http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/14/opinions/asian-reaction-shootings-yang/

I have to admit I'm very confused by this position for some Asian American. My background is that I'm Chinese that grew up in a predominately poor black urban neighborhood during my childhood. I made some black friends. Mostly individuals of West Indian and Caribbean backgrounds, who were immigrants like myself. And I was a victim of Black on Asian violence, who were mostly of the legacy Black lineage. They would form "posse" and jump Asian kids in our neighborhoods. A lot of time adult Blacks would just walk by when Asians got robbed or jumped in the streets in that neighborhood.

As luck would have it, with hard work and the help of other Asians in the community we were able to leave that neighborhood. But those experiences have shaded my view on how low income Blacks behave and why they are targeted by police in non-lethal encounters. Some Blacks may view it as harassment, but from my point of view it is a necessary form of policing to reduce low level crimes, such as robbery and assault in these neighborhoods. Since as a victim of both robbery and assault by Blacks as a child I do find more police presence in the neighborhood might have prevented me from becoming a victim in those instances.

Reading Jeff Yang other articles, it seems to me he ignored that many immigrant Asian family who come over an have to live in poorer neighborhoods with Blacks. And are targeted by these very same Blacks. So the message heard by these Asians is that "Black Lives" matter more than your unfortunate "Asian Lives" in those very same neighborhoods.

To me its seems our diverging point of view comes from the fact he never lived and interacted with poor urban Blacks. He assumes that "equality" that Blacks fought and won during the civil rights era cannot be used by Blacks to get themselves out of those neighborhoods, due to still existing racism in society. I argue that it is not that they cannot, it is more like they are unwilling to use those opportunities. I say this with the confidence of living among them, being educated in the same classes as them, taking the same test as them, and competing in the same job market as them.

So it isn't the Black Lives Matter is wrong in their goals per say. But their management and how they vet the news for their cause is quite lacking. They focus on Black lethal interaction with police (which study have shown Whites are at a higher risk of dying from lethal interaction with police). Instead of Black non-lethal interaction with police (which is the main reason Blacks view Police with suspicion). It is this suspicion of police mixed in with urban Black culture of not being perceived as "weak" or "soft" that leads to many flair up of street violence. Resolving how these high risk Blacks in low income urban neighborhoods interact with authority figures in the US is the key in my opinion.

However, the recent shooting in Dallas I fear has backpedaled their cause back to square 1, if not a negative integer. So asking a blanket statement for Asian American support will not gain traction from Asian Americans with similar experiences as mine.