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It doesn’t need to be mentioned though. I’m Asian if I read an Asian name doing something that Asians don’t normally do (like the recent accolades for Everythi
by thrashh 4y ago
It doesn’t need to be mentioned though.
I’m Asian if I read an Asian name doing something that Asians don’t normally do (like the recent accolades for Everything Everywhere), it’s going to inspire me. You don’t have to point it out. The people who need to hear it are not dumb.
Mentioning it just sounds pandering and cringy.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoPublicly stating that it doesn't matter sounds pandering and cringey to me. Pretending that you would be inspired by an Asian doing mathematics sounds even more pandering cringey. If the proof came from the adult sons of educated Asian immigrant parents in Boston, it would be far less newsworthy. For people who care about speeding up progress in mathematics, the fact that this comes from a marginalized group is worthy of mention to understand how to repeat it. For everybody else, ranting about how it doesn't matter is simply off-topic flamebait utilized by culture warriors and their dupes.