Kalaya’an - Your Protest Safety Kuya
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🦄✊🏽🌈🇵🇭🦻🏽 | He or They/Them | Community Safety, Mutual Protection & Solidarity | All Tweets My Own | #WeKeepUsSafe 📸: Mikiodo
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It’s because we wore and passed out masks, distributed hand sanitizer and cared for one another more than this government did for us.
You know what didn't turn into a super-spreader event? Any of the BLM protests
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Got hella stares from people for looking like an Asian Darth Vader on this completely maskless flight and quite frankly, I’m ok with that.
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I am not Palestinian. I’m Filipino. My Ancestors who survived thru colonization, occupation & genocide under settler colonial & imperial oppressors, are screaming across time: this has happened before and it cannot happen again. They call me to rise w/ the Palestinian people.
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We don’t carry AR-15’s.
You know who does? Murderers.
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@Piucat
Yup. Just called 3M and basically had the wrong filters on the entire time.
Note to self: Don’t mix up your COVID safety supplies with protest safety supplies and scramble for your 6am flight only use the wrong bloody filter cartridges.
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Tonight in Brooklyn Park things were peaceful and nonviolent. It wasn’t until the state started using munitions, chemical weapons and kettling us in where it turned violent. They made it violent. I’m still shaking knowing that this is happening across the country.
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I am a Filipinx American residing on stolen Native land, in a country built by & on the lives & forced labor of enslaved Africans; I have a responsibility to show up to do the work of dismantling wh*te supremacy & this settler colonial operation alongside Black & Indigenous folx.
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I’ve been numb the last couple of days.
This broke me. We live in a nightmare.
After an incident of community violence, children (and adults) need to be reminded they are safe and loved. By limiting media exposure & making space for big feelings, caregivers can create a safe space. 💛
For resources on coping with violence, visit
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I made these last summer for solidarity actions here in NYC. If you need a
#Asians4BlackLives
sign for an action in your area I’ll be happy to send you a file to print or post.
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Asian fam. Now that we have been largely vocal about fighting white supremacy & the violence that comes with it, we are going to need to show up for our Muslim, South Asian and West Asian relatives in the coming days. There is no better balm for grief than embodying solidarity.
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Since
#AsianAmericans
aren’t a monolith I created a couple more posters in the
#Asians4BlackLives
series for folks to use at protests. Email me if you want a file: kala
@acrossfrontlines
.org and if you use them on social kindly attribute to: Kalaya’an Mendoza
@kalamendoza
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Asian fam. If you’re sick of the attacks on our ppl & want to build safety that isn’t reliant on the cops but rather on community centered leadership, let’s talk. I’ve dedicated my life to protection work.
Let’s build something together. We can’t wait for anyone to do it for us.
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Asian American men, can we please drop the “We Gotta Protect Our Women” line?
Patriarchy isn’t going to protect us.
Anti Blackness isn’t going to protect us.
True safety is based in community care, solidarity & listening to & following the needs of the most marginalized.
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For folx who are pissed and new to nonviolent direct action and civil resistance, here is how you can prepare for a protest or action.
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Activists chanting “Palestine Will Be Free” while taking Park Avenue.
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I fled the Philippines with my parents at the height of the Marcos Regime during Martial Law.
I cannot imagine the fear and rage my People back home are experiencing right now with another Marcos coming into power.
How can we in diaspora support you all in this moment?
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It’s giving Mandalorian. It’s giving mysterious. She is serving face and KN94 24/7 365 143 realness hunty. She said who keeps us safe? We keep us safe, sweety dahling. 🧚🏽♂️🫦😷💅🏽
Yolo. Did I do this correctly?
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If you’re only having your events on Clubhouse you’re excluding Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks, like myself. You’re missing out. We are absolutely charming, dahling. Please don’t be an exclusionary Ableist fuck, it’s just not a good look. Also Clubhouse is prob surveilling you.
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To my non Asian fam in case you’re at a loss and struggling to figure out how to care for your Asian loved ones and our community right now, I gently invite you to use this script.
Feel free to take what is useful and applicable. Leave what isn’t.
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I’m tired and Asian. Here is a picture of a time when I didn’t yet realize that this place was so hateful.
Asian fam, I’d love to see a picture of y’all experiencing joy. Care to share?
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@DrEricDing
Thank you, truly. You have been a edifice of life saving information throughout this living nightmare. And I’ll gladly concede the Asian Darth Vader title. 🙏🏽
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Dear Asian Sibling who is doomscrolling right now:
I gently invite you to drink some water or take a few deep breaths or watch something silly or channel the generational rage of our Ancestors to protect all our Peoples.
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I’m keeping my mask on like they’ve done in Asian countries post SARS.
I say that recognizing that being Asian & wearing a mask in this white supremacist settler colonial state makes me a target.
