Thread by @blackrepublican

On being Black and Asian American

“I’ve had these experiences with the police in the past that, if I get pulled over, no one’s going to care if I’m half #Indian. I don’t get to benefit from the model-minority myth.”

— Dan, 32, Black and Indo-Guyanese
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

“Whenever I was successful, it was never on my own merit. It was sort of always like, ‘Oh, but like, Asian kids are smart,’” she said. “But whenever I was actively challenging something, or making a case, ..

... or advocating on behalf of other students and communities, that was when I was treated like a Black person.”

— Mariko Fujimoto Rooks, 21, Black and Japanese, on the double-edged sword of being multiracial in academics

My Book Suggestion: Koreans in the Hood

"Edited by sociologist Kwang Chung Kim, the book brings together similar yet contrasting studies of Korean American and African American conflict. Korean Americans find themselves economically powerful, ... jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/koreans-…

powerful, but weak politically. African Americans, however, wield considerable political clout even though they may have little economic power. Koreans in the 'Hood offers the Korean American perspective on coexisting with African Americans in some of the poorest areas ...

of American cities."

Racial Prejudice among Korean Merchants in African American Neighborhoods

jstor.org/stable/4121081