The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans

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11. Whoa, Missy, Thank You! for this follow-up article that is a cross-section of

the Asian-American community's internal anti-Black reckoning as well as the ways the community is fighting against anti-Blackness in general. The article being so recent, it's empowering to know that the "model minority" myth is not just an artifact of the past. I had to re-read it, view the photos and listen to the video again and again.

BTW, seeing that this was your first post, I was so ready to welcome you to DU and then saw you've been a member since its inception. What?!? What an honor and thanks again.

Dismantling anti-Blackness in Asian communities also involves trying to dismantle other deep-seated prejudices, such as colorism. Skin-whitening treatments are popular in many Asian cultures. As Gajjar noted, lighter-skinned South Asians are considered to be more valuable and tend to be in a higher social class than darker-skinned South Asians.

“Just the fact that South Asians are willing to go against their own people … that just kind of shows you that inherent sort of anti-Blackness that we have built into our culture and our communities,” she said. “The problem starts there.”