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Resistance Is Not Futile: Challenging Aapi Hate, Peter H. Huang
Resistance Is Not Futile: Challenging Aapi Hate, Peter H. Huang
William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice
This Article analyzes how to challenge AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) hate—defined as explicit negative bias in racial beliefs towards AAPIs. In economics, beliefs are subjective probabilities over possible outcomes. Traditional neoclassical economics view beliefs as inputs to making decisions with more accurate beliefs having indirect, instrumental value by improving decision-making. This Article utilizes novel economic theories about belief-based utility, which economically captures the intuitive notion that people can derive pleasure and pain directly from their and other people’s beliefs. Even false beliefs can offer comfort and reassurance to people. This Article also draws on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary theories …
Asian Americans: The "Reticent" Minority And Their Paradoxes, Pat K. Chew
Asian Americans: The "Reticent" Minority And Their Paradoxes, Pat K. Chew
William & Mary Law Review
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