Self-Loathing Asians

"Even if you allow that Chang influenced Chinese-Americans to participate in sports beyond the Academic Decathlon, he still shackled us with another stereotype. Thanks to him, we were all seen as determined counterpunchers, tireless tongue-lolling retrievers who compensated for our lack of physical gifts by outlasting our opponents because we couldn't outplay them."

I've got some mixed feelings about Huan Hsu's SLATE article bashing Michael Chang.

I see where it's coming from. And it's obviously a bit tongue-in-cheek.

But it's a trap to bash Chang.

And the article itself reinforces a broader stereotype of Asian guys with inferiority complexes. Which is just a fucking deadly thing. That shit needs to be exterminated. Not that Asian guys can't or shouldn't have inferiority complexes... but the idea of it being tied to race is just fucking corrosive.

End soap boxing.