Arguments like this miss the point. Asian Americans proving their "Americanness" isn't going to stop racism. Respectability politics isn't the solution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/andrew-yang-coronavirus-discrimination/

relatedly, @_jeffguo's piece on this from *years ago* in which he talks to @ellendwu is a good primer to return to: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/29/the-real-reason-americans-stopped-spitting-on-asian-americans-and-started-praising-them/