Re: Spy plane crisis fans anti-Asian bias

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it does not really take an international crisis to unleash American 
racism.
I was kicked off LBO-Talk and Pen-l for complaining that DeLong and Sawicki
resorted to racist lampoons over a debate on the DeLong's comparison of Mao to
Hitler.

This is the country that goes around the world ranting about human rights.

Henry C.K. Liu

Louis Proyect wrote:

> San Francisco Chronicle
> April 14, 2001
>
> CRISIS INFLAMES BIAS AGAINST ASIANS
>
> Ethnic stereotypes in broadcast, print media prompt protests
>
> Marsha Ginsberg, Chronicle Staff Writer
>
> Political cartoons, radio high jinks and satiric skits that feature Chinese
> characters with thick glasses, buck teeth and heavy Asian accents sound
> like a throwback to an era when American society lacked sophistication and
> tolerance.
>
> But these scenes played out across the country after China detained 24 Navy
> crew members whose spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet. Some
> observers say the backlash rivals the anti-Asian sentiments of World War II
> and before.
>
> "In times of conflict, it is a norm that any country will ridicule the
> other. It happens all over the world," said Federico Subervi, an associate
> professor in the communications department at the University of Texas at
> Austin. "But it's more about politics. It's the policy, not the people.
> This is ridiculing the people."
>
> Especially disconcerting, experts said, is the fact the stereotypes have
> emerged in the news media -- whose organizations of late stress diversity
> within their ranks. Among the recent incidents was a skit during a meeting
> of top newspaper editors.
>