Hoa Pham

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

after the asian australian meet up

Last night had another Asian Australian meet up. Myself, Tseen, Tom, Chi Vu and Susan Lee were there. More stimulating conversation including a question from Suze- how can we get Asian Australians to mobilise? I half jokingly said bring on another Pauline Hanson. Suze wondered why there wasn't an asian-australian rights movement like in the US. Maybe another comparison would be in NZ where the government apologised to Chinese Kiwis for deporting them in the 19th century. The response was mixed, I read about people who thought they should just move on (they were Chinese Kiwis) and others who thought it was great. The climate in NZ is good for that sort of thing whilst here not even the basic sorry to indigenous people could happen.
The conversations about Peril are becoming more concrete. Our first issue is going to be about nerds- inspired by the fact that all three of us played dungeons and dragons!
I personally think that if there is enough momentum a movement will be born...

3 Comments:

  • hi hoa

    I notice you have some blog-spam, too. I got one today and deleted. have also switched on word verification in comments (one of the settings for your blog) so that spammers can't just leave you crap.

    have been enjoying reading about your writing and projects.

    more soon
    tseen

    By Blogger Tseen, at 11:03 PM  

  • hi tseen

    thanks for the tip on blog spam! very useful!

    Cheers Hoa

    By Blogger Hoa, at 9:07 AM  

  • http://www.tzemingmok.com/asian_angst/asianangst_archives.html

    Asian angst in NZ

    By Blogger Unknown, at 6:36 PM  

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