call-people-of-color-2018-11 https://www.insider.com/the-internet-is-debating-who-to-call...
Arguments put forth range from the purely visual ("some asians are fairer than white people") to the socioeconomic ("asians don't give back to the black communities in which they own businesses"), or variants thereof.
I guess it's a gentle reminder in these relatively polarized times that relations between minority groups in the US have historically been tense, be it black-latinx, black-asian or black-jewish. It might feel like there's a detente right now due to the focus being on the state and the white power structure et al - but the underlying animosity is real enough. Humans are tribal to a fault, and that will never change.