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I’m surprised that with all this talk about Asian Americans hating blacks and vice versa, some astute commentators have resorted to talking about love.
Maybe they’re fans of the TV show Grey’s Anatomy.
It’s true that even in real life, you don’t have to look far to see some supremely fine examples of black/Asian love.
San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris (black father and South Asian mother) and Tiger Woods (black father and Thai mother) show what can happen when Asians and blacks collaborate and canoodle.
But due to Emil’s First Law of Generalizations (i.e., for every positive anecdote, there’s an equal and forceful negative anecdote), holding up Kamala Harris and Tiger Woods to foster racial peace only goes so far.
Waiting in the wings to refute your tale of love and hope is someone like Kenneth Eng, all too quick to recount how he was accosted by blacks who ching-chonged him while strolling in Queens, New York, ultimately leading him down the road of hate and ethnic superiority, to the point where he’s written his own mini-version of "Mein Kampf."
That’s definitely not the road worth taking.
It’s the reason why we see so many people in the aftermath of the Eng eruption say what’s needed is discussion and dialogue. People talking about the issue helps expose what’s out there.
What we need are more anecdotes. Good and bad.
Sometimes, they come bundled in one.
MUGGED IN OAKLAND
Last week I was on the phone with a guy I’ll call Eddie K.
He’s 32, lives in Oakland. And calls himself Asian American. More precisely, he was born in Korea, and immigrated here.
But he identifies with the broader group: Asian American.
Also true to his cultural roots, he preferred privacy, was fairly reticent and didn’t want to be known by his real name, in this story. So I dubbed him Eddie K.
A few weeks ago, Eddie was coming home when two black males approached him in his driveway.
"One put a gun to my head," Eddie said, "and said, ‘Give me everything you’ve got.’"
Eddie said the other guy took his wallet and pulled the cash out. That’s when Eddie K. made a move. He grabbed his wallet back and ran.
As he ran for his life, Eddie K. heard a gunshot.
Immediately, he felt a pain in his hand. A bullet had grazed him, but it didn’t hurt him seriously.
Eddie saw some neighbors on the street and was relieved.
The neighbors didn’t know he was being pursued, because his attackers had fled in another direction.
But they did what good neighbors do. They could see he needed help and asked him to come in.
"Even if we’re not the same color, we’re still family on the street," said Dawn Crosby, who has lived in her Oakland neighborhood for 10 years and has known Eddie and his family for at least two. "We’re supposed to take care of people on our street. … Everybody on the street is family."
Crosby and her husband Chauncey, a Desert Storm veteran, are a black couple who called the police as soon as Eddie came into the house.
But they said they were ready to take matters into their own hands if need be, that’s how far they were willing to go for Eddie K.
"It could be anyone of any color," Crosby said. "If you’re getting hurt, for craziness, it doesn’t make sense. ... I believe in love for one another."
SMALL ACTS OF LOVE
The Crosbys say they weren’t surprised by the incident, but warn that people should make a leap that it was racially motivated. Instead, they say the economics of the day may have more to do with what happened to Eddie, and not the fact he was Asian American. "[The muggers] would have done it to anybody, because times are hard," said Crosby.
Eddie K. said he now feels differently about safety in his neighborhood. But not about his neighbors and not about blacks in general.
He’s thanked the Crosbys, but still remains somewhat reserved about the episode, preferring to keep a low profile.
The Crosbys, however, were very willing to say that the victimization of Eddie, or of any neighbor, will not be tolerated in Oakland, not by good neighbors like them.
"I am militant to people who have hatred toward one another," said Crosby.
She said whoever did it probably doesn’t live in the neighborhood.
Because neighbors just don’t treat other neighbors that way.
"World be a lot cooler if we take care of each other," Crosby said.
These kinds of stories don’t tend to make headlines. They’re just part of real community life news that too often stay in the neighborhoods. The good anecdotes are out there.
But remember Emil’s First Law of Generalizations. The good anecdotes tend to be forgotten, or overtaken by the sensational or by news values.
And, we all know that news happens when planes collide, not when they land safely.
That’s why we need to hear more of the good anecdotes. They reassure us that more than hate, there are equal and more powerful examples of love all around us, every day.
I’m not necessarily on a "good news" binge. But there’s no need to be bummed out by the times when improving race relations seems next to impossible.
Thousands of small steps will take us just as far.
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There are plenty of Asian Americans who speak perfect English and do not have any of the so called "Asian cultural mannerisms", yet they will be perceived to have them for no other reason than the color of their skin. People need to quit making excuses and call a spade a spade.
Of course there may be some exceptions, as I am sure somebody will be quick to point out, but this is neither physics nor rocket science. One exception does not disprove the rule.
"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions. -Albert Einstein"
All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
There are plenty of Asian Americans who speak perfect English and do not have any of the so called "Asian cultural mannerisms", yet they will be perceived to have them for no other reason than the color of their skin. People need to quit making excuses and call a spade a spade.
Of course there may be some exceptions, as I am sure somebody will be quick to point out, but this is neither physics nor rocket science. One exception does not disprove the rule.
This is from my experience which might be different than yours. But majority of Asian Canadians that i met, born here or grew up here since kiddy, are still showing all sorts of Asian influences. They might speak perfect English and have short spiky hair which is the current trend in Hollywood, but that's about the only western thing from them. They're all game, anime, or movie nerds. They all care so much about making money and are so materialistic. Not any of them care about politics or any other social issues. Again, this is from my experience and I haven't met that many Asian Canadian nor any Asian American.
I do wish that People will stop stereotyping us and judge us for our individuality.
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