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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](article link below) Your thoughts?  While I believe in freedom of speech, it saddens me to see yet another professor fail to understand the complexity of the issue. I have never heard of an Asian American being subjected to police brutality and yes there are Asian gang members and Asian criminals too. I have never heard of an educated Asian man being pulled over by police when the only possible reason is he is driving a new Mercedes. As far as I know, Asian Americans were not told to sit at the back of the bus, and drink from separate water fountains and they did not have to worry about being tarred and feathered for dating a person who is white. There is so much more to consider than this, but how is it someone makes it to becoming a professor without having an open minded, an ability to see all aspects of an issue and empathy?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/duke-professor-criticized-for-online-comments-about-african-americans/ar-BBjQOfY?ocid=iehp[/quote]

You have a SHOCKINGLY weak grasp of American history if you've never heard of discrimination against "Chinamen."[/quote]

+1.  I don't particularly agree with his comments, but let's not pretend that Asians have never experienced devastating racism.[/quote]
Exactly.[/quote]

While there is no denying the Chinese Exclusion Act's racism, the more recent Asian American experience is hardly one of prevalent racism.

Asians are one of the most successful segments of American society.  While Asian people are a minority among the population, they are generally excluded from affirmative action programs (how racist is that!!?!).

While there are exceptions of course, recent Asain immigrants are highly successful in America, and their first generation children tend to be phenomenally successful.

Please don't start playing the victim card as Asians; it is tiresome enough when constantly played by all the other minorities, as well as this administration.[/quote]

Are YOU Asian?  Or do you just like promoting the model minority stereotype?[/quote]
Are you the OP?[/quote]
OP sure likes to stir the pot. Nothing like getting your week off to a good start, huh?[/quote]

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