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By: Confused about Deadly Viper shutting down? Me too! | daveingland.com

Confused about Deadly Viper shutting down? Me too! | daveingland.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:04:16 +0000

[...] and appreciated Foster & Wilhite and their ministries (a few examples from: me, Eugene Cho, David Park, Laurence Tom, Daniel So). Yes, many Asian-Americans felt hurt by the insensitive use of the Asian [...]

By: David Park

David Park — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:48:36 +0000

thanks james, an honor to have you visit the blog.

how’s the new job going? IV folks really have this matter covered, so it’s been great to see a lot of the activity led by them. maybe i should give you a call sometime and catch up.

thanks again, peace to you…

By: James

James — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:47:30 +0000

This is a great post — thoughtful, eloquent, honest. But, should I expect nothing less from you?

I’m a little late on the uptake. I’ve been co-leading some meetings that ate up the week, so I missed the blow up around this, even though Nikki T-S tried to get me in the loop. (And even though in my new role, I should be in the loop!)

Blessings, man!

By: patrick

patrick — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:34:24 +0000

Thanks for the link. Here’s my take. America, like it or not, was “founded” by white people from Europe. The majority of the population, is still of European descent. So of course the thinking and most everything will be influenced and viewed from a white lens. Granted the population of America is changing and browning, and I think we’re beginning to see the influences of that. But in most cases, society is viewed through the lens of those who are in the majority. There’s nothing inherently wrong about that and I don’t think you can realistically expect the majority to view everything through the minority viewpoint.

By: how a conflict played out in social media « djchuang.com

how a conflict played out in social media « djchuang.com — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:47:59 +0000

[...] Cho, Charles Lee, David Park, Shaun King, Glennis Shih, Skye Jethani, Rudy Carrasco, Drew Hyun, Ed Cyzewski, Daniel So, Jim [...]

By: David Park

David Park — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:27:10 +0000

i know you’re not a big fan of soong chan rah, but here’s a good video that speaks on the central place that whiteness has american consciousness and how it marginalizes everyone else, unless and until whiteness is reaffirmed through assimilation or imitation.

By: patrick ku

patrick ku — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:21:25 +0000

why do you insist you’re marginalized?

By: dannyyang

dannyyang — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:08:05 +0000

since i’ve heard SO many people bring up the turn the other cheek as a biblical mandate for asians (and by consequence, all other marginalized groups) to shut up– i would like to add that when Jesus did get slapped, he asked, “why did you strike me?”

By: .elise.anne.

.elise.anne. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:01 +0000

amen.

when my (white) people and I dehumanize or demean others, it dehumanizes and demeans ourselves. we’re caught in a trap of the deceiver, and we need to be shown the Light, and the Gospel needs to be preached to us. The Gospel isn’t “the sinner’s prayer,” it is about becoming more and more like Christ and getting more and more involved in Christ’s redemptive work.

i know it has to be difficult and draining to speak Truth to us, but thank you. we aren’t complete when we are not with the rest of the body.

By: patrick ku

patrick ku — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:51:52 +0000

David,

Appreciate the insights. I believe you are correct when you say it is our duty to let our white friends know when they’ve offended, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t. If it does cause a non-Christian asian to have negative connotations of this “western” religion then we need to remove that stumbling block. I think we just need to carefully consider how we do it, making sure its undergirded by love, and not in a half hysterical oh my gosh I can’t believe you did that mode.