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You might have been better off not having dwelt on what was in their deepest thoughts, as long as what was in their deepest thoughts did not result in you getti

You might have been better off not having dwelt on what was in their deepest thoughts, as long as what was in their deepest thoughts did not result in you getting arrested for no reason, getting killed by the very people who you thought existed to protect you for no reason, your kids not getting accepted in the schools, or after school programs they deserved for no reason, etc. It’s amazing to me that brown people, like myself, who do really well in this country relative to most minorities, live to pretend as if they should just be the model minority without realizing that the only reason they can is because of all the blood sweat and tears spilt by the minority, often black, activists before them. Of course, the ultimate irony, is that there is no evidence that victim hood is practiced by actual victims. If you consider the past 4 years, for example, it was spent with the President of the United States complaining on a nearly daily basis about everything. His entire base is built on little more than a laundry list of grievances. Their entire political movement at the moment can be reduced to complaining about “cancel culture” which is little more than complaining that white people cannot get well paid speaki by spots to spout racist bullshit. If victim culture exists on a racial basis in the US, it exists almost entirely within the majority community, which shows that there’s absolutely no evidence that discussing real victimization causes a sense of victim hood amongst victims. In fact, there’s good reason to believe that understanding that the racism they face might be systemic both allows the victims of the racism to not feel like victims anymore, but instead look for ways to succeed despite it, and allows them to not look negatively upon individuals anymore, because they learn that the racism is systemic and endemic, and as a result, is something that is exhibited by them as well.

rayiner 5y ago
> You might have been better off not having dwelt on what was in their deepest thoughts, as long as what was in their deepest thoughts did not result in you getting arrested for no reason, getting killed by the very people who you thought existed to protect you for no reason, your kids not getting accepted in the schools, or after school programs they deserved for no reason, etc. But it doesn’t, right? Asians are one third as likely to be incarcerated as white people, half as likely to be shot by the police, and overrepresented in elite schools. Teaching my Asian kids that “white supremacy” is working them is absurd. > It’s amazing to me that brown people, like myself, who do really well in this country relative to most minorities, live to pretend as if they should just be the model minority without realizing that the only reason they can is because of all the blood sweat and tears spilt by the minority, often black, activists before them. This thread is about my Asian kids. Black people face unique barriers, and they should educate their kids as they see fit. But people shouldn’t project that experience onto Asian kids, or assume the same solutions should be applied to Asian kids. > If victim culture exists on a racial basis in the US, it exists almost entirely within the majority community There are just a handful of countries in the world where foreigners can come and be more successful than the natives, and the US is one of the few. The majority seems to have done a pretty great job building a welcoming society. > which shows that there’s absolutely no evidence that discussing real victimization causes a sense of victim hood amongst victims. This article is about precisely that! > In fact, there’s good reason to believe that understanding that the racism they face might be systemic both allows the victims of the racism to not feel like victims anymore, but instead look for ways to succeed despite it Generations of Asians who grew up and succeeded in the US without being taught about “systemic racism” proves that it isn’t necessary.

rayiner 5y ago

> You might have been better off not having dwelt on what was in their deepest thoughts, as long as what was in their deepest thoughts did not result in you getting arrested for no reason, getting killed by the very people who you thought existed to protect you for no reason, your kids not getting accepted in the schools, or after school programs they deserved for no reason, etc. But it doesn’t, right? Asians are one third as likely to be incarcerated as white people, half as likely to be shot by the police, and overrepresented in elite schools. Teaching my Asian kids that “white supremacy” is working them is absurd. > It’s amazing to me that brown people, like myself, who do really well in this country relative to most minorities, live to pretend as if they should just be the model minority without realizing that the only reason they can is because of all the blood sweat and tears spilt by the minority, often black, activists before them. This thread is about my Asian kids. Black people face unique barriers, and they should educate their kids as they see fit. But people shouldn’t project that experience onto Asian kids, or assume the same solutions should be applied to Asian kids. > If victim culture exists on a racial basis in the US, it exists almost entirely within the majority community There are just a handful of countries in the world where foreigners can come and be more successful than the natives, and the US is one of the few. The majority seems to have done a pretty great job building a welcoming society. > which shows that there’s absolutely no evidence that discussing real victimization causes a sense of victim hood amongst victims. This article is about precisely that! > In fact, there’s good reason to believe that understanding that the racism they face might be systemic both allows the victims of the racism to not feel like victims anymore, but instead look for ways to succeed despite it Generations of Asians who grew up and succeeded in the US without being taught about “systemic racism” proves that it isn’t necessary.