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I'm getting real sick of seeing #RooftopAsian2020 so to all my Asian brothers and sisters, this thread is for you. 1/ 
First off, it wasn't Rooftop Asians '92, it was Rooftop KOREANS '92.
Why is this distinction important?
Because it is a giant shameful BLOODSTAIN in the history of Korean Americans. 2/
Why is this distinction important?
Because it is a giant shameful BLOODSTAIN in the history of Korean Americans. 2/
Here's where we have a fun history lesson:
Koreatown became a thing because the neighborhood was considered undesirable due to its close proximity to Black neighborhoods.
Koreatown became a thing because the neighborhood was considered undesirable due to its close proximity to Black neighborhoods.
This - not only the social structure of South Asian culture, whether India or Pakistan, but the experience of Colonialism. We understand this in implicit & explicit ways used for re-establishing positions of dominance in the U.S. as "model minority" - use that for social justice
Colonialism layered over social hierarchy in South Asian culture, not erasing social structures. In chattel slavery stolen African bodies were all the same - former king now a slave. We kept our names, not taking masters' names. We accessed education.
When we think we get places in America only through hard work that is self-serving narrative and myth. Yes, there's hard work, but hard work that gets rewarded. We also get places because we know how to "work it" - work the system like systems that worked for us in the homeland.
Anakbayan LA stands w/those in Minneapolis rebelling against police + white supremacist terror enacted upon Black lives. Filipinos must stand & fight against these forces upheld by US imperialism #asians4blacklives #filipinos4blacklives (1/5)
This state sanctioned violence relies on the suppression + division of oppressed classes/people. As Filipinos in the US imperial core, it is our duty to extend ourselves in solidarity to the struggle for Black liberation. #asians4blacklives #filipinos4blacklives
Police are the state’s enforcers to maintain white supremacy + enact violence against BIQTPOC (black/indigenous/queer/trans people of color) + working class communities. Internationally, police terrorize colonized peoples to protect the interests of a fascist state.
