Violence against Asians is on the rise, hate crimes are up 1900%. And I also don't care how so-called 'pc' reporting Asian hate crimes is. It's very obviously anti-black. Every time Asian-Americans are on the news it's always oriented towards how good they conform to white society. You don't hear about the pain and suffering Asian people have to go through and this leaves ingredients for reactionary behavior. A news reporter referred to Black people as 'the Blacks' the other day. If you look at twitter, reddit, and tiktok comments, there are tons of trolls, the ignorant, and reactionaries stirring up trouble.

A lot of comments from both communities are, "where were asians/blacks when tragedy xyz happened?" A better question is, how come there's a lack of coverage of when both communities come together since the 60s? The media is pitting both communities against each other to cover up the fact that America has failed Black people in all facets of life, and to cover up for its lack of covid-19 prevention.

  • TimeCubeEvangelist [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    And we need to be honest about how actual black and Asian people are starting shit

    woke anti-racist who denies agency of anyone who isn't white

    I can’t see “Asian lives matter” as anything other than an anti black statement

    not all Asians are petit bourgeois business owners.

    I legit hold my hands in front of my body when shopping at Asian stores. How can that be made good?

    Remind them that the ruling class steals 99% of our stuff and we're just grabbing at crumbs. If they actually cared about theft...

    • purr [undecided]
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      4 years ago

      #Not All Asians are petit bourgeois owners but many of the businesses owned in black communities / the landlords of black communities are Asian. Obviously not all but it’s enough of a phenom (of which extreme racism is done against us) that it’s worth mentioning.

      This point Isn’t meant to further demonize Asians by painting them as all rich and evil. It’s meant to point out that there is a material exploitative relationship in black nyc communities between Asian and black people that absolutely should be a part of this conversation as it fuels the divide between our communities. ( This also happens throughout the country but ima focus on what I personally know. ) the nyt even just wrote an article about the Asian business presence in black communities !

      Also being offended at Asian Lives Matter isn’t a reaction of Asians being owners, it’s a reaction of Black Lives Matter is MINE and not YOURS. And given the absolute anti blackness of the Asian community, is disrespectful as fuck. We say BLM because we are being MURDERED by the state. Asians are not. You don’t get to aid the state’s ritual murder of us (and yes this is what calling the cops on us is) and then take the phrase we created to try to stop that murder.

      This is also not just for Asians any type of “___ Lives Matter” used for a race related non black cause is gross as fuck IMO and will always make me side eye.

      I’d love to remind the Asian business owners who’ve tried to call the cops on me that were all one people but I’m too busy trying not to die sorry