Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Asian Stereotypes

Stereotypes, they're sensual, cultural weapons.
That's the way that we attack people. At an
artistic level, stereotypes are terrible writing.

Junot Diaz




"Neoteny" is "remaining young" and... human
evolution has been dominated by it. Behavioral
traits such as curiosity about the world,
flexibility of response, and playfulness is common
to all young mammals... Humanity has
advanced, not because it has been sober,
responsible, and cautious, but because it has
been playful, rebellious, and immature.

Tom Robbins


It is not the strongest of the species that survive,
nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.

Charles Darwin


The most potent weapon in the hands
of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Steven Bantu Biko


The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are
somehow different than our brothers and sisters,
allows for all the great evils.

Anna Quindlen


The problem with stereotypes is not that they are
untrue, but that they are incomplete.
They make one story become the only story.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



Eroticism is first and foremost
a thirst for otherness.

Octavio Paz


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