tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post7713617377882969998..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Stereotypes beget stereotypesRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-23296199262449762442010-05-10T00:58:43.542-07:002010-05-10T00:58:43.542-07:00A couple reasons, Bryan:
1) I don't have a bi...A couple reasons, Bryan:<br /><br />1) I don't have a big collection of Asian stereotypes, and I'm trying to avoid "borrowing" people's images unless it's necessary.<br /><br />2) I was trying to suggest the long history of stereotypes and their interactions in America. Roughly speaking, 500 years of Native stereotypes begat 250 years of Mexican stereotypes begat 150 years of Asian stereotypes. <br /><br />Portraying this as a recent problem seems like a weaker argument to me, not a stronger one. People could dismiss it with something like, "Today's kids don't mean any harm. They just don't realize what they're saying."<br /><br />The phenomenon is harder to dismiss when you realize it's been going on for centuries. After Euro-Americans demonized the Indians they killed or enslaved, it became easier to do the same with Africans. And so forth and so on with Latinos, Asians, and other minorities.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-51648186065127685362010-05-08T04:44:37.356-07:002010-05-08T04:44:37.356-07:00" that all Muslims are terrorists (for exampl..." that all Muslims are terrorists (for example) doesn't just affect the Muslim community. It's likely to encourage anti-black, anti-Latino, anti-Native American and anti-Asian resentment"<br /><br />Technically, many of the Muslims involved in the stereotyping, such as Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and the 9/11 highjackers, are Asians also.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-39832757994608583952010-05-07T08:12:31.516-07:002010-05-07T08:12:31.516-07:00Been reading through your writings and came across...Been reading through your writings and came across this piece. Why did you feel the need to dig back over 50 years for the Asian stereotype picture? Wouldn't your case be far stronger if you used pictures of recent vintage. Otherwise, it's easy to just dismiss the complaint as no longer relevant.Bryan J. Maloneynoreply@blogger.com