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FBaggins

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4. That's a tough sell

Reply to Kind of Blue (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 09:40 PM

Sep 2020

Some significant number of Americans who were formerly racist toward Asian Americans just suddenly became much less so... all during the very period we were fighting wars in Korea, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia (all additionally involving China on the other side)?

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The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans [View all] Kind of Blue Sep 2020 OP

Very interesting read. brer cat Sep 2020 #1

Yeah, brer cat. For me, it's easy to forget how institutionalized racism plays Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #2

It's quite effective, unfortunately, brer cat Sep 2020 #7

Interesting, thanks for the post irisblue Sep 2020 #3

... Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #6

That's a tough sell FBaggins Sep 2020 #4

Well, I think you'll probably need to contact Prof. Wu at Indiana Univ., Bloomington Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #5

Why? FBaggins Sep 2020 #8

Sorry, my failure to realize it was a rhetorical question that conversely really means Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #9

How Asian Americans Are Reckoning With Anti-Blackness In Their Families missy Sep 2020 #10

Whoa, Missy, Thank You! for this follow-up article that is a cross-section of Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #11