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Asian American Media Representation, Recommending Feminism
This is a video essay, with a lot of references, bringing together different ideas about representation, race swapping in portrayals, and desirability and gender. It’s pretty good. I can’t evaluate beyond that, because I haven’t studied this too much. Discussion where I found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/aznidentity/comments/1j44s67/representasian_asian_desexualization_race/ Original Post: 2023-03-10 I made a tiktok that recommended feminism…
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What are Lateral Violence and Vertical Violence?
These two terms came up during the discussions about the Monterey Park shooting. It was also raised in the murder of Tyre Nichols, and the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay. The following definitions are from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation:
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Research Sparse about Less Educated Asian American Men in the Labor Market
I got into a discussion/argument about labor market discrimination against Asian American men in the working class.
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
These are the sources for a few memes I created.
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Misunderstanding the Purpose of the Model Minority
People are upset about stereotypes, and often conflate the Model Minority Myth with the stereotype that Asians are good at math. So, to “challenge” the stereotype, an Asian person will say they aren’t good at math. They misunderstand the point of the MMM stereotype.
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WSJ Election-Hype Poll about Perceptions of Prejudice Excluded Asians
Every once in a while, I get upset by something AWA puts up, especially anything that discourages Asian American participation in politics. This time, it was a poll about how the two parties differ in who they think suffers discrimination.
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Fascism Videos (Explaining It)
I’m going to accumulate videos explaining this midcentury political movement that’s getting a resurgence today.
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On the Vice Asian American, Model Minority and Asian Hate, Panel Video
This video’s made the rounds, and I felt compelled to write some about it. It’s not a great panel, but it’s good that the video was made and put out there for a general audience that might not be too familiar with the current debate/infighting.
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1908 Anarchist Terrorist Plot by Japanese in America Against the Emperor of Japan!
The actions of your tools has made free political action impossible in Japan. We abandon political action as absurd and useless under present conditions, and resort to physical force. We do not believe in war, but you have forced it upon us. We are opposed fundamentally to international conflicts, however.
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January 2018 Links
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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Instagram Censorship Algorithm Failure
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First COVID-19 Post
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls
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Rosemead Police/HSI/or ICE Bust
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On the Vice Asian American, Model Minority and Asian Hate, Panel Video
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Reupholstering an Old Chair’s Seat with Scrap Fabric
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Some Yelp Reviews
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Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?
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Chili History
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Tom Bradley Speech, Draft: The Citizen: Power and/or Powerlessness
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COVID-19 Hits Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities the Hardest; this Paper Has Lessons for All of Us
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Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism
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Art Spiegelman: golden age superheroes were shaped by the rise of fascism
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Protected: What a Year (Written August 27, 2019)
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Social Media
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ChatGPT: compare and contrast the different forms of slavery in the different regions
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Little Tokyo Urban Renewal 1972, Urban Renewal Researcher from Japan 1968, Gentrification Notes
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ChatGPT: Discovers a “Memory Hole” or makes up sources
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Tech Bazillionaires Paid for Anti-Unhoused Anti-Camping Law in San Francisco in 2016
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Recent Studies Look for Actual Spread of SARS-CoV-2 the COVID-19 Virus
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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Israel Arms Embargo Popularity; Israel Collapse; Trans Dehumanization; Local Lists
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COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
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Polls; Macron Coup?; ICE Detainees Strike; Technofeudalism
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Inventing Black and White
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Anti-Vaccine Mandate “Debate” Goes Weird Real Quick
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Selected Posts from Facebook from January 2020
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The Book Trust – an attempt to monopolize cheap book production in the 1800s
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Mid90s and Redlining
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Protected: Getting Up in AI Models
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The Lotto and Voting Machine Meme is Bugging Me
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The Current Effort to Deny Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants or Spouses Has a Precedent
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Medium Paywall Blocking Posts