Sadly, I disagree. There are no negative images with positive impacts.

Considering the recent airing of a mentally disturbed asian male in the Sopranos, I wonder if the new asian male stereotype with “anger management issues” will be used against us more. Those of us who are angry about the asian interracial dating disparity, the institutionalized anti-asian double standards at our institutions of higher education, and the racist glass cielings will now be strapped down further with patronizing comments like “now dont go v-tech on us, mm-kay?”.

Cho’s characterization by the media as a foreign national is also the first stage of our american isolationism feeding back into more isolationism. The only reason why he wasnt a citizen yet was because of the increased wait times for citizenship. Now that we have increased the legal requirements for citizenship, the media is feeling welcome to raise the requirements for being considered american. How long until this feedback loop convinces us to increase the wait times even further?

If Cho was white no one would be making such a big deal of his nationality.