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I doubt that the teenagers running up to Asian elders to push them over are motivated by hawkish sentiment toward China. I'd be surprised if they have any aware
by exolymph 6y ago
I doubt that the teenagers running up to Asian elders to push them over are motivated by hawkish sentiment toward China. I'd be surprised if they have any awareness of geopolitics whatsoever.
- ahelwer 6y agoThis phenomenon isn't limited to dry discussion of foreign policy. You see it as an endless barrage of distorted, negative articles about every aspect of China posted all over social media. Try opening a reddit thread about China sometime. You won't have to scroll very far before you see someone wishing death upon some Chinese people.
- nexthash 6y agoFirst of all, you underestimate the intelligence of teens and their ability to perceive/think about the world. Second, if there's a pattern of attacks on Asian elders in America as discussed in the article, that isn't any accident. They are being identified and targeted because of their race, motivated by fearmongering about traditional nativist myths and the 'coronavirus made by Asians' myth.
- exolymph 6y agoNah, it has much more to do with long-standing tensions between the black (Black?) and Asian communities.
- malloryerik 6y agoI've often wondered if observing teens and even say ten-year-olds isn't indeed among the better ways of intuiting what attitudes and sentiments actually inhabit a community. Adults are likely to self-censor far more, whereas a young teen or eleven-year-old may simply echo what they've heard behind closed doors.