All that said, We Keep Us Safe.
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@asians4palestinenyc
ringing in the
#LunarNewYear
calling for a Free Pa1estine and end to the gen0cide in G8za.
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To my Sikh fam & all my Brown Asian fam:
I see you. Love you. And will do everything I can to protect us.
To my East Asian fam, I need y’all to remember when you say
#StopAsianHate
that we need to commit to
#ProtectAllAsianLives
.
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I really think that our Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cousins should have their own month.
A month where their heritage is centered & not an afterthought.
It’s disingenuous to say that we are uplifting NHPI voices & leadership in May when we just plain aren’t.
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We as Filipino Americans need to care about what is happening in the Philippines because we live in the belly of empire and have a responsibility to our People, our homeland and our collective future.
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@gazely_stare
I was on JetBlue and when I asked the ticket agent if I would have any issues with this on the flight she looked at me & said that masks were optional. So that was confusing. Everything is.
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I invite my Asian American fam to learn about the heritage of resistance of our Pasifika relatives this
#AAPIHeritageMonth
.
To start you off kindly Google:
Prof. Haunani Kay Trask
Kū Kia’i Mauna Movement
Polynesian Panther Party
Pacific Climate Warriors
Tino Rangatiratanga
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To everyone that showed up, cared for and deeply loved Black Trans Folx today, I love and appreciate y’all with all of my heart.
May we always follow the leadership and vision of those most mariginalized.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
#BrooklynLiberation
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Hair, I’m proud of you for standing up to this humidity. Also I just look better with a mask on.
We are still in a pandemic and a surveillance state. Masks just make sense. Please be safe out there y’all.
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Settler capitalism and disaster capitalism are a festering rot upon humanity.
If you are from Lāhainā & are receiving phone calls from realtors asking to purchase your property following the fire, please record their name, company & home address for us & post it.
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@chino_blac
If this thing existed I’d use my homosexual demon powers to banish it back to the void from whence it can.
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Tonight I broke down sobbing on stage while moderating a
#StopAAPIHate
forum. Holding space & listening to the fear, anxiety & profound pain my community is facing every day & feeling ashamed that I can’t do more to keep us safe is killing my soul.
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When Native Hawaiians tell you to NOT come to their islands and you still go, you know what that makes you?
A selfish colonizer.
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Last minute meeting change so I decided to turn this privacy pod into a photo booth.
And yes my office & my team still masks because this is one small way we can demonstrate care for our communities.
We keep us safe = Mask up.
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Today was dedicated to a healing & resistance w/ the Black &Asian community at the sacred site of the George Floyd Square Memorial here in Minneapolis.
As Grace Lee Boggs said “The only way to survive is by taking care of one another.”
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackAsianSolidarity
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Had the honor of celebrating the first day of
#AAPIHeritageMonth
with
@shania_twink
, this handsome gentleman & I picnicked and had intense discussions about WHAT IS THIS KNOT PRETZEL THING [
#AAPI
] seriously. What is it?
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I’m Queer, Filipinx, 40 & been single most of my life. I bought into the settler construct of only finding ones worth thru marriage/primary partner. This analysis & framework by Dr.
@KimTallBear
profoundly liberated me from that colonized mode of thinking.
On Ep 5 of
#Allmyrelationspodcast
,
@KimTallBear
tells us she’s never “single”: “I don’t live alone in this world, I have all kinds of relations & meaningful relationships. I don’t think we should have to identify as singled or coupled up. We are all in relation, period.”
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Passing out N95 respirators and candy.
We keep us safe. This is the way.
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Street medics protect people. Period.
We carry first aid kits, snacks and hand warmers.
Murderers like Kyle Rittenhouse carry AR-15s.
Found a medic. Asked him where his AR-15 is.
“What AR-15?”
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“Black people have been beaten, jailed, even killed fighting for many of the rights that Asian Americans enjoy today,” Xu wrote. “We owe them so much in return. We are all fighting against the same unfair system that prefers we compete against each other.”
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The casual brutality of ignoring another human being while they are getting violently beaten is sickening beyond words. It’s complicity.
She was just walking to church. She could have been my mother.
I wish I could walk every elder safely home. I hate this. I hate this.
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I think this merits repeating:
You do not need to be white to uphold white supremacy.
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Just putting this out there: I know my overall vibe is community safety, mutual protection & stopping anti Asian hate but I also would LOVE to be asked to be invited to fun, joyful events for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Month. Please.
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To my Asian siblings, most especially women/femme/trans and non-binary folx what can community care and support look like for you right now?
You’ve all carried the work and the burden of violence in these nightmarish times.
How can we show up for you?
Have you eaten yet?
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Reposting with Alt Text because…damn.
