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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 12, 2010 12:25:14 GMT -5
The Phillipines excepted Eurasians are pretty much nonexistent in legislative bodies or governments. It doesn't really make any sense to wait after monoracials to conduct positive change.
Why do you think so few EAs are involved in politics?
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Post by palavore on Apr 13, 2010 22:00:40 GMT -5
As a minority, Asians and EAs are well represented in the U.S. given their small voting population.
Asians don't like voting and mixed race individuals don't have a strong enough political identity (part of the tribal mentality) to warrant voting or participation--except for President Obama who advertised his whiteness to white people and his blackness to black people. The political calculations of race (and being mixed race) only factors in where there are racial tensions between large groups. That's U.S. politics.
In Asia, politicians are bred from patriarchal political dynasties. Alliances are formed through marriage. Marrying a white woman won't help them expand their family influence in that part of the world. Sure they'll have a few bastard children, but they won't ever see the political limelight. They might pose for magazine covers or become the playthings of high society, but never a serious candidate for power.
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Post by betahat on Apr 14, 2010 3:12:26 GMT -5
There are (or were) a few EAs in politics in Singapore. I think in general there just aren't enough of us, but I'm sure we'll see one or two EAs with elected office in North America in our lifetime as our numbers are growing. In absolute terms I don't think we're more under-represented than many other groups, though when there are zero politicians I guess we're relatively under-represented compared to any group that has a politician.
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Post by Ganbare! on Apr 14, 2010 3:56:15 GMT -5
I think many Eurasians whether race-aware or not internalized their difference from the rest of society including other minorities, obviously there are universal preoccupations no matter the race, social status or political leaning but like palavore stated EAs have no natural political base to start with, that's not really stimulating.
Sorry for feeding the stereotype but I think EAs are less likely to be involved in their country's affairs because of a limited affiliation with it. Due to several generally shared characteristics (minority within minorities, lack of political/media representation or multilinguism/international outlook on things) it's more natural for us to either favor our personal life, private organizations (NGOs, associations, foundations..) or international politics at least that's what I've observed.
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