‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Will Not Liberate Us
Delusions of Whiteness drove this author to reject the ‘model minority’ stereotype
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7 min readFeb 25, 2020
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The term “Asian American” used to be radical. It was coined in 1968 by Berkeley students empowered by the Black Panthers and anti-imperialists. The national grassroots group Asian American Political Alliance was one of the first attempts to create an activist…
