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POC solidarity as an Asian

>When you hear a non-Asian POC talking about internalised anti-Asianness in the Asian community, such as the stereotypes about Asian women and white men, or colourism—how do you feel about that? I ha…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

POC solidarity as an Asian — Firstly I would not like for this post to derail into other non-Asian POC hate, and I know this is not ALL non-Asian POCs being this way. I know this bc my own non-Asian POC (Black, Indigenous Blak, P…

r/AsianAmericanpost4/5/2026
“Do you speak English” Asian American incident

Their "Asian wife" think they're white adjacent hence people think we Asians are promoting white supremacy.

r/AsianAmericancomment3/13/2026
Why does Japanese video games and anime have white protagonists?

Japanese are indeed white adjacent which is why white people love them so much. Lots of narrow faced Japanese who are incels so they get into those capitalist fields to cope and push a lot of racist i…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/16/2026
AM diversify your dating pool

South Asians have more of a community. They don't have a mindset of chasing white validation. Desis are likely to be like blacks and Latinos where they define their own identities rather than see them…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/18/2026
Stop Asian Hate's iconic victim Grandpa Vicha's murderer Antoine Watson is going to walk free now without punishment

If this was a white guy there maybe more noise. It's all politics but at the expense on Asians. There are Asian social influences that talk about politics and race but they stay away from black on…

r/AsianMasculinitycomment3/29/2026
Philip Wang on why Asian American filmmakers struggle to build the same "momentum" as Ryan Coogler.

"This might... but I'm just so inspired by Ryan Coogler and not in the way you might think. So Coogler just won a bunch of Oscars for his incredible film Sinners, and there's so much to appreciate abo…

r/AsianAmericancomment3/30/2026
How to call out white liberal racism

the “Asian privilege/white adjacent” trope is something made up by white liberals to downplay and deny anti-Asian racism. It’s just the model minority myth repackaged.

r/AsianAmericancomment4/4/2026
How to call out white liberal racism

For real, and we need people of color to come together now more than ever. I hate it when Asians get excluded from any talks about racism because we are white adjacent or whatever people want to call …

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

To answer your questions: 1. I think assuming they’re doing it in good faith and appropriately, without being derogatory and while acknowledging their status as non-Asian, then it’s fine. However this…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

1. Of the many non-Asian POC around me, I have not heard this come up. 2. Again haven’t heard this from real life people. 3. I don’t feel like this, but I am brown so I don’t think it’s easy for peo…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

Thank you, this genuinely does help. I appreciate your answer here and the way you can hold POC minority struggles together, and also you put it very well “It’s politically advantageous for all partie…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

> 1. When you hear a non-Asian POC talking about internalised anti-Asianness in the Asian community, such as the stereotypes about Asian women and white men, or colourism—how do you feel about that? …

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

> When you hear a non-Asian POC talking about internalized anti-Asianness in the Asian community, such as the stereotypes about Asian women and white men, or colourism—how do you feel about that? Int…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

That you're thinking that there's a dipole consisting of a POC and white spectrum and Asians are on some sort of subservient racial football to be placed as in any strategic position deemed advantageo…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

speaking with a moderate amount of cynicism >When you hear a non-Asian POC talking about internalised anti-Asianness in the Asian community, such as the stereotypes about Asian women and white men…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

>What do we do? If you believe you are interacting with people who will act in good faith, you push for better education and offer better education. In my mind, the biggest issues with non-Asian PO…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

The problem is that self-hating Asians still want to cling to being Asian, so that's why black/brown/liberals think Asians are "white adjacent." Some self-hating Asians even try to prove they are rela…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/5/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

1. When you hear a non-Asian POC talking about internalised anti-Asianness in the Asian community, such as the stereotypes about Asian women and white men, or colourism—how do you feel about that? Hm…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/6/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

Interesting how op doesn’t reply to historical fact and replying to whole thread of accepting white adjacent. We are deeply robbed of our history and need to look inward before we continue to move for…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/6/2026
Why are People Hating on Asians Hanging Out with Other Asians

Because they Chinese-like Asian. Some brown asians see those types of asian as "white adjacent"

r/AsianAmericancomment4/6/2026
Asian YouTubers keep doing that accent for no reason

Stephen He uses his platform and the canto accent to specifically explore generational divides, hybrid identities, and the liminality of, esp, 2nd and 3rd gen populations. Eastern Asian Americans oc…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/8/2026
Have Any Other Wasians Experienced Racism for Not Being Fully Asian?

Exactly. It is hypocritical.  Right below this thread is a thread where Asians complain that Black people call them white- adjacent. Meanwhile this conversation is an identical rehash, except with d…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/9/2026
POC solidarity as an Asian

What's interesting is that, I go on Tiktok and on political debates, and the black folks always say "we won't let you bring Asians into this" or say something like "that's their experience to speak on…

r/AsianAmericancomment4/11/2026