Racial Stereotyping

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MSNBC is Doing Asian Americans No Favors

 

“When it comes to racial diversity among the Sunday political talk shows, MSNBC is the undisputed leader. In two studies conducted by ChangeLab(January-June 2012, and January-June 2013), MSNBC’s anchor weekend talk programs, Up with Chris Hayes/Steve Kornacki and Melissa Harris Perryincluded more guests of color and hosted more discussion of issues of race than all of the other networks offering similar programming combined. The difference is not just in quantity but in the depth and quality of the discourse. Now, mind you, the standard established by the major networks is set pretty low, but they do at least exceed it.”

 

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Community Village‘s insight:

 

Ignoring groups and spreading misinformation about them is a form of oppression.

 

And the continually message that some groups are better than others is also a form of oppression.

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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?

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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.

 

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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

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Unintentional Racism

Unintentional racism starts with unconscious bias.

Accidental-Racism-2Unconscious bias

Psychologists tell us that our unconscious biases are simply our natural people preferences.  Biologically we are hard-wired to prefer people who look like us, sound like us and share our interests. Social psychologists call this phenomenon “social categorisation‟ whereby we routinely and rapidly sort people into groups. This preference bypasses our normal, rational and logical thinking. We use these processes very effectively (we call it intuition) but the categories we use to sort people are not logical, modern or perhaps even legal. Put simply, our neurology takes us to the very brink of bias and poor decision making. –Tinu Cornish and Dr Pete Jones

To learn more check Understanding Unconscious Bias and Unintentional Racism


This clip features Barbie-Danielle DeCarlo, Rinku Sen, Suzanne LePeintre, Tilman Smith, Tim Wise, Robin Parker, and Yuko Kodama.


Jump to 5:02 for the full story on the shooting of Amadou Diallo (age 23), which reminds me of the shootings of Jonathan Ferrell (age 24), Oscar Grant (age 22), Jordan Davis (age 17), and Trayvon Martin (age 17) – all unarmed Black men.


“In The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. DuBois suggested that the question white people so often want to ask black people is, How does it feel to be a problem? This program turns the tables and recognizes some simple facts: Race problems have their roots in a system of white supremacy. White people invented white supremacy. Therefore, the color of the race problem is white. White people are the problem. White people have to ask ourselves: How does it feel to be a problem?”

Individuals need to become less focused on feeling very tolerant and good about themselves and more focused on examining their own biases. -Jean Moule

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TEDx – Jay Smooth – How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

 

“You will never bat 1000 when talking about race.” -Jay Smooth

 

“In this talk, he discusses the sometimes thorny territory of how we discuss issues of race and racism, offering insightful and humorous suggestions for expanding our perception of the subject.”

 

“Jay Smooth is host of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This is the best advice I’ve heard on how to be conscious of personal biases.

 

Think of anti-racism work as a daily hygine routine – ’cause the media feeds you information daily with bias. It takes a conscious effort to see through to the truth.

 

PS – I didn’t hear him explain how he learned to stop worrying. Did you? Or why he loves discusing race?

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On Asian American Privilege

 

“The explosion of online race talk about Asian Americans lately is enough to make your head spin. Are we progressive or conservative? Are we rich or poor? Are we privileged or oppressed? And the thorniest of all: are we allies or colluders on the question of anti-blackness?”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I think U.S. groups are still segregated so much that people don’t even know other groups well enough to know them as fellow humans with the same needs, wants, desires and frailties.

 

One thing remains constant though. Everyone knows which group is the largest oppressor, and that many oppressors are equal opportunity oppressors.

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▶ Minority students get harsher punishment in school – YouTube

 

“The Departments of Education and Justice together issued new guidance on Wednesday to help public schools administer student discipline without discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin. Data shows that students of color face harsher punishments for committing the same actions as their white peers.”

 
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Family of Georgia student suspended for teacher hug files appeal

The family of a Georgia student suspended for the school year for hugging a teacher has filed an appeal with the school board, the teen’s mother tells CNN.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

In his senior year of high school, he is suspended for a year.

 

He did not deserve a suspension for this. However, he should have simply been told that some people don’t like hugs. If he was in a Latin country, this would be less of an issue. It’s common to kiss on the cheek as a greeting in Mexico for example.

 

@getgln

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