Andrew Yang says to combat racism, it& #39;s on us Asian Americans "to embrace and show our American-ness in ways we never have before."

1. It& #39;s not.

2. For generations, we& #39;ve been asked to "prove our American-ness," yet we continue to be seen as "other." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/01/andrew-yang-coronavirus-discrimination/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...

His advice reinforces the model minority trope: we should just work hard, don& #39;t complain too much, etc. How has that worked out? We& #39;ve been socially conditioned to NOT speak out about racism, minimize it, question it when it happens to us — when we should be doing the opposite.