Asian American Neocons

Tiffany Do
ASA 2 Section 2
Week 1 Blog

In response to Omatsu's article "The 'Four Prisons' and the Movements of Liberation:"
I think a really interesting section about Omatsu's reading was about Asian American neoconservatives. Asian American neoconservatives are the perfect spokespeople for the American Dream and for the model minority myth. They acknowledge that racism exists but believe it exists on an individual level, not an institutional level (which is why they don't believe in programs like social welfare and affirmative action). Asian American neoconservatives were politicized during the Reagan administration, which institutionalized economic policies that crippled many communities all over America, especially Black communities, in an attempt to inflate corporate power and destroy the gains made by activists of color during the 60's and 70's. Despite being the children of Civil Rights activists, Asian American neoconservatives do not feel a kinship with other people of color across class lines because of the many privileges they have enjoyed growing up. I find this really troubling because this is a clear example of how easily we can buy into the political propaganda we are fed until it becomes so embedded in our life that we don't consciously recognize its existence at all. This propaganda severs our ties with other communities of color because Asian American neoconservatives support and reinforce the idea of a model minority: if you work hard enough, then you will succeed.

Question:
How much influence did Asian American neoconservatives have today? How prevalent are they, and how do they directly impact our society?


This comic strip is showing how corporations are careless, and because the government has taken so many risks with helping corporations become bigger and bigger, now they are too big. So if they fail, the government needs to bail them out, otherwise the effects will be devastating.
source: http://subdude-site.com/WebPics/WebPicsBushLib/CoxChris/cartoon_privatizeProfits_socializeLosses_432x285.jpg