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We have ‘East Asian supremacists’ now? Is that just a fancy term for Islamophobia + racism in the southeast Asian context??
“Far-right extremism is a growing security concern globally, and Singapore has not been immune to this threat," ISD said.”
The unholy intermingling of white supremacy and East Asian ethnonationalism will not be fun to watch :/
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/youth-detained-isa-far-right-extremist-ideologies-4927826
@skinnylatte I'm reminded of the time a group of Colombian Nazis went to Germany, with the aim of supporting some German Nazis, but ended up having the shit kicked out of them by said German Nazis. The Colombian Nazis were quite bewildered by this turn of events.
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@skinnylatte Oh no, no, no, no, no…
Breaks my heart knowing any part of SE Asia (or the world really) might be tangled up in any of this U.S. branded hatred.
@2dogphish I don’t think far right extremism is a US only or even U.S. originated thing. Like evangelical Christianity, we have U.S. adjacent things that have take their own forms elsewhere and there are many other global factors from other parts of the world (we get a ton of evangelical BS from Australia and more Chinese ethnic state BS from China)
@skinnylatte I agree and understand, it’s everywhere. But having lived in Thailand and traveled a fair bit in SE Asia, including Singapore, just hurts extra to see it has spread there? But I’m not naïve, even in this horror, the U.S. is not unique.
@2dogphish Singapore refuses to address its problem of Chinese racism so I feel like this is the expected next step here, sadly
@skinnylatte Must admit when I visited Singapore I was not educated about any of this. As an American, I only knew the laws were strict and some (likely obnoxious and/or dumb) guy was caned. That all said, I’m now more informed, still cherish spending several days for my birthday there and would go back in a heartbeat.
@skinnylatte ugggghhh :(
@skinnylatte Welp, I was in Malaysia (specifically Kuantan) in 1994 for an Asia-Pacific student conference, at which we ran face-first into "Vision 2020".
I get how Malays would feel more than a little sensitive about the way they've been treated, but even then it came across as a flat-out ethnic supremacy project.
Given that this week was the experience through which I internalised that cultures may vary, but people are the same wherever you go, I don't see why ethnic supremacy ideals would be uniquely a white thing. Sadly, I suspect that's endemic to humans, and it's simply been more virulent among white people so far.
agree with it being endemic to all humans. ive witnessed how racist my fellow Filipinos can be. but what ive noticed is that no matter how 'low' they see other populations, they dont actually have the desire to harm.
most of Filipino racism is expressed as casual jokes or ill attempts at humour. i think these are rooted in ignorance and they dont really feel hate against others.
thats what surprises me about western people, their capability to hate those that are not like them.
(okay maybe we do have a deep dislike of the Chinese, but that can be easily explained by their ongoing harrassment of our fishermen and coast guard).
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@___ @skinnylatte Don't get me wrong: I'm not aware of it being so virulent over such a long period in any other group as it has been in white people. There's unquestionably a cultural element.
Even in what I described, and what Adrianna posted about in the first place, it's clearly been exported from white culture in one manner or another.
Speaking as a white person myself: I don't get it either. I'm so sorry for this shit, and if I knew of a simple way to eradicate it quickly, I'd be all over it.
@skinnylatte See, eg, Japan ca. 1941.