“Vote to Empower Yourself, Stupid”
Volume 2:2, p. 1 (2004)
by S.B. Woo
ABSTRACT: Asian Americans (AA’s) lacks of political know-how owe itself to two primary reasons: family education and AAs political culture. AAs are mostly immigrants and therefore we are not that knowledgeable about how American politics. The second reason is that AAs lack cultural background in democracy. The article discusses how the founding fathers and writers of the Constitution intend citizens to vote, and approximates AA’s voting power. Vote for your own interest, and hence why we have a government that has multi-legislative bodies. By voting our own interests, America benefits, and relates to ‘The Invisible Hand’ theory. America’s democracy is the driven by the same force as its society, which market-driven. We need to serve politicians in order that they can in turn serve us. We also need to use our political clout to address major problems affecting AA’s such as the glass ceiling issue.
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S. Woo (2004) Vote to Empower Yourself, Stupid. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2004, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 1-9.