Sad part is a lot of Asians go into tech to avoid racism. Joke's on us?
I don't think this was racism, just fear, ignorance and bureaucracy. We happen to be in a low-grade technology/security conflict with China at the moment, so that's where investigators and prosecutors are going to pick up their annual review points at the moment.
I think the same thing could have happened with a white or Chinese Russian-American professor.
But maybe not with a white or Chinese Canadian-American professor.
Yes, there is a logical explanation. Maybe this single incident is just bad luck. No racism.
I would say the odds are 99% bad luck and 1% racism.
But it isn't the first time a Chinese scientist ran into bad luck. Do you remember this high profile case?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen_Ho_Lee#Indictment.2C_impri...
Now it's more like 89% bad luck and 11% racism.
There is also strong anti-Asian sentiment in general.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113236377590902105
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Vandalism-hate-crime-cha...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/10...
59% bad luck vs 41% racism.
Not to mention the countless stereotypes.
http://www.bustle.com/articles/106467-jeb-bush-donald-trumps...
49% vs 51%.
And all of the BS from my co workers, classmates, and random people in public places. Oh yes, so much ignorant, racist BS. The odds of racism is much greater now. Because of the racism I have experienced and witnessed, the benefit of the doubt is rarely deserved.
And please do not discredit the experience my family, my friends, and I have been through.
Is 5% of China or Japan of European or African decent? No.
This is not to say there is no racism but lets not go overboard.
Saying what you posted doesn't make your case isn't discrediting whatever you or your family has been through.
What about the Jews? They earn even more therefore anti-semitism must be a myth. Furthermore, a large percent of 1st and 2nd generation Asian Americans benefit from class privilege. Ironically class privilege is the first thing ignorant people turn to when trying to discredit white privilege.
Racism impacts my family, my friends, and me directly. This is not going overboard. This is another case of ignorant people refusing to believe people of color. Business as usual.
Why would that be? When did I say there is no racism? Is there anti-semitism in the US? Sure. But little and inconsequential in the everyday lives of Jews.
A lot of Jews made pretty good money in Germany in 1930. Too much money, some people felt.
Of course, whites legally kill blacks in broad daylight. Race isn't monolithic; oppressions intersect. Oppression isn't going to be applied evenly to minorities. Even whites have their own oppressions; certainly most are wage-slaves. Half suffer from misogyny.