#stopAAPIhate

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As Asian-Americans, seeing horrific attacks on the elders in our community go viral on Instagram and Twitter feels absolutely disgusting.  After witnessing anti-Asian hate crimes peaking for the SECOND TIME in the pandemic, it is imperative for us to condemn this violence in an informed and effective way. 

Mindy, Angel, Katelyn, and Yumi explain why seeing so many people post about “spreading awareness” on this issue can often feel tokenizing and just like another exploitative trend. We dissect infographic posts and talk about why “begging” for this specific issue to reach mainstream media shouldn’t be our utmost priority.

More importantly, we dive into how the model minority myth has been wrongfully encouraging anti-Blackness and stereotyping Black men to be enemies of our community. It is also unproductive to say things like “where was the energy that supported BLM” because comparing the oppression of Asians and Black people denies the reality that white supremacy is the real issue. Activism is NOT transactional. We shouldn’t let a few anti-Black/performative Asians or a few anti-Asian Black people divide us further.