Creepy White Guys is a tumblr that posts the racist and awful things guys say to Asian women on dating sites.
But probably their best takedown to date has got to be the racist, awful things said by an Asian woman, rather than said to.
Let me just say that I think Amy Chua is a full fledged Asian minstrel show. With her “Tiger Mother” book, she was playing to the numerous dragon lady and harsh Asian parent stereotypes of Asian Americans that the media has enforced over the years, and why not? Do you think a non-racist book about Asians that doesn’t tread in stereotypes would have made Amy Chua a best-selling author? Amy Chua was practically falling over herself to shuck and jive as stereotypically as possible, so that she could sell books to white people. She was practically one step away from putting on a kimono and an inexplicable straw hat, and running around saying “you rikee me beat my daughter?! I beat my daughter for you if you rikee, Mr. White Man!”
And now this. This insane piece of crap book. I am almost convinced that Amy Chua is a white person dressed in yellowface. Seriously, are we sure that Amy Chua isn’t actually one of the benchwarmer pundits on Fox News, caked in tons of Orientalist makeup?
The whole takedown is worth reading, and pretty spot on.
When Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother book came out, there was much criticism, especially from the Asian community, that the book, and Chua's portrayal of Chinese mothers, is not based on anything remotely Chinese, other than the media's stereotypical portrayal of Asian mothers as nothing but extreme, anal, and acrimonious.
This second book all but confirms that much of that criticism is very valid.
It may be taboo to say, but some groups in America do better than others.
If that's taboo, then it's taboo to say that black people like fried chicken more than anyone else.
No, it's not taboo. It's just wrong. It is wrong on so many levels.
A superiority complex, insecurity, impulse control—these are the elements of the Triple Package, the rare and potent cultural constellation that drives disproportionate group success.
Hey, I'm a horrible, maladjusted wreck of a human being, but it's only because of my race. And, it's a good thing.
Lovely.
Suffice to say, Amy Chua is a Yale law professor, to which I say, of course she is.
If I had to imagine Chua's thought process when she wrote Tiger Mother, I think it's something like this:
"Hey, when my kids disappoint me, I go insane. And I'm Chinese! Therefore, Chinese mothers make the best parenting decisions."
And if I had to imagine her thought process when she wrote this new book, I think it went something like this:
"Hey, how do I capitalize on the negative stereotypes that made my last book a bestseller? More unadulterated racism!"
I should probably go into more depth about how totally wrong and backwards Chua's assertions are for these books, but others will probably do it much better.