"Dear White People" (2017- ) and its Anti-AM Racism

Dear White People (2017- )

The show has noble and necessary goals, but it's still hilariously unwoke. In ep. 3, stud "Troy" runs for student body president, and convinces Asian students, mostly male, to vote for him by making dumplings. In ep. 2, the show talks about how the rich white students of the ivy "Winchester" had racially insensitive parties, such as the "Injun," "wetback," and "Dear Black People" (blackface) parties. Predictably, there was no Yellowface party. Did the writers forget about Duke's Asian-themed party? This oversight, intentional or not, is pretty pathetic. The inclusion of "James Lee," who may or may not be Asian, as one of the participants of the "Dear Black People" party is also disconcerting.

In ep. 10, the Af-Am protagonists stage a protest against the school. In the first shot in which cops appear in this episode, one of two is an Asian male. He is the only one shown in another scene. In another shot, he is the only whose face you can make out clearly. He is in almost every shot involving policemen in this episode (what is this Black-ish/Peter Liang bullshit?). Asian men are always unnecessarily lumped in with the real oppressors. In that same episode, there is also an Asian male student counter protesting the Af-Am protest. He is part of the anti-binge drinking protest, protesting in memory of "Thane," a white student who died after jumping while intoxicated.

In ep. 5, they introduce a token Asian female character "Ikumi" who is clearly an "ally" to the black cause. Why can't Asian men be allies? She also promotes the film adaptation of the Joy Luck Club as being good for Asian representation, which is an extremely self-hating and disgusting anti-Asian-male film. The show says white women, white men, and Asian women can be allies, but not Asian men. That's hilarious, considering those three are the three most privileged members of Western society. Another minor protagonist (Af-Am) makes a Chinese child labor joke. Ep. 7 features another Asian-female ally ("Annie"). Lmao. Ep. 8 briefly mentions the fetishization and racism gay Asian men face. Of course, they ignore the racist treatment of straight Asian men.

Generally speaking, I've noticed a sore lack of Asian men in general on campus. Winchester must be one of those ivies with a relatively high anti-Asian affirmative action standards. And no, I do not take solace in the fact that a Chan directed ep. 6.

Oh, and before you forget, it is "racism" since the bs here is prejudice (against AM) coupled with power (Af-Ams more power than AM when it comes to media.)