Part 2: Removing the Mask Relatively small though we are, as a Nikkei community, our growing acceptance into dominant white, middle-class culture is something I do not take lightly (particularly as a Japanese American with European ancestry). I have come to notice that false binaries (i.e. “Republicans vs. Democrats”) have and continue to play a […]
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What’s oppression of a minority in a world with no majority?
On March 4, CNN published a story that shocked me. The headline, both eye catching and ridiculous, read, “Are whites racially oppressed?†As Angry Asian Man said, “NO.†The article looks into what CNN calls “racial jujitsu,†whites adopting the language and protest tactics of an embattled minority group. They cite conservatives, like talk show […]