Michelle Malkin

Gotta respect that she's made a name for herself. She's a hustler and I'd read her book. I like this post because it covers a couple of things I've talked about a lot.

First, she argues against group-think, that is, all Asians must think alike. The argument here obscures my main point, but is progress nonetheless...questioning why Asians are grouped together and should show solidarity - a Philippina chick in favor of Japanese internment? She's accused of selling out her race. But what race? If this same premise applied to Europeans, Russians would be required to be offended equally to German's at anti-German policies...why are Asians supposed to have solidarity with each other, even though there are vast cultural differences and certainly historical reasons for opposing each other, rather that supporting each other.

My point goes beyond this. Why should individuals within a single racial group think alike? Sure, similar experiences, blah, blah, blah, but I always have thought that individuals ought to have political opinions separate from whatever race they are. If, in general, members of a single race have similar opinions, fine...but when someone within that race doesn't agree why do they get labeled as Uncle Tom's? Shouldn't we treasure this diversity of opinion? Why is it automatically assumed one is a sell-out to the white man when they don't adhere to the race-party-line. Fuck that shit.

Secondly, she talks about how Asians (there I go again) ought to be against affirmative action. No shit. I once heard an admissions officer say that if the only qualification for getting into college was merit - scores, grades, etc, the only students at Princeton would be Asian and Jewish. Why aren't Asian groups out there lobbying against affirmative action, against legacy admissions, and against sporting scholarships, etc...Asians do not benefit from any of these things....further, they are the group most hurt by these things. These are rhetorical questions, of course.