No Fats, No Femmes, No Asians: Response to Kris Yi's "Asian American Experience: The Illusion of Inclusion and the Model Minority Stereotype"

This response to Kris Yi's paper, Asian American Experience: The Illusion of Inclusion and the Model Minority Stereotype considers the ways in which we are libidinally invested in structures of Whiteness. Using queer theory as well as critical race and postcolonial theory, this paper questions...

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Published inPsychoanalytic dialogues Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 69 - 76
Main Author Merchant, Almas (Ally)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hillsdale Routledge 02.01.2023
Taylor & Francis Inc
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Summary:This response to Kris Yi's paper, Asian American Experience: The Illusion of Inclusion and the Model Minority Stereotype considers the ways in which we are libidinally invested in structures of Whiteness. Using queer theory as well as critical race and postcolonial theory, this paper questions the impossibilities of inclusion and the inescapable seduction of Whiteness. Centering Fanon's writing on decolonization, this paper argues for the necessity of violence, intrapsychically as well as interpersonally, for structures to fundamentally change rather than seeking inclusion within already existing organizational models that have been informed by exclusivity and whiteness.
ISSN:1048-1885
1940-9222
DOI:10.1080/10481885.2023.2160175