Escape From Plan A

Asian guys are increasingly refusing the assimilationist liberalism that often excludes them, so is the Alt Right a natural landing spot for those who fall out of the collapsing center? Teen, Oxford, and Jess talk about the need for a new progressive Asian political identity.

TWITTER:

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Jess (@whatsupjess)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What If Asian American Men Fall to the Alt-Right? by Oxford Kondo: https://planamag.com/what-if-asian-american-men-fall-to-the-alt-right-3b392495786

AALDEF - The Asian American Vote 2016: http://aaldef.org/TheAsianAmericanVote2016-AALDEF.pdf

Neo-Nazi to Troll Army: 'We Have to Be Sexy' at the Big Alt-Right Rally by Allie Conti: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/599zmx/neo-nazi-to-troll-army-we-have-to-be-sexy-at-the-big-alt-right-rally

John Cho... Bastard Extraordinaire? by Ben Efsaneyim: http://benefsanem.blogspot.com/2016/08/john-cho.html

Men of Color and Masculinity by Sudip Bhattacharya (Reappropriate): http://reappropriate.co/2017/06/men-of-color-and-masculinity/

In All The White Spaces by Jessica Xiao: https://thehumanist.com/magazine/may-june-2016/features/in-all-the-white-spaces

The Yellow Man's Masculinity by Christina M. Qiu: https://www.thecrimson.com/column/new-romantix/article/2016/3/7/Yellow-American-feminism-emasculation/

Norway Shooter Anders Breivik’s Zionism in Line With Pro-Israel European Right by Michelle Goldberg: https://www.thedailybeast.com/norway-shooter-anders-breiviks-zionism-in-line-with-pro-israel-european-right

Far Away From Me by Jenny Zhang: http://www.rookiemag.com/2015/04/far-away-from-me/

Asian guys are increasingly refusing the assimilationist liberalism that often excludes them, so is the Alt Right a natural landing spot for those who fall out of the collapsing center? Teen, Oxford, and Jess talk about the need for a new progressive Asian political identity.

TWITTER:

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Jess (@whatsupjess)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What If Asian American Men Fall to the Alt-Right?: https://planamag.com/what-if-asian-american-men-fall-to-the-alt-right-3b392495786

Far Away From Me: http://www.rookiemag.com/2015/04/far-away-from-me/

Here's a radical idea: what if Asian Americans stopped trying to be either white or black or whatever, and instead, Asian? Almost the whole Plan A gang—Eliza, Oxford, Filip, Mark, Jon, Teen, and Jess—kicks off the podcast by talking about how we got started and where we go from here.