[Vision2020] Hillary's slur on Indian-Americans

[Melynda Huskey]

Dick writes:

"We never hear any complaints out of those from the Orient. They come here, 
work and study hard and blend in to our society and become model citizen 
Americans. That is the kind of immigrant they all should be."

You know, that idea of the Asian "model minority" is a really pernicious 
one.  Few Asian-Americans experience themselves as fitting in or blending 
seamlessly with U.S. society:  it's pretty common for fifth- and 
sixth-generation Asian-Americans to be asked, "Where are you from?"  If they 
respond, "Des Moines, Iowa," they are asked again,"No, where are you 
*really* from?"  The stereotypes of Asians are painfully alive--submissive 
mail-order bride, math whiz, restaurant owner, inscrutable "Oriental" . . . 
just think about the implications of generalizing about the cultural and 
behavioral contexts of people from places as far apart as from Japan to 
India, from Cambodia to Tibet.


Melynda Huskey

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