I read this article recently about Asian-Americans and how, because of our Asian culture/values, we were raised to be risk-averse, socially awkward, followers, meek, etc.  And because of these characteristics, we could never be assertive, creative leaders and never fully be accepted by the dominant “white” culture.  The article is sort of a response to the Tiger Mom article.

I don’t like reading articles like this because 1) it always makes me feel insecure, 2) it inadvertently reinforces stereotypes, and 3) issues of race are boring and redundant. I can’t stand it. I couldn’t even finish the rest of the article because of the massive bs that was seeping through the pages and into my brain. It was hurting me. My brain was crying, why are you doing this? Because I need you to be angry right now!

The author comes off as this pretentious, self-indulgent douche, who thinks he’s better than the rest of the Asians because he was able to break from the “Asian” mold. He confuses “American” with “White” as if American culture was strictly a White thing, which everyone should strive to be. I don’t like this guy. I want to fight this dude in a ring. Seriously. I feel like a lot of things can be solved through a little rough housing. Some people deserve to be punched. He’ll probably act like the better man by saying, “This is stupid. What are we? Still living in the 16th century?” And I’ll be like, “Thou stop acting like a bitch!”

I think when I was younger, I would’ve been up in arms and probably agreed and indulge myself with the author’s elitist perspective on it. Now I just don’t care. All of this Asian shit. I don’t care. It’s petty and lame, and it’s tiring. I’m too preoccupied with just being me. I suppose sharing this article sort of defeats the purpose of my intent of putting it to rest and moving on but I wanted to share it because I thought the comments were interesting, and it seems like many of them share the same sentiment.