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Racism + White Supremacy

Asians + Pacific Islanders

people working on this section: iris

Who are Asians + Pacific Islanders?

ideological

interpersonal

internalized

organizational

institutional

Split it up by regions across the world:

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North America

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Latin America

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Europe

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Sub-saharan Africa

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Western asia + north africa

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Asia

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

Australia

east, south, southeast, central, west, pacific islanders

history of racism across the world for each race

Highlight the difference of struggles between BIPOC in the global north diaspora and those in the global majority

North America, Latin America, Europe, sub-saharan Africa, western asia + north africa, Asia, Australia, etc.

cultural appropriation,

fetishization,

microaggressions- interpersonal

stereotypes- ideological

slurs- interpersonal

discuss differences in racism among different ethnic groups: east asian, south asians, southeast asians, central asians, west asians, pacific islanders

representation- organizational/institutional

tokenism- organizational/institutional

Highlight the difference of struggles between BIPOC in the global north diaspora and those in the global majority

‘Model Minority” Stereotype

The Model Minority stereotype perceives people in marginalized communities to be expected to achieve a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population average. One example is Asian Americans in the USA, who are perceived as

whiz kids⁠

with

Tiger Moms⁠

and dads in science fields. This double standard is racism.

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Asianfishing better term

Police brutality

Yellowface Racism

This is the practice of white/other race individuals painting their faces yellow to mimic Asians individuals. This not only generalizes Asians, this also wrongly marginalized people. Yellowface is mimicry of people based on the color of their skin, which is highly racist.

“Squinting Eyes” Appropriation

This is racism, as it generalizes all Asians as people with squinting eyes, and tries to reason white beauty superiority standards.

Japanese Cultural Appropriation

Appropriating Geishas, Sexualisation of Japanese Schoolchildren during cosplay

This sexualizes Japanese culture as part of anime, which is racism as this appropriation perceives Japanese culture as objectification.

Yoga Cultural Appropriation

White people in the Global North often appropriate South Asian yoga, either by ignoring the history or backgrounds behind yoga terms or telling Indian yoga practicers to not mention the history or certain words within yoga as to not offend white people. This appropriates yoga, as white people’s yoga appropriation marginilzes the Indian community even though yoga originated from South Asia.

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