tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post4651987697905549738..comments2023-07-01T00:33:55.165-07:00Comments on Ben Efsaneyim: A Herd Of CatsBen Efsaneyimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-74056770153962689922010-10-26T00:40:11.761-07:002010-10-26T00:40:11.761-07:00Hi TZ
"The good: I don't back down."...Hi TZ<br /><br /><i>"The good: I don't back down."</i><br /><br />Remind me never to get on your bad side! <br /><br /><i>"Without a doubt there is an instantaneously disabling effect when we're hit with marginalizing comments in the workplace (or elsewhere in the public sphere). Whether I like it or not, want it or not, the sum of these encounters register into my identity and personality today."</i><br /><br />That's exactly right. It amounts to an internal battle to overcome the limitating intentions inherent in social stigma.<br /><br />I think that this is a fundamental "ontology" for an Asian-American consciousness - to overcome personal limitions that have been imposed by a mainstream social consensus that exists within a political framework that apparently promotes individual attainment and potential. Society gives with one hand and takes with the other. <br /><br />Overcoming stereotypes occurs within the individual and should find expression in our daily interactions.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-81886361359638042762010-10-25T15:00:34.201-07:002010-10-25T15:00:34.201-07:00Without a doubt there is an instantaneously disabl...Without a doubt there is an instantaneously disabling effect when we're hit with marginalizing comments in the workplace (or elsewhere in the public sphere). Whether I like it or not, want it or not, the sum of these encounters register into my identity and personality today. That, though, has been my edge because it's shaped me into a tougher advocate. The good: I don't back down. The bad: I'm overly defensive and hypersensitive to anything that even remotely begins to smell like marginalization. Yeah, I know. It's the sob story of every other ethnic minority. C'est la vie.<br /><br />Is there an alternative social policy to negative freedom?<br /><br />Emancipation of the mind. I like that.sunny @ taryn's design diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01612159388834626202noreply@blogger.com