ASA002 A01
Week 9
In this week's reading, I read "Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans." by Soya Jung. In this article, she explains why emotion and passion are so important for the foundation of a movement. She describes how being lukewarm or wishy-washy about any kind of issue--especially an issue you want to protest--can have detrimental effects on the overall protest. Personally, I agree with those sentiments, not only are things like rage and anger essential to protesting, but that's the whole reason why people protest; they are unhappy with the current situation and they want to see some kind of positive change. This is why Jung says that the model minority myth of Asian Americans is so evil--it takes away the ability for Asian Americans to be, well passionate. Not only are many Asian cultures already on the side of "don't question the authority (elders)," but with Asian Americans being the model minority they are in a lukewarm place of limbo where they neither have the full privilege of many white Americans but also aren't "oppressed" enough as other minorities to truly start a movement.
How can Asian Americans band together to stop the model minority myth?
References:
1. Jung, S. (2014, August 20). Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans [Article]. Race Files. Retrieved November 19, 2017, from http://www.racefiles.com/2014/08/20/why-ferguson-matters-to-asian-americans
2. "Protestors". Retrieved 19 November 2017. <https://northdallasgazette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/protesters.jpg>
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