Rad Chinese Podcast

Listen as we discuss our different perspectives on crafting a new Chinese-American narrative that is true to our experience and counters anti-blackness or internalized white supremacy.

Listen to 3 Chinese men in America and a gender non-conforming humyn talk about their experiences of masculinity. Hear how they respond differently to emasculation myths with different coping strategies for finding dignity in their romantic relationships and general self-esteem and confidence. These experiences of internalized white supremacy can further increase toxic masculinity and misogyny. Creating space to identify the cause of feelings of shame and inadequacy would be an important to preventing toxic masculinity and also increasing activism by East-Asian men.

When you feel internalized white supremacy, how do you respond to it or counteract it? Tune in to hear our discussion.

Listen as we discuss our different perspectives on crafting a new Chinese-American narrative that is true to our experience and counters anti-blackness or internalized white supremacy.

Rad Chinese discusses Asian American coalitions: issues that bring us together, speaking to your own community vs other communities, and East Asian Americans contributions to the erasure of other voices.

In Episode #11, Rebecca, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks discuss the events leading up to Sa-i-gu and reflect on the role Chinese should play in Pan-Asian activism. Can we learn from other Asian-American experiences to tackle anti-blackness in our own community? Should we organize around white supremacy or does that preclude us from using mainstream media channels for outreach? Tune-in to hear the one major takeaway Rebecca, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks got from their first look into this overlooked significant event in Asian-American history.

16:59 “No justice no peace. So it’s like progress for who? If you tamper things so that people are peaceful and then as a result of some liberal consensus that black people never get access to resources while everybody else is happy: I’m not sure that that’s a great outcome.”

17:40 “Model minority myth that Chinese people had a lead on creating in America, which dictated Korean behavior and how they were treated when they got here so it’s like: it’s our responsibility in that sense.”

19:53 “There are very severe limitations to what type of liberal organization can do because at some point you know, they try to radicalize or they try to start seeing that white supremacy is an issue, there’s a way that it gets shut down… so how can you build in such a way that it won’t be shut down?

In Episode #10, Alex, Kim, and Rebecca discuss how Chinese cast narratives for the white gaze, helping to kick off the model minority myth Post-WWII. Even while teenage “delinquency” was rising in its community, Chinatown throughout the 50’s and 60’s responded by creating myths around non-delinquency — that Chinese children are well-behaved, studious, and morally upright. What model minority myths are still in place today from narratives cast 60 years ago to protect Chinese from deportations and make Chinatown be seen by white people as a safe commercial destination? Tune-in to hear the one major takeaway Alex, Kim, and Rebecca got from studying this shockingly reminiscent history of the model minority myth.

In Episode #9, Rebecca, Kim, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks discuss anti-blackness and “white worship” for Chinese in America and Chinese in China, using the framework of center and periphery for the importance carried by inter-relating narratives from the Episode #7’s topic recap. Should there be developing a trans-national movement for Chinese or should we prioritize our own needs in America? Tune-in to hear how Rebecca, Kim, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks weigh the options for what narratives to amplify to counter our internalized white supremacy.

In Episode #8, Rebecca, Kim, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks discuss anti-blackness in our communities by responding to the question, “Are we brown?” as inspired by the idea that identity is politically constructed in response to current events from Episode #7. What are the barriers to taking down anti-blackness in Chinese communities and how can we respond? Tune-in to hear how Rebecca, Kim, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks dig into their experience and explore possibilities for undoing the anti-blackness.

In Episode #7, Rebecca, Kim, Alex, and Rad Chinese folks discuss what is the nature of identity in diaspora using as a case study, Lim Boon Keng, a Chinese in Singapore whose identity changed along with current events. Can you be authentically Chinese and born outside of China? How is identity constructed for those in diaspora vs. those in the homeland? Tune-in to hear the one major takeaway Rebecca, Kim, and Alex got from studying this little-known case study of a famous person’s identity in diaspora.