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EM !! i saw a tiktok where a lady was talking about how white feminists only talked about their problems as a women but never address the fact that their also white.
i saw a comment that said something along the lines of ‘ yes , you can be lesbian , a woman living in america and a part of the 97% , i’m not invalidating any of ur problems at all but PLEASE understand that if you were a woc or poc these problems would be completely different. ‘
I JUST WANTED UR OPINION WHAT DO WE THINK BECAUSE IM HAVING A CONFUSING TIME TRYING TO MAKE AN OPINION AND I NEED UR SMART ASS TO HELP TYTY
ilysm <3
OK SOOOO I realized that I have yet to talk about this issue and your question has given me the opportunity to do this.... And I sincerely apologize to the AAPI community for not making a post about this issues sooner and educating my followers. I need to do better and I realize that now. <3
The fact that you actually brought this up is so ironic for me because I just recently (like last week) went to a town hall/ forum at my university regarding AAPI hate crimes and just racism in general and what my school can do to make minority students (in this case specificially AAPI) feel more safe.
My dean decided to speak and despite the conversation being about racism and AAPI experiences, she said that she could partially understand what they were going through because she had acknowledged her own biases against men...YES you read that right. My dean, a white woman (i say this because it provides context), decided to change the conversation to focus on her apparent sexism against women while we were talking about racism. One of the Asian students who had been doing the majority of the talking because once again, our dean was horribly unprepared to actually lead this discussion and it fell on said Asian student to basically lead this whole discussion while dealing with the stress of experiencing this himself. He actually had to remind HER that this was a discussion on racism that minorities and AAPIs face.
Personally, as a WOC, I did understand where he was coming from but I also understood that while we shared similar experiences regarding racism, this whole discussion was not about black specific issues or about me, and my goal was simply to show that I, as a fellow person of color, supported him and his community.
The main take away if you don’t read all of this (lol) is that you can’t talk over the most important voices surrounding these issues (rn AAPI). You actually have to listen to what they share even if it makes you uncomfortable, because imagine how they feel. Even though it might be hard for you to understand, imagine how scary it is to constantly worry about your grandparents, friends, and family going out to the store, or going on a walk, or getting home from work because there are crazy racist ignorant people out there who would throw acid on them, spit at them, beat them, KILL them for just looking the way they do.
And to those of you out there that can sit in blissful ignorance, it must be nice, but you can’t do that anymore. If you consume asian culture whether it be anime, food, music, etc. you have a responsibility to support the AAPI community. Even if you don’t do any of those things, you as a morally sound person have a responsibility to support the AAPI community.
AND SPECIFICALLY TO MY FELLOW BLACK PEOPLE: You have a responsibility to support the AAPI community. They supported us through BLM, they mourned the lives that were lost in our community at the hands of police brutality and racism. Now it’s our turn to do the same.
We can’t invalidate other’s experiences because they make us uncomfortable; and please my non AAPI followers and anyone that reads this, PLEASE PLEASE continue to amplify their voices, their stories, and their experiences.Continue to educate people on the harm that the “model minority” stereotype has against the AAPI community. Make a conscious effort to continue to educate yourself and those you interact with on these issues.
Change rarely results from comfortable conversations.