#the ‘pessimism’ in ‘asian-pessimism’ she’s suggesting in no way even begins to approximate what it means in ‘afro-pessimism’
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time to read this article by the author of ornamentalism surely this will be fine
erm. the end of the pandemic? in march 2022? right after the biggest spike in cases in the us in january 2022? ok.
nonblack asian americans stop “borrowing” from afro-pessimism and keep it out of our mouths challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
#🌱#i had ornamentalism on my reading list so I am. very disappointed to say the least#like okay i guess she’s speaking to a general audience (and a white male interviewer. lol)#so maybe explaining the nuances of afro-pessimism is difficult in this setting#but to suggest that asian americans need to ‘borrow’ from it b/c analyses of racism don’t ‘go beyond’ a black/white binary#is one of the most annoying and disrespectful things about asian american studies imo#and to go on and posit that her version of asian nihilism/pessimism is just like. xenophobia and orientalism.#there is nothing new being added here that is not already captured in a pre-existing framework of racism and colonialism and imperialism 😐#i’m not saying there’s no need for asian american interventions in these theories#but can we not ‘borrow’ from afro-pessimism and pretend we’re saying something new when we’re absolutely not#I don’t understand if you actually engage with afro-pessimism you’ll find that it does not. in fact. act like racism is only black and white#the ‘pessimism’ in ‘asian-pessimism’ she’s suggesting in no way even begins to approximate what it means in ‘afro-pessimism’#nonblack poc when we read about the ruse of analogy: huh wonder who that’s for.
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