That is a Vince Carter-dunking-on-Frederic-Weis-level quote.

Sorry - is this a contest called ‘who has it worse?’ What the fuck is this?

I give you that we are not “oppressed” the way black people are in the United States.

I would have considered taking your comment seriously until you used the word ‘desi.’ NOPE. Because you clearly don’t even know what that word means.

In what possible way are Asians being thwarted by a society that treats them better than the oppressors are treated?

Not being accepted does not have to mean oppressed. Yes, Asians have it way easier than blacks and Latinos, but they are far from being accepted. And within Asians, south Asians and Muslims are treated far worse than East Asians.

What type of “Asian” are your metrics based on? You do realize there is more than 1? Not every ethnicity falls into your perfect little description.

Oh come off it. I get it... there are existential threats and then there are existential threats. But you know perfectly well that Asian men, in different ways, depending on where they are from, get a raw deal in the US. Asian people, and especially Asian men, are presumed to have no interiority, no real inner…

This is just not a true statement. Hey it’s perfectly fine to not know something, but doubling down on something untrue just makes you seem willful and prejudiced. Burmese Americans are the largest group of refugees in the country for example. They are in poverty at higher rates than just about anyone else, including…

You know who also hides behind stats to withhold empathy? White supremacists.

Which ‘Asians’? Many Asian (Southeast Asian in particular) communities are among the poorest people in this fucking country, right along with Natives and Latinx & Black folk. Look at actual data. And “Asian” includes an enormous swath of people, many of whom experience poverty and state violence, and all of whom are…

I mean, I’m just over here wondering why you have such a strong animosity towards WOC and are extremely defensive about a WOC saying that she wishes other WOC could be viewed as objects of desire in media.

lol stfu ignorant

“On what possible metric are Asian people oppressed? Asian people have higher average incomes, higher levels of education, lower rates of incarceration, better access to healthcare, and fewer instances of police violence then WHITE PEOPLE. Asian people literally outperform WHITE PEOPLE on ALL the metrics.”

Right, Asians are so respected that Chris Rock can parade three Asian kids onto the stage at the Oscars as the butt of a joke. Isn’t it adorable how all Asians are child-worker math nerds?

And this statement put me off the entire article. What do brown men owe brown women? Why do brown women suppose that brown men are supposed to be here for them, especially when brown women do not consider men a locus in their lives?

Do you know how many Sikh men & hijab-clad Asian women alone have been murdered, brutalized, and humiliated in this country in just the last decade? You are embarrassing, dude. And “Asian” includes everything east of occupied Palestine and west of California, sooo..... shhhh

Yeah, you’ve had way worse. And? Asians should just shut up about everything race related cause they haven’t had it the worst of all?

On what possible metric are Asian people oppressed? Asian people have higher average incomes, higher levels of education, lower rates of incarceration, better access to healthcare, and fewer instances of police violence then WHITE PEOPLE. Asian people literally outperform WHITE PEOPLE on ALL the metrics.

Since you’re not asian, you can’t be expected to understand what it’s like to be within a stone’s throw of acceptance but always kept at arm’s length fulfilling the role of yes men. Don’t try to understand it, you can’t, you’re not asian and don’t have the lived experience.