oh, where to begin?
so many fucking things wrong with this article, and to top it off, of course it's written by a columbia j-schooler who graduated just before me and had the same RW1 prof.
-[Pi Alpha Phi president] Chang said he doesn’t 'really see the point' of having clubs that are exclusively Asian...
-“Everyone tries to assimilate,” he said. “I don’t think there’s a future here in trying to hold on to [exclusively Asian] tradition.”
- Last year, Thomas took part in a “Black Out” protest, where black students dressed in black and silently blocked hallways as their way of protesting their lack of a voice on campus. “Caucasian students were more vocal against us,” Thomas said. “Like the Berkeley Republicans, they’re a strong group, but it’s all Caucasian. It’s easier to cope [as a black student], the Asians are more apathetic, less hostile.”
- Albert Wu, president of the Asian Political Association, hopes to change that, at least the apathetic part. Wu agreed that Asian students are less likely than others to be politically involved on campus. “There’s a strong culture from immigrant families of not wanting to be involved in politics,” Wu said. “They want sciences, to get economically stable.” About half of all Berkeley’s Asian students are of Chinese ancestry. “In China, politicians aren’t very well respected. Doctors and scientists are revered. That’s why I’m named ‘Albert.’ ”

yawn. well i'm glad he broke so many preconceptions of asian ams at berkeley with that article and really furthered the debate on the issue. thanks. this is why white people should not write about communities of color.