Asian Week publishes racist hate article
PeterL
Asian America" is facing harsh criticism from that very community for
publishing a column Friday titled "Why I Hate Blacks."
In the column, AsianWeek regular contributor Kenneth Eng listed
"reasons" to discriminate against African Americans. The piece has
been pulled from the newspaper's Web site, but the print edition of
the free paper, owned by the politically influential Fang family, was
still available in news racks Monday.
Eng called himself an "Asian supremacist" in January in another
installment of the column, which runs under the label "God of the
Universe."
Prominent Asian Americans immediately condemned Eng's current column.
"The hate is based on ignorance and is very similar to the rationales
that the KKK uses against African Americans," said Henry Der, director
for 22 years of Chinese for Affirmative Action and the former state
administrator for Emeryville's schools.
RichAsianKid
Thanks to the above, a search from the net reveals the original
article, since pulled from the website. Before we dive in, however,
here's another take on the story from SF gate:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/27/MNGTCOBI921.DTL
Quote from SF gate article: "Other AsianWeek columns of Eng's --
including "Proof That Whites Inherently Hate Us" and "Why I Hate
Asians" -- have resulted in criticism. In the first, he complained
about the scarcity of Asian heroes in the media. In the second, he
described Asian Americans as apathetic, brown-nosing and lacking in
cultural pride."
Those seem provocative, but have only 'resulted in criticism'. It'd be
interesting what he wrote specifically though. But apparently this one
touches a raw nerve. Kinda like when Damn Edna was chided for joking,
"what's the use of me learning Spanish anyway? I'll never be able
afford a maid." Sometimes the truth hurts more than falsehoods because
we are stuck in reality and it's on TV channel that we can't change.
There are so many themes here, the part on academics is not exactly
news. Joke: "what do you call a smart black? Indian." "What do you
call a smart white? Jew." Walking into your calculus class drowned in
a sea of NorthEast Asians, premeds go, "shit."
Still you have to wonder if Eng might feel wronged to begin with...may
be 'lower class'? Those who really dislike blacks seem to be from the
lower classes more simply because of resource competition. LA gang
rivalry between Hispanics and blacks is not exactly unknown. But those
from higher above actually see the lower classes as a percentile
booster if you will, as leverage, as buoy. The kaleidoscopic ethnic
and racial landscape is getting more and more complex daily.
So sit back and enjoy this RichAsianKid exclusive. What are you guys
going to do without moi? :)
And yes, hat tip to poster PeterL.
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Kenneth Eng, AsianWeek, Feb 23, 2007
Here is a list of reasons why we should discriminate against blacks,
starting from the most obvious down to the least obvious:
· Blacks hate us. Every Asian who has ever come across them knows that
they take almost every opportunity to hurl racist remarks at us.
In my experience, I would say about 90 percent of blacks I have met,
regardless of age or environment, poke fun at the very sight of an
Asian. Furthermore, their activity in the media proves their hatred:
Rush Hour, Exit Wounds, Hot 97, etc.
· Contrary to media depictions, I would argue that blacks are weak-
willed. They are the only race that has been enslaved for 300 years.
It's unbelievable that it took them that long to fight back.
On the other hand, we slaughtered the Russians in the Japanese-Russo
War.
· Blacks are easy to coerce. This is proven by the fact that so many
of them, including Reverend Al Sharpton, tend to be Christians.
Yet, at the same time, they spend much of their time whining about how
much they hate "the whites that oppressed them."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Christianity the religion that the
whites forced upon them?
· Blacks don't get it. I know it's a blunt and crass comment, but it's
true. When I was in high school, I recall a class debate in which one
half of the class was chosen to defend black slavery and the other
half was chosen to defend liberation.
Disturbingly, blacks on the prior side viciously defended slavery as
well as Christianity. They say if you don't study history, you're
condemned to repeat it.
In high school, I only remember one black student ever attending any
of my honors and AP courses. And that student was caught cheating.
It is rather troubling that they are treated as heroes, but then
again, whites will do anything to defend them.
drydem
> A San Francisco weekly newspaper that bills itself as "The Voice of
> Asian America" is facing harsh criticism from that very community for
> publishing a column Friday titled "Why I Hate Blacks."
>
> In the column, AsianWeek regular contributor Kenneth Eng listed
> "reasons" to discriminate against African Americans. The piece has
> been pulled from the newspaper's Web site, but the print edition of
> the free paper, owned by the politically influential Fang family, was
> still available in news racks Monday.
