tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post6327237757451998235..comments2023-07-01T00:33:55.165-07:00Comments on Ben Efsaneyim: Mytholigising The Model Minority Myth.Ben Efsaneyimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-65369476610783617962015-02-02T23:01:18.291-08:002015-02-02T23:01:18.291-08:00Which makes it all the more puzzling that Asian-Am...Which makes it all the more puzzling that Asian-Americans seek to further obscure the history of anti-Asian racism through inappropriate intersectionality. Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-7835830551432221892015-02-02T17:47:50.930-08:002015-02-02T17:47:50.930-08:00American and Canadian history excludes Asians and ...American and Canadian history excludes Asians and the historical racism and persecution they have suffered. They also exclude Native Americans/First Nations history as well. On the contrary black and Jewish history is quite prominent. I guess our groups are neither large nor powerful enough. Apollyonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-34285102622144166262015-01-19T01:41:42.108-08:002015-01-19T01:41:42.108-08:00Exactly. It is interesting that coming from Austra...Exactly. It is interesting that coming from Australia you would get that more clearly than Asian-Americans. I say that because I managed to catch a little bit of an Al Jazeera documentary called "Immigration Nation" that explores the anti-Asian roots of Australia's "white Australia" policies and how anti-Asianism was an integral aspect of the country's constitution as it became independent from Britain. <br /><br />Interestingly, the documentary also explores how Australia's race policies - supported by the US and UK - contributed to Japanese militarism and Japan's turning away from and resentment towards the west. <br /><br />But it seems to me that Australia's racial conversation includes a more obvious anti-Asian foundation. America's does too, but it is easy for that aspect to get lost.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-77263724591817046592015-01-18T08:28:10.687-08:002015-01-18T08:28:10.687-08:00Perfect. What I've noticed looking at America ...Perfect. What I've noticed looking at America from the outside (from Australia) is that the racial discourse happening in the country is drawn almost entirely along Black/White lines, with the occasional Midde-East morsel thrown in here and there. It's as if Asians don't even exist. I think Asians that grow up in that environment end up internalising this very narrow racial discourse and can't help but try to fit their own narrative to that narrow perspective. But, as you say, in so doing they end up marginalising themselves and devaluing their own experience.Kevin Kyawnoreply@blogger.com