Bet you didn’t know some of the biggest supporters of illegal immigration are conservatives.
Well, of course, they hire them. But check out my blog at www.aaldef.org/blog and see how Perry has divided his party.
He’s his own wedge issue.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is over, but not in real life; The New York Times wants to know about “Anderson”
Everyone should be marching and saluting now that “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is over in the military.
Check out my latest column on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund blog:
More fuel for that Model Minority Myth: We’re No.1! Asian Americans tops in U.S. for median household income. So why don’t I feel rich?
You know the Model Minority Myth. The myth perpetrators, mostly conservative whites, put us up on a pedestal as the shining example of minority achievement. They talk about how Asian Americans are so great, and imply to other people of color that they should follow our example, and act like us.
But it’s a myth, we aren’t all that, and we spend most of our lives trying to live down the MMM.
Now with the Census Bureau’s release that more and more Americans are living in poverty, there is a bit of MMM bait that you might see used.
Did you see it stick out like a burnt potsticker?
Asian Americans are again No.1 in median household incomes in the U.S., a trend that began in 2000 and continues.
We’re rich! We’re better than whites! Hip-hip-hooray?
Asian Americans are supposed to be number-types, but only the most wretched Tiger Moms and Dads would take pride in those stats.
As usual, the Census numbers obscure some truths about the community.
No matter how high the median income, there’s still plenty of pain.
Read more in my amok column on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund blog….
http://aaldef.org/blog/emergency-chute-needed-even-for-asian-americans.html
It takes a village to deadlift a burning BMW in order to save a fallen motorcyclist in Utah
In this video, which one of these innocent bystanders would you be? If you saw a situation like this, how would you act?
Would you be at the front lifting the car? In the back rooting on?
Or would you have given up and walked away, not wanting to get involved in an impossible situation that clearly isn’t your business anyway. Can you deadlift a burning BMW by yourself? Is that a good reason not to get involved?
What if we all pitch in?
It’s a little of that 9/11 spirit in action just a few days after.
