This is Part V of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV I don’t really know how to end this because it’s far from over. This series has energized me but also exhausted me. In some ways, it has proved an educational distraction because I can…
Category: social issues
PART IV: The cycle of racism throughout history often repeats itself
This is Part IV of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part V Sinophobia, Orientalism, and the “perpetual foreigners” Before I jump into all the historical atrocities the US has done to my people, I need to define some key concepts about the racism that Chinese people…
PART III: Our acts are justified because we say they are evil
This is Part III of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part II | Part IV | Part V The White/Western Hegemony “White supremacy is not merely the work of hotheaded demagogues, or a matter of false consciousness, but a force so fundamental to America that it is difficult to imagine the country…
PART II: “China is a sleeping giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move the world”
This is Part II of a series. Read Intro | Part I | Part III | Part IV | Part V The threats of hegemonic displacement This threat of China displacing the US may seem to have just exploded with the trade war, but it is a storm that has been bubbling for decades. For…
Our War with China
Read Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V Have you been paying attention to China? More importantly, have you been paying attention to what China has been doing for the past 10 years? These questions have sprung up with increasing frequency in the past year as people have…
Oppose the Proposed Changes to Public Charge Rule
As you know, I mentor a high school student through the Asian Pacific Development Center and the last week has been important for organizations like APDC who serve immigrant and refugee communities. Today is specifically important because it is the last day to submit comments on the changes to public change to the Department of…