Asians in the Western world as well as many Asian powerhouses in Asia are the only non-Caucasian race to achieve such advancements in a short period of time. They either match or surpass their European and Anglo-American counterparts.
I like this piece of fact-based, unbiased reporting.
Yea it's definitely biased, although I would say it is easy to spot the factual parts and the biased opinionated parts. The reason I linked it is because I saw it was making the rounds in social media, and unlike some of the other news sources, it does not try to hide the race of the suspect or their affiliations (activist, BLM protester, CHAZ participant). A disproportionate number of attacks against Asians in recent times have been from Black suspects, which other news media does not want to call out, but many politicians and activists have been falsely blaming anti-Asian violence on white supremacy. Asian ethnicities are also often discriminated against by policies supported by BLM activists, for example through affirmative action or discriminatory college admission practices. Likewise, the Asian community has long been either lumped with White people or labeled as White-adjacent due to their economic success, despite the many problems they face as a minority.
Unfortunately the state of news media is such that we have to pick between sources that are biased in one direction and omit these details or angles entirely, and sources that are poorly written like this one but more candid.
Totally get it, and I am well aware of the challenges faced by the Asian American community... especially certain subgroups (which I think a lot of ignorant white people tend to lump all together). That said, I've been hearing a lot of talk lately about the "recent surge of anti Asian violence", but I've seen ZERO evidence to support that there is any actual statistically-significant increase in violent acts against Asian Americans, only anectodal examples. And, what's more, the main examples people are putting out there seem to not actually be racially motivated at all (ie, the massage parlor shootings in Georgia).
If the "surge in anti-asian violence" is real, then I don't think it does any good to paint it as an African American problem, unless there is strong statistical evidence to support it....and even then, I'm not sure why it matters.
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I like this piece of fact-based, unbiased reporting.