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I still struggle with the shame of knowing the harm and violence #AAPI communities have caused on Black communities, even as I recognize my shame as a product of white supremacy.
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I still struggle with the shame of knowing the harm and violence #AAPI communities have caused on Black communities, even as I recognize my shame as a product of white supremacy.
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Even as I resist being used as a wedge, a forever foreigner, a "kung flu", I'm still fighting the racism I've internalized about myself, about Asian Americans, esp. East Asian Americans who settle into Black communities and open small businesses. 2/
My own family happened to be one of these families. Even as I teach others about segregation, the systemic deprivation of resources in low-income BIPOC communities, the "myth of meritocracy; I struggle with that toxic shame that grows from those very systems I teach of. 3/
