I hope I am not offending, however due to my career choice, Molecular Biology, I interact with many Asian populations. As a result, I have learned a miniscule amount of what is being discussed here. Moreover, due to my current residence, there is a HUGE Asian population--which I think is a WONDERFUL thing to have in a city...
As far as the "model minority" stereotype--and I deplore stereotypes
In my city, this is the FIRST time I have EVER seen that many Asians actually stand up and say, "HEY, we have been discriminated against, dammit!!!" And historically, they have been and are in some ways that I do not quite understand from their perspective (and due to my own ignorance) they are right now.
But what shocked me more than anything else was when I had a bite at a Cantonese diner, the young ladies I was eating with, told me that their parents told them that they could NEVER speak in their native tongue to ANYONE in public--especially, like at a wedding!!!
They said that they would offend the elders by being too American(ized)...
I don't know about y'all, but that would break my heart if I was ever told that... I guess the closest I could relate it to, is this "light skinned/dark skinned", "good hair/nappy hair" thing that uneducated black folks ally themselves with... It's like all consuming... DAYUM!!!
One thing I see that AGLO's might want to consider, including forming a Asian Greek Alliance, is not only incorporate, but also set aside specific activities that are strongly needed in the Asian college student community and beyond... I don't know what brings Asian groups together in unity... And I HATE lumping... Because fortunately, in the United States, at the time that the most Asian population became US citizens, each ethnic group was considered and not junked all up together like African Americans as a part of my history...
I dunno, but the "word on the street" where I live is that most Asian folks know there are different ethnic populations, but they all need one unified voice together for their rights to be heard... So in some ways they are "lumping together" (i.e. Chinese with Koreans with Filipinos with SE Asians, etc.) out of necessity--at least in my city...
In some ways, it works... In other ways... Well, I don't know or I don't understand and maybe I will never understand...
sidebar: I don't know about y'all ladies, but I think Jet Li is fizzine... I don't know what it is about him that I like, but he is very attractive to me... So, if y'all don't want him, I'll be more than happy to take him off y'all's hand...
And so is John Lone as well as Chow Yun Phat... Oh wait, I'm married, DAYUM!!! /sidebar