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An Asian Uber Driver Was Attacked by a Mob. Then YouTube Took Down His Video

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Post by tolbish »

anonymouse121 wrote: post #105
tolbish wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's obvious which comments are made in cowardice, as they will generally be from brand new accounts. Your premise is pretty flawed, as it would be ridiculous to blame all men during MeToo, much like it would be ridiculous to blame all members of a race.

Why mention men at all in the "MeToo" movement? Why aren't we allowed to mention black people committing more crime? Stereotyping men and some races is perfectly acceptable, stereotyping blacks is not. It's pathetic that people flag comments instead of giving any reasonable response.

No, it's not acceptable to stereotype all men and it never has been.

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Post by arionhardison »

haram_masala wrote: post #22

The crowd is also attacking the white female passengers, but black-on-white crime is generally ignored by the media, including in this story.

Actually usually its over-reported as most crime is not interracial. Most crime is Black on Black or White on White etc... this is far more common than Black on White but the myth of the Black Sexual Predator has literally driven US politics for the greater part of the last 100 years.

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Post by freebuju »

alephnan wrote: post #103
nobodyandproud wrote: post #90

Back in 2016, wasn’t “Meet the Flockers” identified as encouraging black on asian violence? Isn’t Youtube still hosting it?

Not officially, but the song has finally been pulled from various platforms as recent as 2 months ago. The YG concert in Oakland a few years back actually had lots of Asian people there. As an Asian, I don’t want to excuse the song. It was just made in bad taste, before everyone became so sensitive. What irks me is not the song itself or YG, I like his music, but the double standard and hypocrisy of people applying c…

Here's another perspective. Am not American, not Asian. But I like YG's music. Obviously, the cancel politics behind that song has little personal meaning to me on this side of the world, but it does mean that history in popular culture can be re-written when it's convenient to some group of people.

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Post by s9w »

rafale wrote: post #8

The title doesn't specify the perpetrator is white and doesn't mention white supremacy. It can only mean one thing, the elephant in the room, black-on-asian violence. If someone saw the video, can you please confirm my hunch?

Unexpected and rare nugget of truth

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Post by andyxor »

monkeycantype wrote: post #54

For those of us outside of the US, can someone explain the background of what's happening? Is there a group using covid or conflict with the CCP to incite violence against Asians? Or is this just the relentless churn of everyday pointless hideous violence that has been previously un-noted in a media when the victims were asian?

black-on-asian violence has exploded in 2020-21 and the US liberals are trying to hide it as it doesn't fit the "black victim" narrative, aka BLM and all that.

That narrative has been applied successfully for political gain , i.e. it's easier to get public support for fake "social justice" causes vs. actually fixing the underlying (predominantly economic) problems which originate in bad policy and bloated government.

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Post by magicalist »

haram_masala wrote: post #114
nemothekid wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> assaulting Asian people has become a trope in hip-hop over the past couple of years (e.g. “ling-ling boppin’”). It's hard for me not to believe you just made this up. "ling-ling boppin" doesn't return any Google results. Secondly, a trend in hip-hop would be a trend in American pop culture . Hip hop, is currently the biggest music genre in America - if what you say is true I can't imagine how I would have missed it…

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ling+ling+boppin&t=fpas&ia=web … returns plenty of results. And hip-hop is a subculture of pop culture that is dominated by and mostly caters to young black people. Let’s assume the best of each other here on HN and not accuse people of making things up.

> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ling+ling+boppin&t=fpas&ia=web … returns plenty of results

Yeah, so are we talking the recipe site or the Kirby 3DS letsplay video here?

> And hip-hop is a subculture of pop culture that is dominated by and mostly caters to young black people.

What year is it?

We can assume the best but let's also not casually throw out significant claims without evidence and correlations based on things that haven't been true since like 1990.

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Post by idrios »

JPKab wrote: post #88
lambdasquirrel wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, let me try to explain. 1. Just like Asians have been the "model minority," Blacks are treated as the opposite. There's a lot of resentment going one way, and a lot of "what did you hit me for?" going the other way. 2. There's a lot of Asians (especially those from overseas) who don't understand the historical context, and aren't privy to empathy or compassion when they're being targeted. This dynamic isn't some…

There's a fair bit of talk in some of my circles that all of this is a divide and conquer strategy by very wealthy people trying to make sure that people in the working classes stay divided based on race. The reality of this is that really really crappy people exist in all racial categories and they do really crappy things to other people especially if they are different than them. These crappy people are a minority…

Of all the comments in this very sensitive thread, this is the one I hope people see.

I've noticed there are a number of divides like this.. minorities vs racists, women vs misogynists, foreigners vs xenophobes, millennials vs boomers, and trust vs distrust in technology/science. This list matches the fact that the labor pool is currently being diluted with increased participation of minorities and women in the workforce, outsourcing of jobs or immigration labor, an older generation that hasn't yet retired, and automation of labor.

It follows suit that a young white male with a poor education might have an extremely difficult time entering the job market. This person is the most likely to look at his dismal situation and place blame on these demographics that he's in competition with. Ideally, instead he would see them as his peers, that each of these demographics would see him as a peer, and that they would see each other as peers. But I imagine there are those at the top who do not want the finger pointed at them, and so are happy to reinforce people's existing biases

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 »

nemothekid wrote: post #86
haram_masala wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just to explore this: what exactly is your objection to the often-cited observation that black people, who are 13% of the population, commit 52% of the violent crimes? I don’t even know if that’s accurate - if not, then surely that’s the biggest problem with it. But if it’s true, then why is it a dog whistle? I’m not challenging you here, I’m trying to understand why it’s wrong to state it in this kind of context.

Because most people who use that rhetoric will always imply the disparity exists because of genetic disposition rather than a social one. The logic tree goes from "black people commit a lot of violent crime" to "black people are dangerous" (then from there to other various racist tropes), while ignoring the mountain of other socioeconmic issues. Consider this, if I told you Koreans only make 1% of Japan but they make…

Would you say that your Korean example is an apt comparison to 13/52? Most people here recognize the trope about lies, lies and statistics and it feels like it now.

In a more practical sense, does this statistic matter to an individual on a dark night? Will I fear being called racist as I walk down South Side Chicago on a dark night or 13/52? The choice here is not a choice at all.

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