This is a pretty good read on society’s perception on racism. Some of the racist comments made about Asians during this “Linsanity” would never be tolerated say if it was about African-Americans or Latinos. 

“America should see itself in the murky reflection of a society that has long considered it reasonable to publicly categorize Asian Americans in ways that would never be acceptable for other, more vocal minorities.”

”’In this country, Asian Americans are stereotyped as the meek and the mild, the ones who will always take the racism,’ said Daryl Maeda, an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado who specializes in Asian American studies. ”There is a perception that it’s OK to offend Asian Americans because they simply won’t fight back.””

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-plaschke-jeremy-lin-20120221,0,3935667.column

1. justmycrazybeautifullife said: SO TRUE! You should watch the first five minutes of last weekend’s SNL episode. It was ironic and pretty profound. Good stuff. (:
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