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Jenn Fang
Tucson, AZ
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Jenn commented on the article |The link to the second petition is currently broken. It can be found at:
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Jenn commented on the article |@L.S.
"I will stand by argument that the government shouldn't classify us by race. No good will come of such a system; being made public only contributes to detrimental racial stereotypes and gives hate groups the ammunition to perpetuate their Darwinist-ideals. HIPAA provides leeway for the collecting of such data as you've mentioned."
Fair enough, although I would argue that trying to eliminate racism by eliminating mention of race does more harm than good. CNN conducted an updated doll test several months back that showed that children, even without explicit discussions of race, internalize racial stereotypes of white superiority over darker skin.
If we were to no longer collect racial data, do you believe that this would lead towards a more anti-racist, more colour-blind society? I worry that losing racial data would simply lose the context that we have to talk about race affects us, but that a truly colourblind culture is impossible.
@Daniel
Thanks for your comments. Sorry you feel that way about my writing, but I don't see specifically what you think is wrong (or what you disagree) with in the article (other than the header picture).
@Rick
I think the problem is when pride gets confused with supremacy -- and that danger is true regardless of what colour you stick in front of the phrase "___ pride". No matter what you call it, pride movements are nationalism movements -- and it's hard to demonstrate pride in one's own race without asserting that the race is "better than..." another race.
Anja makes a good point that "white pride" as a phrase is associated with a history of racism, lynching, and white supremacy in this country. Which is why one should be reluctant to place a "white pride" bumper sticker on one's car.
But I would argue -- why would you feel the need to have *pride* (specifically) in your race? I am Asian. I celebrate my culture and my heritage, and have respect for my history. But I didn't do anything to make myself Asian -- so what do I have to be "proud" of, specifically? People are proud of their jobs, their cars, their children's report cards -- things that they have actively achieved. But how can one be proud of their race if they have done nothing to either be a member of their race, nor done anything to maintain that membership? And specifically, do you feel you are denied something because a history of white supremacy has tainted the phrase "white pride", which it has not done to other nationalist movements?
Personally, I oppose any form of nationalism. You won't see an "Asian pride" bumper sticker on my car, because I think that nationalist movements do nothing but assert racial superiority and tribalism. And that's as true of Ryan Murdough's white nationalism as it is about any other form of nationalism.
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Jenn commented on the article |Daniel, thank you for the article. I am a partner in an interracial couple as well, and IR relationships (as we call them) are a big issue in the Asian American community.
That being said, I am a little hesitant about how to approach the topic of IR relationships. I worry that while there are lots of folks who still have antiquated notions about IR, there are a bunch of people on the opposite extreme that see IR as some sort of magic bullet to end racism. (I'm not saying you assert that, just raising the topic for discussion).
My partner and I are in an IR relationship because we love each other, just like other IRs and intraracial relationship. I don't think there's anything special about our pairing just because we found one another despite racial differences, and I don't think we deserve some sort of medal for being "more progressive" than an intraracial couple. In short, I sort of see IR as an obvious next step in the globalization and multiculturalism of our society, and don't want it seen as some sort of "anti-racist" badge for some to wear. To me, that ends up still dehumanizing your partner -- they become not another person you are in love regardless of race, but a sort of anti-racist trophy wife/husband for a person to parade around to demonstrate how they are so colour-blind.
Again, I am absolutely not accusing you or anyone else of having that mindset; it's just a pet peeve I have when the topic of IR comes up.
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