Here is the link to the original article and a companion piece from an Asian American male perspective.

Sister, Can You Lend an Ear?
http://aarw.info/viewpoints/2000-03%20archive/sistersear1.html

Brothers, Can You Spare Some Spine?
http://aarw.info/viewpoints/2004-2005/spine1.html

Change comes slow.

When Asians say “our women” it is in the same context as “our people” or “our family”.

I know Asian fetishist maybe are angered to hear this, Politically it would hurt their white male privilege that centuries of colonial racism has given them, it stops them from them reaching their ‘exotic little geishas’.

It makes no sense as to why those few Asian females would get offended unless they themselves have been white-washed to dislike being Asian or have chosen to disassociated themselves from their cultural identity.

Perhaps they have been sold on racist stereotypes against Asian men, as depicted to be more chauvinistic than any other race.

However this is not to say all Asian females are like there, I am certain that the majority of Asian females are fine and I love them to death for being true to Asian people.

But there is a weakness in Asian feminism because liberal feminist views are blinded by cultural ignorance.

The most depressing types of Asian feminist (self proclaimed “Asian feminist”) Who date white men and think Asian men are chauvinistic.

It’s hypocritical and that type of feminism hurts Asian men and serves white men.

Learning western feminism is basically learning to be “White feminism” and having an Asian face to go with it does not automatically indicate that Asian people are going to be liberated from racial oppression as well.

White feminist theory alone does not teach Asian female to defend against racial discrimination and focuses on gender.

Perhaps this is the real test for Asian feminism, to truly understand what they are advocating when they are representing as an Asian female.

Maybe they need to combine with Asian advocacy and contribute their work to benefit their people as well since they are victims of both race and gender inequalities. In turn also benefiting the next generation of Asians.

There is a sense of unity right there and you could probably keep this in mind as we to call out the term “Asian feminists” can be misleading.

Feminist theory is a social science and like every other science we would use it to prove a hypothesis, that needs to be backed with reason and evidence.

To be an Asian feminist, there’s no point in advocating something and then produce evidence that contradict it.

I really wonder how important is it to these types, how come they can’t live their own politics? are they acting on self interest? Do they only care up to a point at where it affects them individually?

In a western country, the patriarchy is what feminist struggle against, as an Asian women it’s “White Patriarchy” that they struggle against.

It does not serve Asian men / people but ‘white male’ privilege.

It could only be hypocritical to be an Asian feminist and then choose white males over asian males.