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.

  • mxnoodles [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I mean even when you’re talking about religious buildings, the US has a Proud and Storied History of black churches being firebombed and burnt to the ground. Lynchings, forced sterilization, extrajudicial murder carried out by agents of the state - when people talk about antiblackness (particularly in the USA) it’s not to diminish the various forms of oppression different groups face under a white supremacist state, but to have a clear-eyed view of the specific character of oppression black people have faced in this country for centuries.