Arguments like this miss the point. Asian Americans proving their "Americanness" isn& #39;t going to stop racism. Respectability politics isn& #39;t the solution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/andrew-yang-coronavirus-discrimination/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...
relatedly, @_jeffguo& #39;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/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...
The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans

How Asians went from hated minority to useful prop

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/29/the-real-reason-americans-stopped-spitting-on-asian-americans-and-started-praising-them/
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