tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post6547703849910265555..comments2023-07-01T00:33:55.165-07:00Comments on Ben Efsaneyim: Happy Father's DayBen Efsaneyimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-86239982908424368372012-07-06T02:31:06.457-07:002012-07-06T02:31:06.457-07:00if that don't work just go to the bottom of th...if that don't work just go to the bottom of the page and that also has the whole page translated to EnglishAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596887230634093241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-41579143817275677692012-07-06T02:26:25.769-07:002012-07-06T02:26:25.769-07:00Ben Efsaneyim:
My name is Erika Springer (joseph P...Ben Efsaneyim:<br />My name is Erika Springer (joseph Pham's nice) my family has been talking to attorneys about civil rights violations to not only my uncle but to all Asian decent Americans. please go to this web site and share it with any one you know <br />http://helpjosephpham.wordpress.com/<br /><br />when you get to the page you will need to look on the right side of the page under categories and click on English to translate the pageAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596887230634093241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-14512234048696006042012-06-23T12:41:49.111-07:002012-06-23T12:41:49.111-07:00Damn. Hope you get things worked out. I look forwa...Damn. Hope you get things worked out. I look forward to reading your post.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-84148047213440344712012-06-22T22:09:00.743-07:002012-06-22T22:09:00.743-07:00Hey Ben, sorry for not responding earlier- some as...Hey Ben, sorry for not responding earlier- some asshole stole my laptop so I had to get a new one and I'm still trying to get everything onto my new one. I lost all the unfinished ideas for my personal blog man. Not cool.<br /><br />Anyways. my dad says in that situation it's better to just move out. Of course that's not always possible, but I guess that's one of the reasons why Asians care about money and status so much. I'll make a post once I'm done taking care of my own stuff.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690329152610475489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-87469717119370543182012-06-19T22:36:46.256-07:002012-06-19T22:36:46.256-07:00^ Wow that was long comment!^ Wow that was long comment!Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-46721887209599538822012-06-19T22:36:25.096-07:002012-06-19T22:36:25.096-07:00Like I said before, your Dad sounds really cool! I...Like I said before, your Dad sounds really cool! I completely agree with what he said, but I think that in the case of Pham he had good reason (based on past problems as well as the fact that his neighbour was pounding at his door making threats) to defend himself. <br /><br />I think that I am trying to make the point that the casual and free-flowing racism against Asians that is routinely expressed - both verbally and physically - is something that Asians feel they need to defend themselves against. <br /><br />If someone attacks you in the school playground you are not a thug to defend yourself. If someone vandalizes your home and makes threats against you, it is completely reasonable to feel as though your life is in danger.<br /><br />America promotes racist behaviour towards Asians through its culture and political rhetoric and thus there is no difference between racial harrassment or bullying and the model of normal mainstream interactions with Asians - they are the same. <br /><br />That's why a sportsman can get up behind an Asian man and racially taunt him without the sense that this is actually baiting, or derogatory in any way.<br /><br />Just like every human being alive, Asians don't like to live their lives in a state of being perpetually harrassed. No human being is capable of existing under those conditions and no human being should be expected to. And herein lies the crunch - American culture insists that Asians must not be negatively effected by the pervasive racism that they are subjected to on a daily basis.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-25835754163036663152012-06-19T08:13:28.744-07:002012-06-19T08:13:28.744-07:00I thought my dad would be interested in this story...I thought my dad would be interested in this story since he loves keeping up with Vietnamese news and used to be a brawler back in the day. This was his response (paraphrased and translated of course):<br /><br />They exactly what they want. They piss you off every little bit they can until you can't stand it anymore and finally explode. He should have called the cops.<br /><br />What if the cops don't come?<br /><br />Get a lawyer.<br /><br />I left it at that, but I wonder..... is it really that easy? I'm a bit skeptical to say that it is, but i didn't want to go any further than that.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690329152610475489noreply@blogger.com