thoughts about racism/capitalism
I feel like ever ethnicity gets their own specific version of the same bullshit.
So being Asian American is sort of the flip side of being Jewish. When you’re Jewish everyone wants you to disappear into whiteness; nobody like you exists, your history doesn’t exist, and you will be made very uncomfortable if you don’t integrate, shut up about antisemitism, etc. but You People need to be assigned roles in capitalism.
thoughts about racism/capitalism
Whereas if you’re Asian American you’re perceived as Asian, a first generation immigrant even if you’re incredibly American. There were anti Chinese riots, Chinatowns and the first gong fu school in the USA long before my family showed up! So we’re presented with media in which people are always shown in Asian, rather than American context.
Again, You People get assigned capitalist convenienced “smart person “ roles, just don’t do anything *exotic*.
thoughts about racism/capitalism
Obviously African Americans have representation tied to “how capitalism can use you.” I think that anyone who isn’t very specific WASP faces that sort of representation and invisibility tied to being a convenient resource for capitalism.