Asian?

What do people think of when they hear the word “Asian?”

I’ll bet that they are thinking of people with so-called almond shaped eyes, such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, etc.

Although some people might think India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Shri Lanka, I am pretty sure that the first thing that comes to mind is the likes of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Quan, Kristie Yamaguchi, Yau Ming, Luci Lu, Zhang Ziyi, and others.

Including Indians, Pakistanis, and similar peoples into the term “Asian” is usually a second thought for many, Orientals as Asians first, and Indians, Pakistanis, etc., as Asians second.

Why the splitting hairs in the definition and the vision of what constitutes Asians?

Because it appears that if the news media is calling the attackers of Jews in Great Britain, or anywhere else in Europe as “Asians” they are definitely deceiving the public and employing misdirection.

In the French riots and car burnings, which also included violence perpetrated upon shops, shop keepers, civilians, and police officers, the news reported that “French youth” were rioting. No, they were not.

It was Muslims who were doing the dirty work, while French youth were getting the smear, thus watering down the facts, and giving a false impression that French youth, wearing their French berets, were out there acting like violent Muslims when they were not.

Same thing happened in Toledo, Ohio, in which it the news stated that “White Supremacists” or “Supremists” rioted.

No, they did not. The White Supremists or Supremacists came to the neighborhood to speak for the residents of a neighborhood which had been blotted with violence, vandalism, etc., for a very long time, and for which the government appeared to do nothing to quell the problem or to help the Caucasian and other residents of the neighborhood.

The white supremacist group left the area at the request of officials, on order to avoid causing violence from a growing number of blacks.

It was not until after the group left the area that blacks engaged in violence, vandalism, and riots.

Funny how that was not covered for ten weeks straight as a top story throughout the national and local news media. Funny also that that story was presented in headlines, and in most of the body of most stories about it, the few that you could find about that incident, as if it were whites and white supremacists who rioted and committed violence and vandalism. Stories which covered it often failed to mention what really happened, or indicate who the perps were, if at all, until near the middle or end of the articles.

Talk about misleading news presentations!

As long as the media, politicians, Hollywood – including television, and the public schools and Universities continue to skew and spin the facts, letting the perps off the hook, and indicting Asians, rather than Muslims, or indicting Caucasians or even racist neo-nazis, skin heads, or white supremacists of some kind, in violent acts, when all along it is a preferred group, such as blacks, Hispanics, or Muslims who are perpetrating the acts, the world will continue to kow tow to the violent thugs, and the people will continue to hold false beliefs and grow to despise the wrong people.

William

William2006 on December 17, 2006 at 3:09 AM

One thing that is for sure, the Brits are using the word “Asian” which gives a generic bent to the story.

Later we find that it is predominantly Muslims who are perpetrating the anti-Jewish behavior.

It is similar to saying that six holy men were removed from a US Air flight based on their suspicious behavior. That could be six mahatmas from India, six monks from Tibet, six priests from the Vatican, six Sikhs, six Hindus, six Ba’hais, six Buddhist or Shinto Monks, and so on. Generic terms can often be misleading act as a filter.

Yeah! They were six Muslim Holy Men. Which, these days, when referring to Muslims and Jihadis perpetrating extreme barbarism, hatred, violence, slaughter, and murder, using the word “holy” sounds like an oxymoron, and misleading.

William

William2006 on December 17, 2006 at 3:51 PM