New levels of stupidity have been reached

I think it is so funny how just last year there were multiple people joined far and wide to support BLM. However now that the tables are turned and it is another minority in need of support (Asians) many of those who marched, protested, and supported BLM, shrug indifferent saying "they were not there for my struggle. Why should we care?"

Quite the hypocrite & disgusting from all sides, how can you so strongly advocate for one and shrug off another bc of your own prejudice. Lumping them all together as nonexistent for supporting other ethnicities because it's easier to let the media show you what you should see than to do the research and understand it yourself. Minorities should come together, and was that not the whole point of coming together during those times of brutality? However look at the response when it is another minority group in need. I am so disgusted by the whole situation, and have no more words to entertain the brainless. This world is beyond repair; look how easily we turn on each other when really we should be unifying against those who are behind the injustice.

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SW-User

It is disgusting and disappointing to see how unsympathetic some members of minority groups that face similar oppression are to the Asian community when they are the targets of racism. Perhaps it hits a little close to home knowing that at least in some areas (particularly the San Francisco Bay Area), many of the perpetrators of these racist attacks against Asians have been black. This doesn't seem to be something many are willing to reckon with. Much of the discussion I come across is of the "Oppression Olympics" type where minorities are comparing their struggles and fighting over who has suffered more injustice. It shouldn't be lost on anyone that that never solves anything.

Crushedstrawberries · 22-25, F

@SW-User exactly, that's what I've noticed and it's so disgusting the reasons and the stories come up with for why they won't show support. Put aside your anger and understand the bigger picture. I've even seen people accuse Asians of using the BLM movement as a stepping stool to help gain support for their movement...which just blows my mind. I cant wrap my mind around how ignorant one has to be to think like this 🤮

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User [quote] many of the perpetrators of these racist attacks against Asians have been black[/quote]
We’re not all criminals. But anyone who would attack an elderly person because they’re too cowardly to approach someone their own age and size with their grievances [b]is[/b] one. They don’t represent every black person any more than the Atlanta shooter represents all young white men.

SW-User

@bijouxbroussard I agree. I'm not making a generalization about black people, just noticing a disturbing pattern in some of these attacks (and in some cases, a reluctance to talk about it). There's no doubt blame for the pandemic has been a factor in much anti-Asian racism, but there has to be more to it than that. I want to be sure we discuss all potential factors that contribute to it.

Crushedstrawberries · 22-25, F

@SW-User If we're talking about all factors that contribute to it, we could go directly to how white supremacy created the divide between the two and how those effects from years before trickle into future generations. Covid was just the tipping point of finally acknowledging and talking about this

SW-User

@Crushedstrawberries I think that is undeniable. In some areas (L.A. & San Francisco, for example) there have been long-standing tensions between black and Asian communities that go back decades. All of this is now coming to light (not for the first time either, as the Rodney King riots demonstrated).

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User If you live here too, you may’ve seen the following in the SF Guardian:

[b] The suspects in some of these attacks were Black men, and some Asian Americans have responded with stereotypes of their own, blaming supposed anti-Asian sentiment from the Black community for the crimes. This narrative, which has not been supported by evidence, has nevertheless shoved a new wedge into age-old cracks between Black and Asian immigrant communities in the US.

“People want to have a Black villain and scapegoat,” said Carroll Fife, a longtime San Francisco Bay Area activist and Oakland city councilmember, who is Black. “People are right and justified to feel beset upon because Asian folks are othered in America. But you can’t fight racism with racism.”

Organizers in the Asian and Black communities have been quick to denounce this rhetoric and call for solidarity. Last weekend, hundreds gathered in the Bay Area to call for solidarity and pay homage to the victims, wearing shirts emblazoned with “Black and Asian unity”.

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