MRAsians
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The Asian men's rights movement, often shortened as MRAsians, is a controversial men's rights subculture among Asian-American men.
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The movement has been linked by some to harassment of Asian-American women, misogyny, anti-blackness, and Asian-supremacist views.
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Alternative Perspectives
[edit]Some scholars argue that the depiction of MRAsian communities is overly generalized and fails to consider the broader context of systemic inequities, including the historical impact of colonialism and media stereotypes on Asian masculinity.[1]
Background
[edit]The MRAsian movement emerged as a response to the historical emasculation of Asian-American men produced by discriminatory laws and stereotypes found in media depictions.[2]
Broader Context
[edit]Others have argued that the dynamics of interracial dating involving Asian Americans cannot be fully understood without considering the legacy of colonialism, racial hierarchies, and media representation.
Ideology and views
[edit]Online communities
[edit]The MRAsian community has previously been reported to have been active on the website Reddit, with the subreddit r/aznidentity reported to have contained many such members.[3][unreliable source?] According to Chinese-American writer Celeste Ng, several Asian American woman public figures have received harassment after being criticized on the subreddit.[4] It has also been reported that subreddit encouraged the use of fake Twitter accounts with an attractive looking Asian man as a profile picture to amplify their viewpoints.[3][5][unreliable source?]
Controversy
[edit]Some members of the MRAsian community have harassed Asian Americans that they deem to be race traitors or to have harmed the interests of Asian-American men.[3]
Some MRAsians have also criticized and harassed various Asian American public figures, including author Celeste Ng and actors Constance Wu and Ken Jeong; the former two for dating white men and the latter for participating in what they perceive to be negative on-screen portrayals of Asian Americans.[3] [unreliable source?]Harassment from some MRAsians has caused some Asian American public figures to become reluctant to engage in public discourse on sensitive issues.[4][6]
One Yale student received online harassment and threats from MRAsians after she criticized anti-Black racism in the Asian American community.[3][unreliable source?]
Criticism
[edit]Researcher Angela Liu indicates that MRAsians' opposition to feminism is an "incoherent solution" to Asian American men's issues.[7] Liu notes that much of the academic research into discrimination against Asian American men is rooted in feminism,[7] and that the cultural emasculation of Asian American men is a result of White supremacy and not feminism.[8] She also argues that MRAsians who see Asian women as privileged confuse sexual desirability and societal privilege, noting that non-white groups stereotyped as desirable are subjugated and fetishized, rather than privileged.[9]
Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- DeCook, Julia Rose (2019). Curating the future : the sustainability practices of online hate groups (Media and Information Studies — Doctor of Philosophy thesis). Michigan State University. doi:10.25335/3c04-1e84.
- Liu, Angela (2021). "MRAsians: A Convergence between Asian American Hypermasculine Ethnonationalism and the Manosphere". Journal of Asian American Studies. 24 (1): 93–112. doi:10.1353/jaas.2021.0012. ISSN 1096-8598.
- Mak, Aaron (2021-09-15). ""Men's Rights Asians" Think This Is Their Moment". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
- Ng, Celeste (2018-10-12). "When Asian Women Are Harassed for Marrying Non-Asian Men". The Cut. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- Power, Platforms, & Politics: Asian Americans & Disinformation 2022 Landscape Report (PDF) (Report). August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2024.