Kenneth Eng, whose writing are from a New York City Area
perspective, has written other racially inflammatory editorial
pieces in Asian Week. Eng's brash and angry diatribes which
more often than not divides society ethnically and racially
in much the same way as past speeches made by
the Nation of Islams' Reverend Louis Farrakhan and
the Aryan Nation's Reverend Richard Butler do.
Begreen
> On Feb 27, 9:38 am, "PeterL" <po.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A San Francisco weekly newspaper that bills itself as "The Voice of
> > Asian America" is facing harsh criticism from that very community for
> > publishing a column Friday titled "Why IHateBlacks."
>
> > In the column, AsianWeek regular contributor Kenneth Eng listed
> > "reasons" to discriminate against African Americans. The piece has
> > been pulled from the newspaper's Web site, but the print edition of
> > the free paper, owned by the politically influential Fang family, was
> > still available in news racks Monday.
>
> Kenneth Eng, whose writing are from a New York City Area
> perspective, has written other racially inflammatory editorial
> pieces in Asian Week. Eng's brash and angry diatribes which
> more often than not divides society ethnically and racially
> in much the same way as past speeches made by
> the Nation of Islams' Reverend Louis Farrakhan and
> the Aryan Nation's Reverend Richard Butler do.
>
>
>
>
>
> > Eng called himself an "Asian supremacist" in January in another
> > installment of the column, which runs under the label "God of the
> > Universe."
>
> > Prominent Asian Americans immediately condemned Eng's current column.
>
> > that the KKK uses against African Americans," said Henry Der, director
> > for 22 years of Chinese for Affirmative Action and the former state
>
> - Show quoted text -
Why I don't hate Asians.
By Dr. Eugene Stovall
http://www.blackcommentator.com/222/222_do_not_hate_asians_stovall_guest.html
"That was just some punk trying to make a name for himself."
"It's a magazine just trying to sell subscriptions."
These were just some of the comments my black friends made about
Kenneth Eng's "Why I Hate Blacks" article that appeared in San
Francisco's Asian Week Magazine last month. But these responses seemed
too shallow for me. I felt that Eng's article deserved a little more
consideration. Even though his arguments were weak and his examples
were anecdotal, Eng touched a significant readership inside the Asian
community ... else why would Asian Week print Eng's article in the first
place? So while I believe the hailstorm of criticism Eng received for
his article was deserved, I decided that a more thoughtful response
was needed.
In California, some outstanding issues still divide the Black and
Asian communities. In 1992, during the Los Angeles riot, blacks
targeted Korean-owned businesses because of their alleged
discriminatory business practices. During the so-called Rodney King
riot, a 49-year-old Korean woman, Soon Ja Du, shot Latasha Harlins, a
15-year-old Black girl, dead. Less dramatically, tensions between the
Black and Asian communities express themselves in the admittance and
hiring policies at California's major university. The University of
California at Berkeley routinely admits more Asian students than
Black. Asians have a far greater share of faculty and administrative
positions. An Asian, Chang-lin Tien, even served as the university's
chancellor. At the Oakland Unified School District, an Asian board
member, the board's technology expert, helped the white superintendent
evade state purchasing laws to buy inferior classroom computers and to
sole source technology contracts, worth millions, to private
corporations. This and other corrupt practices forced the Oakland
Unified School District into receivership, prompting the State of
California to take charge of Oakland's schools.
But none of these issues account for the Eng article.
Probing deeper into the issue, I browsed the Asian Weekly website. The
first thing to appear was a full-color banner headline. It advertised
career opportunities with the Central Intelligence Agency.
"Ah hah!" I thought. "This could be a clue." You see, I have read
quite a lot of Sherlock Holmes. So, like Watson, I know clues when I
see them.
In this case, the CIA advertisement led me to understand that Eng's
article had something to do with the 'war on terror'. After all, the
"war on terror" is the CIA's war. And after four years of poppa Bush,
eight years of Billy the Kid and eight years of baby Bush, the
"intelligence" community has assumed complete control over US foreign
policy. And as everyone knows, these former presidents have put Yalies
... specifically Yale's Skull and Bones Society ... in control of the U.S.
government's intelligence community. As a result, U.S. foreign policy
is virtually written inside the tomb of Yale's Skull and Bones
society. The CIA advertisement peering over the Asian Weekly website
seemed a metaphor for "big brother" observing its prodigy at play.
>From here, I figured out how Eng's immature scribblings could find
their way into the media mainstream.
