Stereotyping

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Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 1 – An improper comparison

  This post is broken into two parts for the sake of length: Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 1 – An improper comparison Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 2 – In support…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

My question is, how can we get more students to go to college?

 

What do we as a culture (U.S. culture) need to provide to our children so they can attend college?

See on reappropriate.co

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The Triple Package Review: Debunking Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld | Prerna Lal

 

“In their newly released book, The Triple Package, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld propose that some groups are naturally better than the others due to certain cultural traits they possess. I was on HuffPost Live to discuss the book, and to debunk its central notions, which you can watch here:”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Prerna Lal’s article covers:

 

  1. Amazed about the publicity and attention that this book is receiving because it is saying nothing new
  2. The Triple Package is ahistorical
  3. Perpetuates the model minority myth, which then justifies anti-black racism
  4. Dangerously suggests that we have moved beyond racism, which is simply not true

See on prernalal.com

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Your “Preference” is Not Preferable: The History and Harm of Asian Fetishism

**Disclaimer:  In this article I focus on the fetishization of Asian females. I acknowledge that there are prevalent fetishes of other races and they are just as problematic. I acknowledge that I c…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I love this article and I love it’s title.

 

Plus it’s an important topic for supporters of racial justice.

 

It covers:

 

  • What fetishism is
  • What about preferences? What if someone just happens to be attracted to a certain race?
  • Why are racial fetishes, especially Asian fetishes, such a widespread thing?
  • “I’m not sure if I have a racial fetish. How can I tell?”
  • The problems and consequences of racial fetishization
  • What can we do about racial fetishization?

See on mixedamericanlife.wordpress.com

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Cadillac Made A Commercial About The American Dream, And It’s A Nightmare

 

“There are plenty of things to celebrate about being American, but being possessed by a blind mania for working yourself into the ground, buying more stuff and mocking people in other countries just isn’t one of them.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Another reason I’m not gonna buy any product by Ford (the owners of Cadillac). 

 

Ford is the company that intentionally bought lower priced tires from Firestone that they knew were not rated to support the weight of the Ford Explorer. Then, tires started failing, causing rollovers and over 200 deaths.

 

Now this Cadillac commercial is trying to sell us on how great the U.S. is by bashing other countries.

 

One line says “We’re the only ones going back up there”, referring to going into space. They can’t even get their bashing correct.

 

Citizens of 38 countries have flown in space, and China and Russia have current space programs.

 

See on www.huffingtonpost.com

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Spike Lee rips NYC gentrification

Filmmaker Spike Lee talks to CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his harsh comments on gentrification.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

And the second video is good by they guy who asked the question.

 

He speaks about wealth creation due to gentrification.

 

PS – Calling the cops on a person is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Don’t call the cops on someone for playing music. Just put in ear plugs or something reasonable.

 

See on www.cnn.com

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Joo-Hyun Kang: Ending the Stop-and-Frisk Regime

 

“In this full interview, Laura interviews Joo-Hyun Kang, Director of Communities United for Police Reform about an unprecedented campaign to end discriminatory policing practices in New York City.”

 
See on www.youtube.com

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The Origins of the Asian American Model Minority Myth

 

“Historian Ellen Wu’s The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority just might be the best examination of the roots of the model minority stereotype in print.

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No doubt the enthusiasm among many Asian Americans to accept model minority stereotyping was a reflection of the fact that the menu of choices where stereotypes were concerned appeared to be restricted to either “model minority” or “yellow peril.” And the stakes were high. The “yellow peril” stereotype had been used to justify wars in Korea and Vietnam, the mass internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, anti-communist persecution of Chinese Americans under the McCarran Act, and no small amount of racial exclusion and terrorism.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“As long as U.S immigration policy has a preference for the highly educated, the U.S. will continue to bring in ‘model minorities’.

 

The term ‘model minority’ is based on a bias for educated people.

 

Latinos are also ‘model minorities’ in that they are compliant workers who harvest the crops and work in the slaughter houses, but they are not ‘sold’ by the media in those terms because on average they are not the highly educated workforce.”

 

@getgln

See on www.racefiles.com

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Southern States Push Anti-Gay Jim Crow Laws

 

“Over the past few weeks, Republicans in various state legislatures have been advancing bills that target gay Americans for Jim Crow style discrimination. These laws represent an imminent and grave threat to not only the entire gay community but to the entire idea of a secular society.”
See on theprogressivecynic.com

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What Happens When A White Guy Tries To Steal A Car And What Happens When A Black Guy Tries

Stereotypes persist.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I think there are a couple videos on the “What would you do” show along these lines.

 

One where a white guy and then a black guy are trying to break a bicycle lock,

 

Another were some white guys then some black guys are vandalizing a car.

 

See on www.businessinsider.com