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No one deserves racial discrimination or hatred. Politically, I am sympathetic to anyone would want to put as much distance between themselves and the CCP, Ch
by xbar 5y ago
No one deserves racial discrimination or hatred.
Politically, I am sympathetic to anyone would want to put as much distance
between themselves and the CCP, Chinese or not. It is hard to speak about the CCP without saying "the Chinese" and immediately sounding racist when the comment has nothing to do with race. That is the problem with overloaded terms.
Also, no one was saying things about Japan that they are saying about the CCP. There was great fear about the economic power of Japan. In terms of human rights and influence and military and pollution and human rights, the narrative was completely different.
- Bukhmanizer 5y ago> Politically, I am sympathetic to anyone would want to put as much distance between themselves and the CCP, Chinese or not. Okay, but if how close I am to the CCP is seen as a function of how I look and where I’m from, then what the fuck am I supposed to do? Walk around in white-face with a big American flag and tell people I’m from Kansas? The problem is that people are inferring political beliefs from how people look or their race or their nationality. Regarding Japan, the narrative was different, but the sentiments were similar. Vincent Chin was murdered for being Japanese (although he was Chinese) and his murderers only got a $3000 fine.
- klmadfejno 5y agoAnd those assholes can fuck off. But are they really that numerous? Are they driving the cultural narrative? I think no, and in the areas where this is the case, I think it's probably more of a white vs. not white thing which is a whole other bag of worms.