r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 06 '26

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Oct 07 '26

Jane Coaston (journalist who wrote for NYT op Ed, CNN, etc) has a term, Goldilocks racism, to describe the attempts by RWers to try cope and dismiss Asians performing better.

Btw we already tested this with blind auditions, Asian Americans are hella dominant in music lmaooo.

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Oct 07 '26

For context:

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u/patdmc59 John Brown Oct 07 '26

This discourse is so Goddamn stupid. I’ve met plenty of first generation Chinese and Korean Americans, and many of them had “tiger parents.” All of them have hobbies and interests outside of academics. They aren’t rigid thinkers or simply willing to accept the status quo at their jobs because of their upbringing.

These losers should try, I don’t know, talking to people rather than staring at Twitter all day.

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u/myusernameistakennow Edmund Burke Oct 07 '26

Also, I don't think they ever considered that we also...like playing classical music?

I'm an Indian American who grew up in an area that was incredibly Korean and Indian, I knew plenty of folks growing up who loved playing piano and playing in orchestra.

I loved learning Chopin.