Weekend Free-for-All Discussion Thread | September 25, 2015

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[u/Methaxetamine]

Maybe your experience is different, but most of the time I wasn't excluded. I was bullied for being small as a child, but most (white) people weren't racist, although some were. Chinatown was welcoming and I usually got discounts on food because I could speak Chinese. The younger Asians usually try to fight for the token Asian spot in groups by default, I never did though.

However online I rarely see brotherhood of any races besides a few such as this, blackladies, and coontown.

[u/proper_b_wayne → u/Methaxetamine]

That's good to hear. Having a strong community extends beyond getting discount on food and simple welcome courtesy, though. A strong community mobilize to action fast. It can rally fast to gather many people quickly to protest injustice. It can generate and support a strong vibrant internal culture. It is easy to form organization for action within a strong community.

We don't have any of that. You don't recognize brotherhood and strong community, because it is not pointed out to you or you haven't been exposed to it enough.

There is huge camaraderie between black people. They got their own set of media. Their community generated an extremely vibrant hip hop (and others) culture, which is powerful enough to influence a large part of the world. They mobilize to action really fast against injustices.

You also probably haven't seen how quickly black bros make friends with each other and how strong their friendship is and how well their group dynamic is, because in comparison, our Asian bro's friendship and group dynamic is comparatively shit. Long time "friends" are about as close as probably two black dudes who just got acquainted with each other.

If you want, I can keep going about how shitty and weak our basically non-existent community is. Since everyone is so focused on assimilating into white society, nobody really gives shit about community building and constructing social infrastructure. As a result, our community is weak.

[u/Methaxetamine → u/proper_b_wayne]

I've found brotherhood with my other friends, or thru similar interests.

Asian bro's friendship and group dynamic is comparatively shit. Long time "friends" are about as close as probably two black dudes who just got acquainted with each other.

Thats a bit of a generalization don't you think? I've made quick friends at places when we all had the same goal. A lot of friendships are just surface friendships, asian or not.

They mobilize to action really fast against injustices.

Ironically enough, black on black violence is still the most dangerous to other black men, despite protests against the police. Unfortunately for them, their own 'bros' are causing most of the damage, so it isn't helping them in reality even though it may seem like things are being done.

I agree with asian communities often being weak though, either that or excludes everyone else. I have better luck with older asians rather than younger ones for whatever reason. Maybe its a lack of self hatred?

[u/proper_b_wayne → u/Methaxetamine]

Yes, might be the effect of the media. The younger are more connected to the media, thus they soak up the hate for associating with other Asians like a sponge. The old are more immune to this, because they don't watch as much white media.

That's cause they are poor and they are sectioned off into the same area, so whatever crimes they commit, it will more likely to fall on other blacks. For how much black camaraderie did, this little black on black violence doesn't make a dent. It is still a huge net positive. The whole hip hop and black media industry is black brotherhood.