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I am Asian-American, and I'm growing concerned over rising discrimination against Asian-Americans. Asian-Americans have no social or political capital, i.e. in my experience, anti-Asian racism isn't taken as seriously as racism against other groups, and it isn't "trendy" to support Asian-Americans on social media. I am scared that prejudice against Asian-Americans is increasing, and neither of the two mainstream US political parties have a reliable track record for us. We're basically ignored and politically irrelevant. I predict that Asian-Americans need to quickly build social and political capital or else the coming years will be rough for us.

I feel that one of the problems is that Asian-Americans tend not to be politically active. I want to be the change I want to see in the world. Some of my thoughts:

- It's important to build soft power through culture (e.g. by having more Asian-American artists)

- Asian-Americans are said to be the "new Jews," so maybe I can look at whatever Jewish-Americans did to advocate for their rights as a model

How can I best promote Asian-American rights? Also, what can I do to protect myself from the general dirtiness and dangers that come with becoming politically involved?