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Just got my test results in, I was only sick with the shingles this week and not monkeypox. yay.
I wasn’t told to self isolate. I did.
I wasn’t told to consistently wear a N95 mask. I did.
It’s clear to me that those entrusted in our collective health have given up.
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Our community came together at sunset to remember GuiYing Ma & to share a moment of meditation & silence amidst the living nightmare we are in.
She died from her injuries after being attacked with a rock while sweeping outside her home.
She was just sweeping the leaves.
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@Travon
He is a manifestation of the anti-Blackness in our communities and the colonized need to prop up white supremacy in order to access the crumbs it throws at us. He is complicit and needs to be held into account. He is also a symptom & we need to get to the root of the sickness.
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Hi. If you have a Hmong friend, Venmo them some party funds today. Every Hmong person deserves to celebrate Suni Lee’s Olympic victory and her solidarity with her teammate Simone Biles.
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I want to emanate deep love & gratitude to all the non-Asian Black, Indigenous & other People of Color who have been calling out anti Asian racism & Western Imperialism, by individuals & the State. When we rise in this new world, because we will, may we forever rise together.
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He is a manifestation of the anti-Blackness in our communities and the colonized need to prop up white supremacy in order to access the crumbs it throws at us. He is complicit and needs to be held into account. He is also a symptom & we need to get to the root of the sickness.
Let it be known this man is a coward and an accessory to murder.
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I hate the fact that these are the types of interactions I have on
@Grindr
but what I hate with every fiber of my being is seeing sexual predators like this asshole who thinks that this is somehow alright. Stay away from my country & my people, colonizer.
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Friends especially folks joining protests.
Wear a mask. And if you’re able bring some to share.
Masks protect us from:
😷: Surveillance by the state & non-state actors.
😷: COVID.
😷: Getting 📸 & doxed.
🛡️: N95s will provide some protection fr teargas.
#WeKeepUsSafe
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Today are the opening arguments for the Derek Chauvin trial the cop who murdered George Floyd here in Minneapolis.
Asian siblings, let’s hold our Black relatives in our hearts & gently check in with them today & onwards. We need to love & protect one another.
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Happy 500th anniversary of the slaying of the colonizer Ferdinand Magellan by the Datu of Mactan, Lapu Lapu!!!
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Don’t post that bloody yellow square. Dont.
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you’re allowed to be hot while protesting/protecting pass it on.
📸: Ashton Do &
@ColeWitter
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“Mutual Aid is a way we can build networks in our backyard or our community to give aid and receive it if we need it. We can choose to share instead of hoard. We can choose to help instead of hurt.” - Congresswoman .
@AOC
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For folx looking to support our community in Sunset Park, Brooklyn:
Please donate directly to South Brooklyn Mutual Aid. They’re co-led by one of the most powerful Asian American leaders we have
@whitney_hu
.
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Friends. If you see a "White People for Black Lives" poster floating around that looks exactly like mine please know that I did NOT create that or give my consent for it to be augmented. A “well intentioned” white person stole my design to “unify all people.”
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.
@angryasianman
: Can we talk about
@jean_yoon
&
@SimuLiu
‘s acting range?!? From a Korean family owned convenience store in Canada to high ranking officers in the Martian Congressional Republic Navy. I just figured this out today and thought the solar system needs to know.
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To my Asian American siblings: how can I support you in feeling safe or reinforcing your sense safety in this moment?
This year has been so much fear and pain. It’s been too much.
We need to be the ones to keep us safe. This world won’t.
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1. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and warm water.
2. Don’t touch your face.
3. Anti-Asian racism won’t save you from Coronavirus.
4. Give Native People’s their LAND BACK.
5. Resist, Rest, Resist.
Writing lists is always enjoyable.
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Yesterday here in Minneapolis Asian organizers were joined by Black, Indigenous, Latinx & other organizers of color to mourn for the Asian women who were murdered & reinforce our commitment to dismantling white supremacy & patriarchy. We rise together.
#StopAsianHate
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Trust me, I’d much rather be an alarmist who was wrong than an alarmist who was right.
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Dear Non-LGBTQ+ friends.
I expect y’all to check your transphobic and homophobic relatives this Thursday and check them hard if they utter anything remotely problematic about our community.
If you don’t never show your face again at Pride. Ever.
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Non-Asian comrades, I’d like to invite you to check in on your Asian fam right now.
And rather than having an open ended offer of support might I recommend coming up with a list of tangible ways you can show up for us:
1. Ask if they’ve eaten. Offer to Venmo dinner.
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Added a few more to the
#AsiansForBlackLives
solidarity poster series.
Support Black folx on the ground w/ this bailfund
If you use these kindly attribute them to me: Kalaya’an Mendoza
@KalaMendoza
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Happy
#WorldPride
Beautiful People! Offering some gentle reminders for your weekend festivities.
