Let’s Debate the Real Melting Pot

In a recent viral video hosted by VICE, a panel of young Asian Americans debated the notions of “model minorities” and “Asian Hate.” During the back-and-forth, one of the progressive panelists vigorously denounced assimilation in the US, linking it with Roosevelt’s internment camps:

“Did you think the Japanese internment was a good thing? Because that was a real assimilation situation… The term assimilation has negative history and facts associated with that word… Japanese internment is a classic example of assimilating Asian Americans”