tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post7058327334361631221..comments2023-07-01T00:33:55.165-07:00Comments on Ben Efsaneyim: I Think, Therefore I Think I'm Asian.Ben Efsaneyimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-47445831604345801122010-10-10T02:18:23.909-07:002010-10-10T02:18:23.909-07:00Hi eastasianjustice
Thanks for your kind words. I...Hi eastasianjustice<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words. I agree that Asian-Americans are developing a culture that may be unique to them. The key is to have a dedication to the search for truth. As it is, I think that much of the cultural efforts of Asian-America strives for alignment with the mainstream. Acceptance seems to be the agenda - often at the cost of realism or even originality. <br /><br />Asian-America is at the present time outside the boundaries of mainstream culture making us counter-cultural by definition. I tend to think that much Asian cultural expression assumes mainstream membership and by so doing denies the basis for original expression.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-35633191460778610652010-10-07T13:54:10.281-07:002010-10-07T13:54:10.281-07:00Ben. You have an astute mind. And this was a good ...Ben. You have an astute mind. And this was a good quick insightful post. personally i think AA's are onto starting a new culture. And the ideas do indeed need to be explored. What ideas they are noone knows. But for sure a leader is needed to help galvanise war to fight against discrimination. Its a media war. Thats the biggest battlefield asians have. Blacks had slavery we have media discrimation. Now you know the enemy, we must galvanise as individuals. The leader will help instigate this. Whoever that is is unknown but what is more important is a movement towards media equality and destruction of western media discrimination. unity is power.east asian justicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-18528972894533250922010-09-02T04:52:47.093-07:002010-09-02T04:52:47.093-07:00Anonymous
Thank you for your comment.
Leaders...Anonymous <br /><br />Thank you for your comment. <br /><br />Leadership goes way beyond addressing historical injustices. My post wasn’t about that at all. Do you believe that white Americans don’t need leaders because white America is generally successful? It’s a poor vision to have a leader whose main role is to complain on one’s behalf!<br /><br />Also, if you post again, I would prefer that you use a moniker somewhere on your post – just so that I know who I’m speaking with! Thanks.Ben Efsaneyimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001682865274251483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8566317761793185393.post-26073443441959713222010-09-01T21:07:34.751-07:002010-09-01T21:07:34.751-07:00Can you do a post without talking about black peop...Can you do a post without talking about black people?<br /><br />Look, asians don't need a leader per se because you're not doing poorly in this country. <br /><br />Black people, esp. back in the day, needed black leaders because the deck was horribly stacked against them.<br /><br />The deck is not horribly stacked against Asians today, thanks in part to the Civil Rights movement that allowed Asians to come into this country and benefit from the struggles of black folk. K?<br /><br />I don't get why you feel so discriminated against. I just don't see this massive discrimination against Asians that you (and other Asians) keep talking about. <br /><br />---<br /><br />but this question really got me:<br /><br />You: Are we in the vanguard of a new America that looks to the East with affection equal to its affection for the West?<br /><br />No we're not. And why should it? I don't think of eastern values as being the same as the core western values of individuality and freedom.<br /><br />Sorry but these things are very different from Eastern values of group thinking, limited individual freedom, traditionalism, etc. <br /><br />So, unless Asians become a majority in this country, that will not happen. And if that happens, I would imagine it would cease to be a "Western" country since Asians will bring in those Asian ideals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com