Apr 9, 2002 Comments Off
An excerpt from a conversation I had with someone I don’t even know. I think he found me from [url=http://www.asianguy.com]asianguy.com[/url]…
Session Start (AIM – achtungbaby74:Mark poon): Sun Apr 07 20:39:07 2002
Mark poon: hey
Achtungbaby74: hello
Mark poon: hey, are u from the bay area or LA?
Achtungbaby74: LA
Mark poon: man…i feel like…like we gotta act NOW
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Jul 19, 2001 Comments Off
Some whites males…complain about racism and xenophobia…but then they continue to be drawn to Asians like a magnet, because still they think we are on the average less intimidating than their own white people. They think we would never physical hurt them, and they can see that in our demeanors.
In other words, they are not afraid of us, no matter what we do. — a post from a message board.
Some thoughts on being an Asian American male:
When it comes down to it, no one should tell everyone who we are but *us*. This is not an attempt to be divisive and separate us from Asian females, who, quite honestly, have lead the empowering of the Asian American community, in terms of activism, visibility, and scholarship.
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