The CIA's "war on terror" is going badly. So the U.S. intelligence
community is terrified that their plans to encircle China, to maintain
Formosa as a clandestine intelligence outpost, to subdue the Filipino
revolt and to prevent the unification of Korea might become part of
the upcoming presidential debate - especially if one of the
presidential candidates is not white and has ties to the Asian
community, which is exactly how the U.S. intelligence community views
Barack Obama.
The right wing proponents of the "war on terror" have tagged Barack
Obama, the first term senator from Illinois, as the "anti-Christ".
This designation is not accidental, since the entire "war on terror"
is now being justified - in the absence of weapons of mass destruction
- as a religious war. The right wing now declares that Christ's chosen
people have been called upon to wage a crusade against the other races
and religions of the world. The "war on terror" is justified by the
fact that other races and religions seek to deprive Christ's chosen
people of their rightful control over the world's resources.
Furthermore, these other races and religions have openly challenged
the will and power of Christ's chosen people. Therefore Christ's
chosen people are called upon to punish these inferior races and
religions who have chosen to oppose Christ's will. Baby Bush has even
created a faith-based federal funding program to bribe negro preachers
to support this worldwide crusade for white supremacy. In East
Oakland, California, a recipient of these funds, a well-known and
political negro preacher, brought the right wing governor of
California, Arnold Swartznegger, to his church and asked his
congregation to support the governor's re-election. But now the
presidential candidacy of Barack Obama with his deep Asian roots -
Obama was born in Hawaii - terrifies the CIA and its clients.
I conclude, therefore, that Kenneth Eng's article is just the
beginning of right wing attacks aimed at destroying Barack Obama's
credibility. In this case, they want to destroy his credibility with
the Asian community. Obama is not a member of Christ's chosen and does
not support the worldwide Christian crusade for the imposition of
white supremacy throughout the world. However at this juncture in
history, neither I nor any other black person can afford to fall for
this propaganda ploy and begin to hate Asians. Neither can Asians
become so misguided as to hate black people.
Dr. Stovall received his Ph.D. in Political Theory from the University
of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the novel, Frank Yerby: A
Victim's Guilt. His second novel, Park's Path, will be released in
September.
drydem
>
> "That was just some punk trying to make a name for himself."
>
> "It's a magazine just trying to sell subscriptions."
>
> These were just some of the comments my black friends made about
> Kenneth Eng's "Why I Hate Blacks" article that appeared in San
> Francisco's Asian Week Magazine last month. But these responses seemed
> too shallow for me. I felt that Eng's article deserved a little more
> consideration.
LOL Tit for Tat - Racist parody.
> Even though his arguments were weak and his examples
> were anecdotal, Eng touched a significant readership inside the Asian
> community ... else why would Asian Week print Eng's article in the first
> place? So while I believe the hailstorm of criticism Eng received for
> his article was deserved, I decided that a more thoughtful response
> was needed.
>
> In California, some outstanding issues still divide the Black and
> Asian communities. In 1992, during the Los Angeles riot, blacks
> targeted Korean-owned businesses because of their alleged
> discriminatory business practices. During the so-called Rodney King
> riot, a 49-year-old Korean woman, Soon Ja Du, shot Latasha Harlins, a
> 15-year-old Black girl, dead.
Latasha Harlins died on March 16,1991 from a gunshot wound
inflict when she fought with Ms Du inside the Empire Liquor
store that Ms Du owned. The incident occured 13 days after
the videotaped beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles
Police Department officers. The Rodney King King Riots occured
on on April 29, 1992. Du was convicted of voluntary manslaughter
and given a sentence of 5 years' probation, 400 hours of community
service, and a $500 fine by Judge Joyce Karlin after the jury had
recommended a 16-year jail sentence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soon_Ja_Du
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots
> Less dramatically, tensions between the
> Black and Asian communities express themselves in the admittance and
> hiring policies at California's major university. The University of
> California at Berkeley routinely admits more Asian students than
> Black.
The Univeristy of California at Berkley routine admits more White
students than Blacks or Asians or Hispanics. Demographically
there are more asians and hispanics than blacks in the
state of California.
> An Asian, Chang-lin Tien, even served as the university's
> chancellor. Asians have a far greater share of faculty
> and administrative positions....
