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1、AsianAmericanDilemma亞裔美國人的窘境AsianAmericanDilemma:GoodNewsIsBadNewsOurbinarywayofthinkingaboutracepreventsusfromopenlydiscussingthechallengesthatstillexistByEricLiuLastweekthePewResearchCenterreleasedareptcalled“TheRiseof
2、AsianAmericans”offeringaptraitseeminglyfullofgoodnews.AsianAmericansPewsaidareonthewholemeeducatedaffluenthappierthanotherAmericans.Theyhewmestronglytofamilyvaluesanethicofhardwk.quietlythese17millionAsianAmericanshavesu
3、rpassedHispanicsasthelargestfastestgrowingcohtofimmigrantstotheU.S.(ME:ChristopherJ.Ferguson:WhatYouNeedtoKnowAbouttheNewCensusNumbersonHispanicBirths)Thereptmadeheadlineseverywhere:“AsiansTopoftheImmigrationClass”wasaty
4、picalifsomewhathamhedone.TheleadingadvocacygroupsfAsianAmericansweresilentfabeat.Thentheydecriedtherept.Itwas“disparaging”“shallow”“disturbing.”ItperpetuatedapatronizingstereotypeofAsiansasdutifulnerdsa“modelminity.”Itov
5、erlookedthetrueculturaldiversityoftheAsianpopulationobscuredthestrugglespainofcountlessAsians.RarelyineitherthePewreptintheadvocates’responsewasthispossibilityraised:boththegoodthebadcouldbetrueatthesametime.(ME:Liu:What
6、AsianAmericansRevealAboutAffirmativeAction)WelcometoraceinAmerica.Itmaybe2012wemayhaveablackPresidentbutpublicdiscussionofraceremainsinexablyinsanelybinary.Americanracetalkusedtobeliterallyblackwhiteleavingnoroomfotherco
7、ls.Nowtheproblemisit’sfigurativelyblackwhite.Fallourrainbowmulticulturalismtherearestillbasicallytwochoices—inoutmainstreamoppositionpowerfulpowerless.Sometimesthelabelswhiteblackareusedbuttheysignifymethanhueactualdemog
8、raphy—theysignifypolarity—anycognitivedissonancemustberesolvedtoonetheother.ThisiswhythoseAsianAmericanadvocatesfelttheyhadtoblastthePewrept.Whenfcedbythemediatochoosebetweentellinganachievementstyaninjusticesty—Isyellow
9、whiteblack—theyfeltcompelledtochoosethelatter.That’sunderstable.ThereisprivationinjusticeinAsianAmerica—fromhighpovertyamongHmongrefugeestofgotteneldersinChinatownstothehealthstrugglesofPacificIslers—ifactivistsprivilege
10、denoughtohaveavoiceuseittoexpresscomplacencyselfcongratulationthentheyaren’tdoingtheirjob.MeoverAsianAmericansrightlyresistbeingusedbywhitestocriticizeothergroupswhoaren’tdeemed“model.”Yetthisbinaryisabox.Itlimitsthefree
11、domofAsianAmericanstocallprogressprogresstodiscussopenlythecausesofthechallengesthatpersist.ItmakesithardertounpackthefactthatinAsianAmericaasinAmericaatlargewideninginequalitythecultofmeritocracyhascreatedmeanxietyfboth
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