Upcoming Podcast on the Asian Man/Woman Thing
Hey All,
I’m announcing an upcoming podcast entitled, “The Asian Man/Woman Thing,” where we will discuss the gender divide in Asian America. We are recording on Friday this week, so if you are interested in participating, post here and let me know, and I’ll let you know where to call. (I’m still working on the tech issues…) So far, it looks like we’re going to have a star-studded crowd: urB4N from the 44s, The Minority Militant, The Anti-Social Ladder, Alpha-Asian, Winnovative, and Larry and Jason from big WOWO will all be there. This is a great opportunity to make your voice heard, and we’re looking to get as many voices as we can.
Whatever happens, we’re going into this with the hope of creating constructive dialogue. We’ve heard the “get over it” arguments many times, and none of the current participants believe that “get over it” is going to work; indeed, the reason we’ve been discussing this online for so long is that “get over it” hasn’t worked. It’s clearly an issue for many, if not all, Asian Americans. My own interest in this subject is the question of how we can help young Asian Americans.
Here are some of the issues we will discuss:
-How prevalent or real is the gender division in the AA community? Is it concentrated in certain generations–like 2.0+ generation as opposed to the immigrant generation?
-What are the root causes for this divisiveness?
-What role does the IR issue figure in this divide?
-Most importantly, what should be done concretely to address and heal this division?
- Are AA gender differences about power? How have AA gender differences “evolved”?
- How do we help fix gender ’stereotypes’ of the AA community?
- What are some ways of enhancing the Asian male self esteem without the perpetuation of sexism for females?
If you’re interested in being a part of this great Asian American blogosphere collaboration, please let me know.
