The long Western legacy of violence against Asian Americans

[hollodero]

(03-15-2021, 08:24 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Are we trying to pretend western isn’t code (I know the love of identifying codes and dog whistles) for white Europeans or of white European descent?

On the other hand though. Whenever some hard right-wing pundits talk about the superiority of western culture or muse about the need to defend western civilization, said pundits are deeply offended by the mere assumption they meant "white" by "western" too.

If western means white always seems to depend on who wants to attack and defend which side.