Why aren’t Asians Republicans?
I think the reason Jews and Asians, however, vote against their interests may be because both groups have been concentrated in cities. One of the big demographic differences in the election, of course, was how the cities went for Obama, while the rural areas and many of the suburbs went for Romney. Perhaps it is not just ethnicity, or class, although these no doubt have something to do with it. It may be because Asians, like Jews when they first emigrated, have congregated in cities, which are run by Democratic-party machines who may demand a certain level of “loyalty,” shall we say, to compete for city business or to deal with city licenses. To the extent Asians then seek to leave the cities through education and entering the professions, they move into other areas controlled by the Left.
But there is a big difference. Since Asians have come in large numbers so recently, starting in the mid-1960s, their political allegiances are not fixed. Jews today follow in the footsteps of Jews who were part of the original New Deal coalition, and have been a solid part of it ever since. Asians, however, are still in play as it were. There is no historical relationship between Asians and the Democratic party. And there are historical factors that exist for Asians but not Jews that may in fact lead them toward the GOP, such as their origins in countries that have fought Communism, their history of small business, their suspicion of big government (having often come from countries with authoritarian regimes), and so on. Asians often own small businesses and are disproportionately hurt by high taxes and overregulation. And there have been prominent Asian leaders in the Republican party — such as Elaine Chao, Bobby Jindal, and Nikki Haley — who have few, if any counterparts, in the Democratic party.
Blowback
Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.
Trackbacks/Pings
Trackback URL
Comments
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4
LMAO
Fantastic propaganda. All the elements are there. It’s fine to conquer them, because hey, they were just Chinese vassals, so they were practically begging to be conquered! And really, they were just ‘supposedly’ conquered, even though Okinawa is now part of Japan and much of the cultural legacy of the Ryukyu has disappeared.
What’s next, DC? The Bataan Death March was really just a pillow fight that got out of hand?
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM
DC, never change. You’re the absolute pinnacle of indoctrination, the apotheosis of that one central tenet of American liberalism from minority opinion to Gospel truth: Aggression is only bad when it comes from the West. Or, honestly, sub out ‘aggression’ for any other word in the dictionary. Nothing bad comes from minority cultures; all the world’s evil stems from the West.
Other cultures are simply better than us, and they’re allowed to do whatever they want. ****oral (censored word rhymes with bit and starts with a cl) mutilation, annihilation and suppression of minority groups/separatist movements, curtailing of free speech, ethnic cleansing, state-sanctioned racism, anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric, and execution of homosexuals and other religious dissidents? Fine by us! If we told other cultures to stop, that would be terrible, because it’s just sustaining the awful legacy of Western imperialism and Western cultural and political hegemony.
Hell, why are we allowed to extend our awful hegemonic rule by exporting our Western medicine (and billions of our dollars) to sub-Saharan Africa in order to combat the AIDS epidemic? We should let them just shake a gourd full of calf’s blood over the patients to rid them of evil spirits. Forcing science and technology on them is racist.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:20 PM
You must fundamentally misunderstand me. I’ve never spoken positively of the Satsuma invasion and subsequent Yamato takeover of the Ryukyus.
DarkCurrent on November 30, 2012 at 4:23 PM
See above. Your premise is flawed.
DarkCurrent on November 30, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Listening to this until DC answers honestly. I picked a really good song, because I’ll be looping it until the heat death of the universe if I actually wait for DC to be honest about the dynamics of Japanese culture/history and its deficits.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:25 PM
All the problems in the world are because of America. I have this on good authority of many highly educated Asians (Who) I have met very recently (When) in the US and in Asia (Where).
Christien on November 30, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Where did you speak negatively about it? Where have you spoken negatively about anything Japanese in this topic?
You’ve yet to do anything but blame the West. Japanese men are racist because of the legacy left by American soldiers after WW2. The Japanese tortured and executed Christian missionaries because those Christian missionaries were going to stir up revolt and needed to be destroyed, so it’s really their own fault for being killed.
How about acknowledging that Japanese animus towards other Asian groups isn’t a legacy of the West, but a cultural creation of their own making? How about being honest about a culture with some real problems instead of lionizing it?
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:31 PM
I’m sorry if I overlooked an honest question. What was your question?
