Dear Asian-American fam, if the mechanisms of "equal opportunity" you seek & defend are objectively unequal for communities who are even more historically marginalized & underserved than your own, than your conception of "equal opportunity" is part of an larger oppressive force.
Confused w the term 'White Supremacy' & its use to summarize the historic/ongoing systems at play to justify a racial hierarchy w clear White-Black poles of power? Let's educate ourselves. Immigrant communities have a been used by those in power to divide forever. No mas.
What dose the term 'White Adjacent' even mean? Is it meant in a derogatory way against AAPI? As a White/ Asian person, I don't believe so at all. It underscores changing paradigms of policy/ privilege. Its possible to experience discrimination & also benefit from racist policies.
Re: "Hard Work" arguments for maintaining systems that produce extreme racially disparate outcomes: It's great to value work ethic, hard work, & elements of culture that produces "results". That doesn't mean that those who aren't achieving "results" don't also work hard.
The danger of this outlook: it's race-neutral, assumes fairness of process, & is devoid of historical context (often do to, ironically, the failure of public ed systems to teach the truth about how racial castes work in the US).
All are pivotal to understand these policies.
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