erickao:
While these are mere averages, I hope that it encourages Taiwanese Americans to embrace who they are. I feel like I could easily give an hour long presentation on this, but for now, just lend me five minutes of your time.
When you take a look at the Taiwanese American (TA) community, we make such a big impact. Fashion Designers. Entrepreneurs (Garmin, Nautica, Yahoo, Zappos..so much more). YouTube Celebrities. Musicians. Artists. Journalists. Scientists. Lawyers. We have the potential to be game changers.
Undoubtedly, the two figures I have put up are connected. Higher education has a positive correlation with higher income, and true enough I’m lucky enough to see pretty much all of my TA peers attend college. Sure, we can’t help what kind of situation we are thrown in when we’re born, but the tragedy of the inequity happens when we don’t utilize all that we’re given. I believe that with knowledge comes power, and with power comes responsibility. Food for thought: Perhaps this suggests that we should be leading the Asian American movement.
Previous “Taiwanese Pride” drew from being Taiwanese. What I hope to see is a “new” pride in being Taiwanese American. I’ve already seen the TA community do great things for the American society as a whole, and I’ve been waiting for my chance to do the same.
To be honest, I see so much potential in my peers, but our generation’s nationwide TA network is weaker than the past’s. This is why I joined ITASA and have really appreciated being appointed National Public Relations Director. My mission is to give students the opportunity to connect with each other, which helps us (as a community) begin to realize our untapped potential. Questions?
Given these statistics, shouldn’t the takeaway be that Taiwanese-Americans have a duty to confront their own privilege within the Asian-American community? Taiwanese-American pride is worthless if it’s just a means of shoring up our own (inherited) privilege and to perpetuate the same Old World racism/classism.
The idea that this means we should be leading the movement or capitalizing on our success is sort of abhorrent to me. I think what we really need to do is take a step back, examine why we’re achieving to this extent, and mobilize to help form a more inclusive and representative Asian-American movement.
(via fascinasians)
wellesleyunderground:
Apart from the profanity and calling me an embarrassment, I agree with you. Vengeance is not Justice. Amen.
Here’s my point: The way people in America deal with moral, social, and political issues in the public arena has turned into such a farce that it is disconcerting. Of course C Lo Green is…
I mean- one reason C Lo Green’s opinion matters more than yours is because he is a black man in America, which ostensibly you’re not.
And, okay, I get your point that our culture’s celebrity fascination comes off as very cloying in social justice arenas, but entertainers of color have a long history of being involved in civil rights movements. C Lo Green (or Big Boi) advocating for Troy Davis/the end of the death penalty is less annoying to me than, say, Lady GaGa calling for the criminalization of bullying.
fuckyeahtattoos:
I hate them so much that I rarely publish any of them, and I delete some I see approved by the other mods. I do the same with tattoos of women and skulls in headdresses. I’ve ranted about all this before, but I’ve never really calmly explained it, so I’m going to try to today.
I find it…
Love this. And as a tattooed Asian person, I hate seeing Asian character tattoos or generic “Oriental” tattoos on non-Asian individuals.
I actually decided to get my (Chinese mythology inspired) tattoos because of cultural appropriation in the body mod world- my own small act of reclaiming.
golden-notebook:
vivvo:
golden-notebook:
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really…
I think GRRM’s portrayal of the Dothraki and the minimal POC in the book series is problematic.
However, in terms of degree, I think HBO really fucked up with the Dothraki. Dothraki in GRRM are (in my opinion and others please feel free to disagree) are given power, lives, motivations, interests. Not so in the HBO series where they are basically “those weird brown people lol.”
That’s not to say GRRM doesn’t fuck up on race, he does. But I feel like the difference in degree is notable.
Man you are making a compelling argument to continue not watching! Ugh it’s frustrating being on the outside of a really vibrant fandom like this and half-knowing that I’d feel alienated if I decided to get into it.
Thanks for your thoughts, though.
Non Game of Thrones people! Get with the program!
golden-notebook:
Peter Dinklage is on this show and he is amazing! I keep seeing people blogging photos of him in surprise that he is on the show and he won an Emmy.
No excuses people! Watch Game of Thrones!
So I’m de-lurking to ask you a question. I love your tumblr and I really appreciate a lot of the anti-racist and feminist sentiments that you feature in your posts. As someone who comes off as being pretty critical (in a good way) and progressive, I wanted to ask you why you like Game of Thrones so much. Racialicious did a post about the “usual amount of racism” it features that has basically convinced me to stay away despite all the hype I’ve been hearing both in real-life and on tumblr.
TL;DR: I’m worried that the Dothraki are going to totally ruin any enjoyment I have of this show.
I used to be such a Sailor Moon fan, as were most teenage girls my generation with regular access to Cartoon Network, I suspect.
OFC Sailor Mars was my favorite.
(via mis0happy)
I’d like to take the opportunity of this writing to allay these and other misgivings. Please know: I’m just here to measure your penises. And I’m very, very good at it.
Pie had been lurking below the radar in recent years: taking cover during the ice cream trend, perhaps waiting to see which way the macaron tide would turn.
When I eat out, the only baked goods I ever get are pies or donuts. It’s a product of the fact that I bake; why should I spend $3-5 on a passable cupcake when I can make my own at home and whip the frosting to the exact consistency I prefer?
I buy donuts because I can’t make them (still too scared of frying). I buy pie because I love pie.
“Taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit. Groups closer in social class who yet draw their status from different sources use taste and its attainments to disdain one another and get a leg up. These conflicts for social dominance through culture are exactly what drive the dynamics within communities whose members are regarded as hipsters.”
