Why don't Asians suffer from "systemic racism"? (enemy, weapon, myth)

[krichton]

Apparently the OP hasn't heard of glass ceilings, which drastically affect asians.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by silverkris

Well, one clue is to ask:

Whose interests does it serve to promote the idea of Asian Americans as model minorities?

Hint: It's not that of Asian Americans.

Lol...BINGO!

Originally Posted by krichton

Apparently the OP hasn't heard of glass ceilings, which drastically affect asians.

It’s one of the Asian community’s greatest frustrations. But no one wants to talk about anti Asian discrimination in the work place because that doesn’t indict the people that they wanna go after...namely blacks.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by krichton

Apparently the OP hasn't heard of glass ceilings, which drastically affect asians.

Glass ceilings usually refer to difficulties /obstacles of women (of all ethnicities) to advance in the workplace. The term with respect to Asian Americans is bamboo ceiling.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by Neuling

I think it might have to do with the fact that even uneducated Americans know that China, Japan, Thailand, India etc. have had advanced civilizations for many centuries or millennia even in the case of China and India, so they respect the people who created those civilizations and are obviously intelligent.

Respected? Not always the case.

Asians in America used to be the "yellow peril" who were "inscrutable, exotics" who were despised. Throw in some war experiences in the 20th century and we were considered the enemy, always under suspicion, or even "unassimilatable".

Now the model minority myth was constructed for a very different narrative - as a weapon to criticize other ethnic communities. At the same time it is also deeply damaging to Asian people and further perpetuates the idea that we do not experience racism. We are expected to aspire to the unattainable goal of whiteness, and we are ignored when we speak up about the very real racism that we endure.