DarkCurrent on November 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM
DC, here was your response when asked about Japanese racism:
So an anecdote about a single person with an easy conclusion: Blame America. Nothing about Japanese depictions of black people (a mixture of ridiculous Sambo-esque caricatures in manga on the one hand, and the pseudo-deification in the media of black athletes like Bob Sapp on the other hand), nothing about their many pushes for ‘cultural purity’ (like the 1899 law that pushed for assimilation of the Ainu; it wasn’t until 2008 that they were officially recognized by the Japanese government as a separate cultural minority group), nothing about their attitudes of superiority towards Koreans and Chinese. Just standard ‘blame the West’ pablum.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:36 PM
DC, here was your response when asked about Japanese racism:
So an anecdote about a single person with an easy conclusion: Blame America. Nothing about Japanese depictions of black people (a mixture of ridiculous $ambo-esque caricatures in manga on the one hand, and the pseudo-deification in the media of black athletes like Bob Sapp on the other hand), nothing about their many pushes for ‘cultural purity’ (like the 1899 law that pushed for assimilation of the Ainu; it wasn’t until 2008 that they were officially recognized by the Japanese government as a separate cultural minority group), nothing about their attitudes of superiority towards Koreans and Chinese. Just standard ‘blame the West’ pablum.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:37 PM
I don’t believe the Satsuma conquest of the Ryukyu Kingdom was driven by any particular animus or notion of racial/cultural superiority, simply a wish and ability to gain a stronger position within the structure of the Tokugawa Bakufu, which it accomplished.
DarkCurrent on November 30, 2012 at 4:42 PM
Fine, I’ll re-ask three questions:
1. Do you think that the Japanese generally have a condescending view of foreigners?
2. Regardless of how they developed it, do you think the average Japanese citizen has a somewhat-racist, stereotypical conception of African-Americans? As an off-shoot of that, how do you think a white American would be treated in the United States if they exhibited a similar view of American blacks?
3. How do you think the ethnic Japanese view themselves in comparison to ethnic Koreans and Chinese?
I won’t go into the obvious deficits of a culture that willingly eats natto and durian.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:45 PM
I don’t believe the American conquest of Native American lands was primarily due to notions of racial superiority, either; I think it was a desire for more territory and power. But that doesn’t mean Americans of the time didn’t have a racist conception of Native Americans, just like ethnic Japanese have their notions of superiority w/r/t other ethnic Asian cultures.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Great helper of minorities are you. Yoda approves this message.
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Where do you think the Japanese got these ideas?
As for 19th century racism, what’s your opinion of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
Or the 20th century Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907? How about The Immigration Act of 1917?
DarkCurrent on November 30, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Pig, you have no concept of what real help means.
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 4:58 PM
Leftists are always racist, non-liberal (in the true sense of the word) and non-progressive. You just stole the terms.
You exist to exploit the fools, for votes only.
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Take note people. This small man has no defense.
Just Google him. Pick any five comments at random. Three of those five are probably thinly veiled screeds against some minority.
The other thing is this. Whenever a bigot gets called out the first thing they do is cite their contributions and magnanimity among America’s minorities.
DavidK , mr N-WORD himself, a bus-driver, claims that since he drives kids some of whom are black he can call them n-words all day if he wants.
What’s your claim? How much should the average American-minority tolerate you or those like you (Great Helpers) before they take offense?
Perhaps those minorities who might have been offended by your anti-Hispanic rants or worse should apologize to you. They probably just didn’t realize how important you are.
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Yeah, yeah.
You’ve had more than enough time to come up with your BS tale of helping minorities. No cheating; giving a black-family directions out of town does not count.
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 5:08 PM
Do tell Great Helper.
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Pigs are all indignant. So is intelligence.
It does count, for a little. A lot more counts giving them jobs, fool.
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 5:16 PM
Giving someone fish…learn it, Pig.
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Already mentioned all that in my post. We have our own dirty laundry, but we got better.
Again, you’re going to claim the ethnic Japanese superiority complex w/r/t Koreans, Chinese and Ainu comes from….the West???
Stunning. Just stunning. Like I said, no honesty.
Good Solid B-Plus on November 30, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Perspective
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 5:46 PM
How’s that lie coming? Be specific now. How do you help anybody let alone minorities? It seems that you’ve narrowed it somewhat to Blacks. I say take your pick. There is no person in America today that is better off because of the crap you spew about minorities.
Prove me wrong. You don’t have be tell us where you live, work or skulk. Just give detailed info about your good-deeds.
I’ll make it even easier for you. Tell me one thing you have ever said positive about any minority not wearing a jersey or first-responder uniform.
Even easier than that, name one person you’ve taught to “fish.”
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 6:33 PM
I really can’t wait for your tales of benevolent-deeds across the lands.
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 6:34 PM
Gotta LOL at swine demanding anything from anyone.
Christien on November 30, 2012 at 9:00 PM
Capitalist Hog on November 30, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Asshole, I helped more people have jobs than Obama did. Plus, the net is full of positive things I said about minorities and all sorts of people.
Plus, double asshole, I don’t assess people by hue and all sorts of divisive things. I assess them by their character.
Also, triple asshole, did it ever occur to you that I c/b a minority?
You were and are an eternal fool.
Schadenfreude on November 30, 2012 at 10:56 PM
Yeah, I guess widespread racism in America just suddenly disappeared after the Civil Rights Act in the 60s, right?
DarkCurrent on December 1, 2012 at 12:11 AM
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4