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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Asians In O.J.
I think it was very interesting to hear how many incidents there were involving racism towards Asians in a seemingly unrelated case like O.J. Simpsons. Perhaps we ignore these incidents because we see Asians as a model minority, one that does not get discriminated against. If we were to admit that we were racist against a minority that is more acceptable than most, we would have to admit that we were horribly racist towards the rest, and after everything we've already discussed I think it's clear that this is not something we care to do.
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I feel like racism in the midst of racism often gets washed together. The White on Black racism that surrounded the OJ trial basically pushed aside the underlying racism that came to the surface against Asians. Also the "model minority" is treated as easier to make fun of sometimes, I mean we can still see a lot of Asian stereotypes in the media and these are less often frowned upon by the public.
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