Nervous Asians

By: Raquel Zazen

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Racism is wrong in all its forms, but the worst racism that we have seen historically is "scientific racism", which is racist ideologies embedded into pseudo scientific ideas. These are generally debunked and shown to be untrue as new technology refines their underlying falsities with actual science, and this true science leads to exposing the truth and hypocrisy behind what has been sold as truth. Science is constantly changing, and the human genome project that was participated in by most nations throughout the world proved the out of Africa hypothesis for humans living throughout the globe. Since the 1990s, genetics has unveiled some mysteries regarding our species and the diversity of hominids that most of us call ancestors that procreated and lived alongside other hominids peacefully as they migrated from Africa to other parts of the Earth; thus, all humans share 99.9% of the same DNA, which has a smorgasbord of homo sapien, Neandarthal, Denisovan, and other unknown homids genetic influences. The American Psychological Association added "taijin kyofusho " or "the disorder of fear" classified in Japan to the DSM-IV in 1994, and it is contained in the revised version of the DSM-V in 2022. Phobias, like facial expressions, are common among all human populations around the globe, regardless of culture; in the science of psychiatry, there is a strict separation between the classification of mental illnesses and culture. Environment and culture can assist helping a person develop a mental illness, but it's not the cause. This has long been established in psychiatry just like "bigotry" isn't a mental illness. Racism is wrong and acts of it can occur more frequently when someone is depressed, schizophrenic, sociopathic, psychopathic, etc..., but it's not a mental illness. So, why has the APA changed the criteria for the Japanese and the classification "taijin kyofusho"? "The disorder of fear" is just a social phobia that can be experienced by all humans, but by allowing the exception of the classification, the APA has enabled Japanese racism. 97% of Japan's population is Japanese, and they have virtually no immigration. 90% of China is Han Chinese, and they have no immigration in conjunction with the Chinese Communist Party using the finding of a homo erectus fossil, the Peking Man, in 1921 to bolster racism and nationalism since 1997, despite their participation in the human genome project earlier in the same decade. All education in East Asia focus on rote memorization of scientific facts, and there is virtually no liberal arts education, which has indirectly lead to increased racism and indoctrination of the people in the region. What Charlie Kirk and other anti-liberal arts education supporters forget is that liberal arts education may not directly lead to employment or profit, but it allows people in their formative years to be open to different views, areas of study that make society better and more inclusive, and that allow individuals to develop intercultural culture communication skills and to empathize. In fact, liberal arts education is priceless, it leads to increased inclusivity, and it's what makes university in the Western countries universities, not a continuation of primary and secondary schooling. It also allows for open discourse in which people, like Kirk, can oppose the status quo; this is something that doesn't exist in other nations, and it's an essential component of a democratic, inclusive, and freethinking society.