First and foremost - Thanks for one of the few competent posts I've seen in here in decades. Please feel free to send me a DM anytime, I would honestly appreciate your replies anytime.
My feedback:
Absolutely, and entirely agree - spot the fuck on. There is a complete lack of messaging - but I will say - this whole concept of "comradery" amongst someone that is "AAPI" is quite insulting. If you think Asian countries are fond of eachother then you're simply a fucking idiot that doesn't understand history (Not saying that to you SMOG).
My point is it just never gets relayed enough - and everyone boils things down to "brownish people love eachother, white people bhaaaad!". You know, like the majority of people in this forum? White Guilt 101, essentially.
So his underlying point here is don't call them Asians - instead identify them by their country and segregate them in a more micro-managing way. Thats really all Oliver was saying. "Oh NO! Pacific islanders don't succeed as much as people from India/Korea/others... because <insert race bait that has no causation, facts, or otherwise>. It must be racism bringing them down! Lets highlight this micro example and not attribute it AT ALL to culture - which actually makes more sense"
The overall agenda still doesn't align. There isn't a problem with OUR culture - unless you're insinuate that the majority of Americans can differentiate between a Japanese person and a Pacific islander.....
So you're agreeing that you should fall under the category of Asian - and not just this AAPI shit?