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The Asian American ‘advantage’ that is actually an illusion

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Re: The Asian American ‘advantage’ that is actually an illusion

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Says the guy with the trolltastic throwaway account.

That's a great argument you have.

I don't debate fascists, because they are good faith actors. If you were, you wouldn't be hiding coward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tlwf9A1ivc

Re: The Asian American ‘advantage’ that is actually an illusion

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Why do you blame culture, but ignore historical practices like redlining, or the obvious correlation with poverty, or the fact that American black people have had scarcely 50 years of equality under the law? That drugs in black communities are treated as crime, but drugs in white communities are seen as a public health crisis? There are hundreds of issues of infinitely more substance than whether black children are c…

I mean... jeez, again with the name-calling. Have you looked up the definition of "bigot"? It's defined as a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions. In the comments I've seen you post so far, the intolerant one is... you.

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Re: The Asian American ‘advantage’ that is actually an illusion

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You yourself are asserting stereotypes about Asian culture and Black culture. Racism is what happens when people are surrounded by a society that asserts such stereotypes.

The concept of culture is in many ways a stereotype of personal and group behavior, so your argument doesn't make much sense to me.

There is no definition of culture which matches what you have just said.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

What you are therefore saying is that you as an individual can't think about culture in a way that isn't stereotyping of personal and group behavior.

Despite this not actually being what culture means, you are not alone in thinking this way.

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