Astral Codex Ten

Oriental

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Oriental

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Oriental is a recurring concept in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between June 07, 2023 and May 01, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “gave me the exotic Oriental wisdom I was looking for”; “by combining the old category “Oriental” together with Indians, Pakistanis, Thais”. It most often appears alongside MeToo, StopAAPIHate, StopAAPIHate.

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  • Category: Concepts
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: June 07, 2023
  • Last seen: May 01, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Assistant Dictator Book Club: America Against America
June 07, 2023 · Original source
Okay, fine, this chapter was good and gave me the exotic Oriental wisdom I was looking for:
How is this barrier formed? It starts with the environment in which Americans are raised. I think many young couples are too individualistic and selfish to pay much attention to the support and education of their children, not like the Orientals, who expect their children to grow up, and not like the traditional Westerners who devote their hearts and souls to them. Very young children, not even a year old, are usually sent to a separate room, the American concept is that this allows the child to learn to have a private domain, to learn to have their own domain, on the other hand, can also protect the private domain of the parents. This is the beginning of children learning to be independent. Independence and individualism are highly valued by Americans. Parents instill this in their children and at the same time protect themselves. They do not want to lose this to themselves as a result of the birth of a child. Their innermost, perhaps unconscious, motivations push them to encourage their children to “go first” and “stand on their own two feet. In terms of social effects, this may have positive implications. Children are taught early on that they should make their own decisions and be responsible for their own actions. This allows parents to get rid of their children earlier.
Book Review: The Origins Of Woke
May 01, 2024 · Original source
They created the concept of “Asian-American” by combining the old category “Oriental” together with Indians, Pakistanis, Thais, etc. Then, under pressure from the Hawaiian delegation, they added Pacific Islanders to create a even more heterogenous and meaningless category of “AAPI” (Asian American or Pacific Islander). Then, under more pressure from Hawaii later, they separated out “Native Hawaiian” again. The result is that Pakistanis, Koreans, and Tongans are the “same race”, but Hawaiians and Samoans are “different races”.