.
1. Hydrate. Make sure to balance your water intake with electrolytes. Sip don’t chug. A vodka soda does not equal proper hydration.
.
#PrideNYC
#Selfcare
Thread
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You don’t get to flee and turn your back on NYC during the horrific start of this pandemic return with the audacity to think that you are somehow qualified to hold office.
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Black and Asian folx marched and danced towards joyful revolution today in the streets of Brooklyn and I just have to say that it was fuckin beautiful. This is what happens when we follow Black Trans leadership.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
#AllBlackLivesMatter
#Asians4BlackLives
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Asian fam. How are you all gently caring for yourselves this evening?
I made Pork Adobo and added kale. It’s pretty damn good if I do say so myself.
I’m also watching
@rihanna
on a loop marching at the NYC
#StopAsianHate
action. It’s what I needed to see today.
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Post work day shark coochie picnic with the resplendent
@shania_twink
.
Golden hour sure does look good our golden Southeast Asian skin.
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We rise together as a community for those who have joined the Ancestors, for our elders, our siblings, our loved ones and our young ones who will lead us into the future.
A future more graceful, safe and kind than the present we are in.
#StopAsianHate
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I’m really excited to come back home to New York City so that I can yell at Andrew Yang in person like all my faves.
He does not nor will he ever represent our communities.
What he does represent is white settler colonialism & what complicity to oppressive systems looks like.
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DEALING WITH TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY
Teargas and/or Pepper Spray are sometimes used as tactics against protestors by law enforcement.
Here are some tips in the event you get tear gassed and/or pepper sprayed.
#JusticeForDaunteWright
#WeKeepUsSafe
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Today in St. Paul, the Asian community was blessed with solidarity and love from the Indigenous community from
@indigeroots
with an Ofrenda, music and prayers.
When we say
#StopAsianHate
one of the tools we can bring is community love and safety.
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PSA: Organizations and companies asking Asian women and femmes to speak on a panel or do anything that requires an iota of emotional labor, y’all better be compensating them generously for their time and energy. Then follow up with a gift basket.
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I’m about to facilitate a Upstander Intervention training in Tagalog & English for the first time ever.
Ancestors help me.
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Are you Filipinx/a/o and trying to figure out your plan to address anti-Blackness within your family?
Well here is a 🔥🔥🔥resource by Dr.
@ejrdavid
that can support us working on our own communities in confronting anti Blackness.
#Filipinx4BlackLives
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“I loved Miss Saigon.”
“My wife is Filipina. Your people are so hospitable.”
“Oh I LOVE loompeeya and paaan-sit”
“I find Feelapeeno men so attractive. You’re all so compact, exotic and smooth.”
“Like Manny Pacquiao?! I love him!!”
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Minneapolis Pride. Taken right before i needed to punch a yt gay for getting involved in our conversation and saying some All Lives Matter bullshit.
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I almost forgot what it was like to feel that near untranslatable sense of Kilig.
🙏🏽🌸
@shania_twink
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To my dear Asian American fam, celebrate this win. We deserve joy in Everything Everywhere All At Once.
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Late Monday evening this Movement and this world lost Sarah Pitts a protector, a light, a comrade, a fighter, an educator, a co-conspirator and someone I will always consider family. She was a Bike Protector and a leader in
@riders4rights
a collective that protected activists.
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In elementary school I was placed in ESL due to my thick Filipino accent. I read two grades above me. I stopped speaking Tagalog because of the shame.
In college I dyed my hair blonde & wore blue contacts. I looked like a demon. I went to a school that was 80% white.
Racism sucks. 1 in 5 Asian Americans say they have hidden a part of their heritage – cultural customs, food, clothing or religious practices – from non-Asians. Fear of ridicule and a desire to fit in are common reasons, according to a new Pew survey.
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#AsianAmericansAreAngry
with the unfathomable harm that you and your administration have done to marginalized communities across this country & this planet. We blame you.
Asian Americans are VERY angry at what China has done to our Country, and the World. Chinese Americans are the most angry of all. I don’t blame them!
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Asian Fam. Are y’all getting inundated with well intentioned check ins from non Asian friends, whilst being completely drained of emotional capacity to respond? I invite y’all to either copy & paste (see Alt Text) or just repost this screen shot, if it is helpful.
#StopAsianHate
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When May comes around we need to be uplifting our Native Hawaiian, Chamoru, Māori, Samoan, Tongan, Polynesian and Pasifika relatives and their resistance struggles.
Can my beloved Asian American siblings commit to that for Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month?
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Is anyone else going to your neighborhood Asian grocery store to self soothe?
I went to one here in Minneapolis and had a quiet cry in front of the fish sauce section.
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