"Too Asian?" On Racism, Paradox and Ethno-Nationalism

Autor/in	Coloma, Roland Sintos
Titel	"Too Asian?" On Racism, Paradox and Ethno-Nationalism
Quelle	In: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 34 (2013) 4, S.579-598 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0159-6306
DOI	10.1080/01596306.2013.822620
Schlagwörter	Asians; Sociocultural Patterns; Nationalism; Racial Bias; Cultural Pluralism; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Racial Attitudes; Whites; Journalism; News Reporting; Periodicals; Minority Groups; Stereotypes; History; Disadvantaged; Immigrants; Higher Education; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Nationalismus; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rassenfrage; White; Weißer; Journalistik; Journalismus; News report; Reportage; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Ethnische Minderheit; Klischee; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Kanada
Abstract	This essay examines the controversial "Too Asian?" article published by Canada's premiere news magazine in 2010 as a case study of media and education in order to produce a sharper analytical grammar of race in liberal, multicultural societies. I argue that the article recycles racial stereotypes, perpetuates the normalization of whiteness and the mythology of meritocracy, and enacts irresponsible journalism. I situate its representation of Asians within a historical context, and delineate their paradoxical subjectivity as an un/wanted racialized minority group. Asians are desired as immigrants, workers and students when they benefit Canada's economic imperatives, but are disavowed when they challenge the sociocultural status quo. I also develop the concept of ethno-nationalism as a form of anti-racist resistance when racialized minorities identify with the White-dominant nation-state in their claim for inclusion. However, I raise concerns regarding ethno-nationalism's limitation for pan-Asian solidarity and for the advancement of a marginalized group at the expense of another. (As Provided).
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