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[oyceter]

I have been very bad about posting about race and anti-racism lately, and even worse with following discussions online.

But basically, my response would be what Deepa says. Yes and yes and yes. And that is precisely why I've found so much comfort in immersing myself in Asian mainstream pop culture, even though that pop culture has a lot that could be changed. It is just so good to find something that's focused on POC, to have other narratives and other stories, to have an entirely different default to draw upon.

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[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

Someday I might write about how, whenever I mention the main reason I'm in an Asian country is interest in said country's language/culture/mythology/history/current place in the world, the immediate and automatic response from (Asian) younger people is a shocked, "But WHY?" And how I couldn't quite put my finger on why that made me so sad until I read deepad's entry.

It's such an amazing piece. It should be required reading.

[oyceter]

Aiiieeeee, yes. I mean, I do think it's much better now than it was when I first lived there, where anything foreign was automatically better (there's still that attitude, but less now, with a growing movement for goods and media made by and about Taiwanese people). And I'm glad that I've been seeing a increase of an interest in the Chinese, like the increasing appearance of classical Chinese instruments in pop music ballads or historical movies, no matter how bad (*cough*CurseoftheGoldenFlower*cough*), although I'd like to see more of an interest in things by yuandiren (aboriginal Taiwanese) and Hakka and etc. too.