... than do blacks but there are more asians than blacks
in California and the University of California is not a traditional
black educational institution. Blacks have a far greater
share of the faculty and administration positions than do
Asians ( or Whites ) in Howard University and the University
of the District of Columbia. Overall, whites have the far
greatest share of faculty and administrative position wrt
to California's university system. AFAIK there is not one
public university or college in the USA where Asians
have the greatest share of faculty and administration
position AND where Asian American make up the majority
of the student body.
> At the Oakland Unified School District, an Asian board
> member, the board's technology expert, helped the white superintendent
> evade state purchasing laws to buy inferior classroom computers and to
> sole source technology contracts, worth millions, to private
> corporations. This and other corrupt practices forced the Oakland
> Unified School District into receivership, prompting the State of
> California to take charge of Oakland's schools.
The Washington DC public school system which is currently
being lead and managed by black officials has been the focus
of mismanagement and corruption since the beginning of
home rule. Stovall's suggestion that a public servant's
racial background a factor in mismanagement or the
reason for corruption is racist (whether one is in DC or in
California).
>
> But none of these issues account for the Eng article.
of course not.
>
> Probing deeper into the issue, I browsed the Asian Weekly website. The
> first thing to appear was a full-color banner headline. It advertised
> career opportunities with the Central Intelligence Agency.
> "Ah hah!" I thought. "This could be a clue." You see, I have read
> quite a lot of Sherlock Holmes. So, like Watson, I know clues when I
> see them.
Stovall is appears to be more like Inspector Clousteau than a Sherlock
Homes! :-)
>
> In this case, the CIA advertisement led me to understand that Eng's
> article had something to do with the 'war on terror'. After all, the
> "war on terror" is the CIA's war. And after four years of poppa Bush,
> eight years of Billy the Kid and eight years of baby Bush, the
> "intelligence" community has assumed complete control over US foreign
> policy.
I started to notice those CIA advertisements in Asian Week
during the Wen Ho Lee Affair ( Clinton Administration).
...
> The CIA's "war on terror" is going badly. So the U.S. intelligence
> community is terrified that their plans to encircle China, to maintain
> Formosa as a clandestine intelligence outpost, to subdue the Filipino
> revolt and to prevent the unification of Korea might become part of
> the upcoming presidential debate.- especially if one of the
> presidential candidates is not white and has ties to the Asian
> community, which is exactly how the U.S. intelligence community views
> Barack Obama.
I disagree.
ISTM Barack Obama is not even registering here in DC
( which isn't to say he's not a fine congressman).
ISTM the U.S. intelligence community is terrified of any of that.
The only thing the US intelligence community is really afraid of
is getting their ass kicked by Dick Cheny and Karl Rove.
[ snip nation of islam like propaganda]
drydem
>
> "That was just some punk trying to make a name for himself."
>
> "It's a magazine just trying to sell subscriptions."
>
> These were just some of the comments my black friends made about
> Kenneth Eng's "Why I Hate Blacks" article that appeared in San
> Francisco's Asian Week Magazine last month. But these responses seemed
> too shallow for me. I felt that Eng's article deserved a little more
> consideration. Even though his arguments were weak and his examples
> were anecdotal, Eng touched a significant readership inside the Asian
> community ... else why would Asian Week print Eng's article in the first
> place? So while I believe the hailstorm of criticism Eng received for
> his article was deserved, I decided that a more thoughtful response
> was needed.
Going nuts is more like it. (9_9)
>
> In California, some outstanding issues still divide the Black and
> Asian communities. In 1992, during the Los Angeles riot, blacks
> targeted Korean-owned businesses because of their alleged
> discriminatory business practices. During the so-called Rodney King
> riot, a 49-year-old Korean woman, Soon Ja Du, shot Latasha Harlins, a
> 15-year-old Black girl, dead.
The asian-own business which serve the black community
often find themselve being the target of discrimination
(e.g. especially from the Nation of Islam/black nationalist
followers ) or criminal behavior from the black community.
Du's store was being targeted and harassed at the time.
In Mr. Eng's community - New York City - there was a recent
incident where New York City, black youths planned
and murdered a chinese delivery man. Asian youths in
New York City (of which Eng is one) are often the victims
of hate crimes committed by non asian youths, too.
Racism comes in all colors including black.
Eng is taking it to the extreme though. (9_9)
> But now the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama with his deep Asian roots -
> Obama was born in Hawaii - terrifies the CIA and its clients.
LOL.
Deep asian roots - what a bunch of baloney!
He's seem nice enough but he's no asian. :-)
Obama is an african american ( his daddy was a kenyan immigrant
and his mommy is from Kansas ).