MTV busts the myth of the hard-working Asian-American, who benefits from less racism

Remember when MTV — Music Television — played music videos?

We’ll admit we quit watching MTV quite a while back, but it seems the network has gone all-in on tackling racism — in its own, unique, ineffective way. Remember “White People,” directed by celebrity illegal alien Jose Antonio Vargas?

.@MTV's "White People" is not "publicly shaming" whites. That's not the goal. Goal is to spark constructive conversations.

— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) July 9, 2015

Better yet, remember MTV’s ill-advised 2017 New Year’s resolutions for “white guys”? That video was such an embarrassment the network actually pulled it.

That doesn’t mean the network has stopped trying. Now it has a show called “Decoded,” featuring episodes like “White People Whitesplain Whitesplaining,” and in the latest episode, MTV busts the racist idea of “the super wealthy, educated Asian American.” Did you know there are actually poor Asian-Americans? Watch comedian Lily Du as long as you can stand it:

The archetype of the super wealthy, educated Asian American is a common one. @LilyD breaks down the myth of the "Model Minority" on the latest episode of #MTVDecoded. pic.twitter.com/7diLo1t9pi

— MTV (@MTV) March 14, 2018

I’m missing how lily was a comedian/funny? And why must you always talk to us like we are 5? Painful.

— Amanda (@abpontor) March 20, 2018

Oh boy I love getting talked to like a 5 year old it definitely makes me accepting to what I'm being told ???

— MUT (@MUT80816909) March 20, 2018

“Asians aren’t a model minority, we succeed b/c whites are less racist against us!”
This completely dismisses the amount of WORK Asians have to do to get ahead (like everyone else!)
Saying it’s the benevolence of whites that allows Asians to succeed makes Asians sound like pets. https://t.co/Xl4vz16ja0

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) March 20, 2018

@MTV we’re all tired of your race baiting.
Stop projecting your obsession with skin color onto everyone else, and for goodness’ sake, sort yourselves out.

— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) March 20, 2018

I am Chinese and this just boils my blood. Do you know how much effort I had to put into study so that I could get into top college in China then get over here for PhD? And all this simply erased by “less racism”.

— Frostmeteor (@Frostmeteor) March 20, 2018

Amazing how “anti-racist” activists can get away with dehumanizing a group of human beings by claiming that any comparative success is tied to the benevolence of “white people”. So dismissive of the actual industriousness that individuals exhibited in order to achieve success.

— Matt B (@WheresTheER) March 20, 2018

Oh, yes, the successes and failures of EVERY GROUP ON EARTH depends on white people.

White people really make the world go 'round apparently. Is that what you're trying to say, MTV. https://t.co/NNPXUWRIeZ

— ℂ. (@_turgon) March 20, 2018

So what you're saying is, Asian people don't have Asian privilege when they get preferential treatment and white people do have white privilege when they get preferential treatment?

— John Hunter (@Laserchalk) March 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/MichaelCoughlin/status/976186216143118338

https://twitter.com/alexmackintyre/status/973879847826132992

Did you know that some white people AREN'T rich?

Therefore it doesn't matter that other white people are rich. They aren't any more priveleged at birth than a person of another race born in America.

Wait. What narrative is this? https://t.co/9QBTmMYShv

— Justice for Titanfall! (@freedmin1) March 20, 2018

Imagine actually drinking up everything MTV has to say and believing in it with all your heart. https://t.co/iQuigbNdrg

— ??????? ?????????, ??? (@FallOfGondolin) March 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/Awoooment/status/976229909826887686

https://twitter.com/LowresWB/status/976170629006266369

https://twitter.com/peterisfunny/status/976163890718543872

You should be embarrassed pushing this garbage.

— Madam B (@madamB5) March 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/JeremyMSzot/status/976161301885079555

https://twitter.com/mattglenn29/status/976220185433538560

https://twitter.com/Tricksyhobbitss/status/976176198832312320

Why is MTV nothing but preachy propaganda now?

The YouTube content creators that it recruits are just used as corporate mouthpieces.

This show is, by definition, racist. Humorously, defenders of this sort of drivel claim that it is racist to point out how racist it is. ?

— High Priest Of Gavin (@High_Priest_Dog) March 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/AHorseRightHere/status/976233530932908032

In case you need a palate cleanser after that, here’s the late David Bowie asking Mark Goodman back in 1983 why MTV never played black artists:

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 19, 2016