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Originally Posted by dobbles
I have something I want to see what Acey and Crown think of and if its consistent with their lived experiences...
Growing up in the small town midwest as I did, there usually was a small amount of minorities in communities. You would often have that stereotypical 1 or 2 black families that allowed the community to think they had diversity and weren't racist.
However, the one thing about those minority families, is they had to lead a very 'white' life. They had to keep quiet, keep their head down, not cause trouble, stay in line with cultural norms, etc.
Then what you would see in towns that actually ended up with a large influx of minorities was pretty severe racism. I am familiar with a few towns that had meat processing plants that ended up bringing in large amounts of minorities as cheaper labor. Those communities would turn ugly when they had to deal with minorities actually having their own culture and way of life.
This is all anecdotal of course, but it just seems like we have a large portion of society that thinks they are cool with minorities because they know a few but those few have always had to tiptoe through life to stay off the radar.
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I would also love to hear from Acey and Crown, but speaking as an Asian, this is what Asian families live and die by, fitting in and being white, Especially those who came in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Mostly Vietnamese, Koreans and Hong Kongers. Most Canadian Born Asians, born during this period cannot speak their native tongue. Thus was the belief that Asian had to fit in by just speaking English, without an accent. They also mostly have English names to fit in even more, to not inconvenience whites. Asians are the 'model minority'.
Have you guys seen the Joy Luck Club? The Ming-Na Wen character (June) who cannot speak Mandarin but suddenly she goes back to China and she can?