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.
Bringing up the exploitative relationship Asian owners have in the black community is important because it contributes to tensions between the two communities, even if the victims of the hate crimes aren’t business owners?
It’s also an example of material harm that should be discussed because it’s bad?
I did not know about the FBI surveillance on Chinese Americans. Obviously south Asians /brown Asians have been going through that too for decades due to islamaphobia.
Regardless that is not the same as black people being murdered by the state and I won’t change my stance on “Asian lives Matter” just because Chinese Americans are also being surveilled. (Not that you’re asking me to) But yes it is bad
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