Black protests should not be a model for Asians trying to improve our situation

There is a much bigger difference between Asians and Jews than there is between black people and Jews.

Most Asians - including the ones in this sub, don't have any desire to being Asian - they just want to fit in.

Jews created institutions that flatly said "I'm Jewish, fuck you." Asian would rather become lawyers and then try to integrate in the background. Jewish people forced American culture to accept them as a part of the mainstream.

  • Mount Sinai - common name for many hospitals across North America.
  • Companies with Jewish names - many famous law firms, banks, financial institutions proudly have Jewish names in their names. Where's are the law firms of Chan Kim and Wong or Nguyen-Morgan Financial Institution?

Black people are the same as Jews in this respect - they've just gone down a different path of entertainment and athletics.

  • MTV being too white? Blacks created BET
  • Hollywood too white? Black people created blaxploitation films in the 70's
  • Black people weren't allowed into colleges? They created their own.
  • White people stole rock n'roll from black people? They created hip hop.

A look where it's gotten black people in the mainstream culture. Rap music is now a dominant force in popular culture - for better or for worse, while rock music - a type of music that white people stole from black people and made their own, is an increasingly niche genre.

What have Asians done that is similar? Eddie Huang's Fresh off the Boat and Mindy Kaling's The Mindy Project. Are the only two things that come to mind and only Eddie Huang's show has a social reason to do it. Mindy Kaling when questioned about the lack of diversity on her show show replied, "I'm a Indian woman with my own show and I can do whatever the fuck I want."

At the end of the day, a good chunk of the people in the Asian-American community are too ashamed of themselves to do what is necessary to bring Asian culture into the mainstream. So instead we try to assimilate, convince people we are just like them. We adopt the values of white centric feminism and social justice or we try to enter the rat race and look to earn $100,000+ a year working for Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan.

And when we try to enter entertainment fields, instead of Bruce Lee in 2015, we have house niggers like Bobby Lee who's sole act revolves around becoming a minstrel show for white people "Hey guys, I got a small dick and I'm awkward around women! See, I can make fun of Asians just like you! Please accept me into your welcoming arms."

/r/AsianMasculinity Thread