- YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 8•1 year ago
Why do so many Asian-Americans in this country ally themselves with White Nationalists? I don’t get this country sometimes
- apis ( @apis@beehaw.org ) English8•1 year ago
Probably because having Asian heritage does not make one immune from being racist? Certainly there are various Asian supremacist movements within Asia.
Within the US, it is still just a matter of desiring a race-based hierarchy - they sure as hell don’t want equality, nor to be at the bottom along with everyone White Nationalists seek to oppress, so though they know that as a minority they won’t ever be at the top of such a hierarchy, they hope to end up in second place.
- teft ( @teft@startrek.website ) English6•1 year ago
They think they’ll be accepted. Same way there were nazi Jews. Some people think they’ll get ahead if they align themselves with these type of fascists and they don’t realize that they’re gonna be the first ones to go the way of Ernst Rohm.
- YaaAsantewaa ( @YaaAsantewaa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 3•1 year ago
We have to do a better job of convincing them that they’re just being useful idiots, I don’t know why people like Andy Ngo haven’t realized it yet, I’m certain he’s dealt with a lot of racism by now from these Nazis he defends
Someone must be paying him a lot of money
- UnfortunateTwist ( @UnfortunateTwist@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
Vietnamese-American, born in US. I was shocked to find out my hometown in Orange County, California, heavily favored Trump in the last election. I couldn’t understand why they would side with the anti-immigration and white nationalist party.
This article explains it well: https://www.ocregister.com/2021/03/07/why-did-vietnamese-voters-in-orange-county-swing-toward-trump-in-2020/amp/
Fascists everywhere disappointed that antifascism is still protected speech in the United States.