Syriah Henderson was found lynched behind a Dollar Tree in St. Pete, Florida on July 2nd. This is the 2nd lynching of a Black woman here in Florida this year.
@black_blasian@Foreverasheley This is insane. You do know East Asian people have lived here for centuries, right? And you’re literally universalizing an accent? I’m trying to speak to you like a human, telling you your view of this culture is limited, and you’re tripling down. You see that, right?
@black_blasian@Foreverasheley Because you’re using real life, anecdotal examples to paint with a broad brush. I’m not saying you haven’t met these people. I am saying they do not represent all East Asians, and whatever solidarity they deserve should still acknowledge the wild privilege they absolutely wield.
@black_blasian@Foreverasheley These things you’re talking about are not inherently part of the East Asian struggle. Yeah, I did piano and took AP English, but you’re talking about a specific group of people, which particularly describes post-1965 immigrant, often educated families. Your brush is too broad.
@black_blasian@Foreverasheley I’m sorry but this just isn’t it. First of all, I’m a lawyer, and I was not up until midnight studying until law school. Second, this screams model minority exoticism when the whole point is we East Asians work at best just as hard and get rewarded more than twice as much.
@MadTsai I think there needs to be a shift from "c'mon we're all people of color and we should know better" to just straight up acknowledging that Asians (especially East Asians) have been some of the absolute worst allies to marginalized people for the better part of a century.
@meishato When/where did this happen? I work in employment law, so especially if any of this was documented and if it happened relatively recently, I’m sure there would be plenty of firms interested in speaking with her.