I hadn't even really thought about the first aspect, that "it almost feels as though there's a hidden sentence tacked to the end," and you're right.
I was thinking about how thinking "Asian people are white" is different from thinking, "Asian people and white people are both [spot midway between]." It's not neutral ground.
And that -- in my experience -- it was a way of thinking that went along with the awareness of a very drunk toadstool. The more space that knowledge of the size and the history and the complexity of SE Asia took up in my mind, the more I was aware of Asian people as -- existing? In various contexts? or independent from white people, or agh! Something! Ditto for Asian-America. As opposed to the "you have to be black or white, you have to be Christian or Jewish" mindset that came with elementary school.
I am having so much trouble wording things, which is not really a surprise, but leads to great respect for all you who are writing clearly and rationally.
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I was thinking about how thinking "Asian people are white" is different from thinking, "Asian people and white people are both [spot midway between]." It's not neutral ground.
And that -- in my experience -- it was a way of thinking that went along with the awareness of a very drunk toadstool. The more space that knowledge of the size and the history and the complexity of SE Asia took up in my mind, the more I was aware of Asian people as -- existing? In various contexts? or independent from white people, or agh! Something! Ditto for Asian-America. As opposed to the "you have to be black or white, you have to be Christian or Jewish" mindset that came with elementary school.
I am having so much trouble wording things, which is not really a surprise, but leads to great respect for all you who are writing clearly and rationally.