Hell yes to: Talking about race is not indulging in the “Oppression Olympics”
Asian-Americans = homogenous group of individuals
“Respect for Authority” should not be synonymous with “political apathy”
But near the end, Bui writes:
“The road map to economic justice all of a sudden isn’t about forms of political resistance like the iconic Civil Rights Movement. It’s about replying to inequity with passivity-something that’s worked to keep Asian Americans as a minuscule political force.
Don’t believe me? Asian Americans make up roughly 40 percent of the student body on this campus. But the first languages set to be cut next year? The East Asian Languages.”
Personally, I’m offended. Although I realize that Bui acknowledges that we must “reject political passivity” and is, perhaps, striving to mobilize Asian Americans on campus to care, to say that Asian Americans respond to “inequity with passivity” and is a “minuscule political force” is a gross, gross generalization and an unfair analysis of Asian Americans on campus and around the country.
Recent events and current movements show otherwise: Rock the Vote!, Count Me In!, and API Education/Language Now!
(and look at those exclamation points!!!! They’re anything but passive.)