“The second approach, which I call the racial hierarchy approach, emphasizes the ordering of groups into a single scale of status and privilege with whites on top, blacks on the bottom, and all other groups somewhere in between.” (Page 106)
This quote really stood out to me because this is sadly on of the ways society is viewed today. The article gives very little reasoning as to why this approach has Blacks on the bottom, rather just states the approach. I think that the fact that this type of idea has a specific name isn’t right.
Kim argues that Asian Americans have been racially triangulated for an immense amount of time. She says that they have been racially triangulated since its inception in the mid-1800s. Angelo Ancheta said that Asians were often looked at as “outsiders and aliens”. Kim does a great job of informing people about a problem that is going on within our society. It is very often over looked and should be fixed.
I totally agree with you when you say “I think that the fact that this type of idea has a specific name isn’t right”. When some issue is given a name, that means it has a some sort of importance, it is not something that can be brushed to the side.
Although this type of mentality that has been exposed in this excerpt isn’t right, I’m glad that in today’s world more is being done to address these issues and that many other people around our age don’t agree with that “racial hierarchy” notion.