Yidi Chen ASA002 Week3

I think there are different answers from different angles, if you're talking about judicial persecution or institutional discrimination against Asians. Then I think no country in the world has such a policy except Malaysia. However, in terms of social life, social contact, education, entertainment, economy and so on, the discrimination against Asians in American society is quite serious. The first example is education. When ivy league schools admit Asian-Americans, the average score on standardized tests for Asian-Americans is much higher than for any other ethnic group. This is a clear case of factual discrimination. There is no excuse for this phenomenon. In my opinion, in a country with a relatively stable social class, the top educational resources can be said to be the only resources to help people improve their living standards and improve their class.
Asians are considered props for comedy, and racism is casual. Words like "chink," "gook," "zipperhead" are blurted out, while words like "sp*c" and "n* word" are career-ending words, and when they cause a media storm, they're like dropped nuclear weapons. To be honest, superficial racism against Asians is not scary at all. They do not fear for their lives when they are stopped by the police, nor are they suspected of robbery when they enter a shop or commercial space. However, the number and frequency of the casual racism they experienced as Asians (known as "chink", "small eyes", "Chinese ninja", etc.) slowly began to penetrate to the deepest depths of their selves and identities as individuals. There is another problem, however, and that is the reaction of Asian-Americans to such racism. In my view, not everything is America's fault. I believe that Asian-Americans need a stronger voice, and they need to roll over and clench their fists in the face of harsh social racism. Eddie Huang is an Asian-American entertainer and writer, and I admire him personally. In his famous book "fresh off the boat," he says his father told him that if someone called him "chink," he would get permission to fight. While violence doesn't really solve problems like this, there's no question that Asian-Americans need to stand up for themselves more.
For my question: Is the discrimination always happening by those who have low education or why do intellectuals do this?