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Podcast: Escape From Plan A
Episode: Ep. 153 (Preview): Munchausen By Proxy Over Stockholm Syndrome
Description: The online Asian American discourse often involves accusations of "Stockholm Syndrome," which infers that particular Asian American writers and other public voices suffer from a kind of white worship as a result of being under white supremacist or colonialist oppression. However, this stark relationship doesn't seem to properly describe the relationship we have with liberal, multicultural institutions such as the New York Times, which conscientiously includes Asian American voices. We consider whether Munchausen By Proxy is a better analogy to describe why such institutions seem to promote tropey Asian American narratives of our own lack of authenticity, not seeing ourselves...