Because it’s a construct, not a reality, and the purpose is power. Japanese in SA were few, no threat, and fit in economically and culturally with the whites.
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It’s called “stay in your lane” identity politics. A related concept is that each race has its own intellectual property.
Well, I agree with most of your opinion, but racism does also have to with the subversion of legal systems — such as in Jim Crow but also all the dual legal systems (different rules for different folks) under colonialism. That’s called institutional racism. It’s important to understand that. Read more
Why does it matter to pretend to be non-white? This is a mystery to me.
The interesting thing is that if you’re adopted from, say, S. Korea, to a white, white, white place, like rural Minnesota, or Bavaria, you become 100% acculturated and truly belong, yet you still have a residual curiosity, or a discomfort, or “otherness” from your usual environment that’s real. You have a connection… Read more
It’s racist because liking another culture *too* much means maybe you like it in a crude, fetishistic way that makes everyone feel creeped out. At least, that’s the narrative that’s one is being asked to creatively imagine. Sometimes true, of course.
I agree, even if you’re being sarcastic. And the targeted community might reject him -- that is their right, too. But they should do so gently, because who cares, really, and without all the jargon and moralizing. In any case, Japanese/Japanese-Americans/(manga readers and writers) are such a giant, diverse group that… Read more
Well, you could look at the history of legal racism against Asians in the U.S., from Asian exclusion in the 1880s through internment during the war, and many other examples. These were real, concrete injustices.
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Your perspective is totally refreshing. Read more
Forbidding the taking of an identity is equally racial essentialism.
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Fantastic info. I’m fine with what she did. It’s interesting.
I agree. I don’t think it makes any “moral” difference whether he used a name from another country or group. For me it’s fun, creative, an expression of human freedom. I don’t believe in this annoying “stay in your lane” stuff. “Cultural appropriation” is a non-concept. In America you can be whatever you want to be.
Father fails Solomon test.
).ecafretni ym htiw gnorw si gnihtemoS) .oot tniopweiv yM
Citation?
I do use it. But I receive death threats.
With news snippets I pity the EU gluey fools. Europeans are constantly asserting ownership of information by some party or other, in a pompous and annoying way. Read more
You're vicious!
Keenly put.
For me this made a huge difference (from Podkayne of Mars): Read more