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11
Dec 11

What should Asian-Americans (both East and South) do to stop being viewed as foreign?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18178194/site/newsweek/

There was talk of a backlash against Korean-Americans after Seung Cho went on his shooting rampage in Blacksburg, but no talk of the same against European-Americans after Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold massacred students at Columbine, nor against African-Americans after Lee Malvo and John Muhammad went on their shooting rampage.

Americans of South Asian descent have reported being ethnically profiled as potential terrorists. But where was the equally fervent rush to profile all Americans of European descent as being potential terrorists after Oklahoma City bombers Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh did their damage?

This disparity illustrates how Americans of Asian ethnic origin are still viewed as not truly being American or otherwise somehow foreign.

What steps would Americans (of Asian descent) need to take in order to be perceived, both on sight and culturally, as true Americans by the American cultural mainstream and the world?
Edit: CrystalEyes, you’re not informing me of anything I do not already know. (Arab-Americans, and, as I pointed out, South-Asian-Americans, were profiled.)

My question is what to do about it and how Asians can cross the divide.

Mr Nice Guy: I can’t say I share your opinion on profiling being media hype.

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8
Dec 11

What should I conclude from this?

When I asked about “agnostic terrorists” two particular responses caught my eye:

One saying that McVeigh was an agnostic, which apparently isn’t true:
Timothy McVeigh professed his present belief in “a God” in a recorded interview with Time Magazine.[2] The Guardian reported that McVeigh wrote a letter claiming to be an agnostic, but no text of such a letter (or tangible proof of its existence) has been published or made public in any medium.[3] McVeigh accepted the Sacrament of Extreme Unction from a priest of the Roman Catholic Church shortly before his death, and he had been visited by a priest during his time in prison but expressed his wish to keep the details of his beliefs private.

And another confusing (for like the 10,000th time on this board agnosticism and atheism).

Are agnostics so feared that people need to engage in false smear campaigns?
So, Thomas, if it’s not fear, then what is the motivation behind the false smear campaign?

actions speak louder than words, son.

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4
Dec 11

Should the U.S Supreme Court consider ending the Death Penalty?

Many Nations of the World have abolished the death penalty. It is time for the United States to stand up and be recognized as one of them. To many times i see the death penalty being handed down under the guise of Punishment, When after all, it is nothing more than a form of revenge. Timothy Mcveigh comes to mind first and foremost. I was astonished at the relative speed in which his sentence was handed down and subsquently carried out. I am not a supporter or endorser of Mr. Mcveigh’s crimes, but i do believe that Killing another person is wrong. Whether it is a homicide, or, a legally carried out execution. Time and again it has been evidenced that capitol crimes (crimes punishable by the death penalty) occur at there highest frequency when this country goes to war. My point is that killing begets killing. When citizens, law abiding or not, see the country endorsing killing, they find themselves anesthetized to the truth. Killing is wrong. The death penalty is counterproductive

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29
Nov 11

So, if as some are now saying Rev. Wright should be forgiven because of his military service, does this?

mean we can give Lee Harvey Oswald and Timothy McVeigh a posthumerous reprieves for their evil?

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