Talk to me when British or Brazilian people are being harassed and spat on in the streets because the media has named a virus after them. This is "all lives matter", or yet another demonstration of how white people can be.
https://twitter.com/StuDoesAmerica/status/1367860357125967886
Every time I feel a wee bit of sympathy for these people, their anxiety, their mediocrity, their disorientation in a changing world... I come across something like this that reminds me who to center.
Reminds of Farida's tweet. They can only see double standards in one direction
https://twitter.com/Farida_N/status/1368129832350015491
Like, what if the double standard should be resolved in the opposite direction? Maybe we shouldn't call it after a country at all, so as not to stigmatize innocent people and make them vulnerable?
https://twitter.com/enemico/status/1368133974330126339
Sorry for the Saturday morning outburst. There are children who are getting traumatized because they happen to be Asian in 2021 and racists feel empowered to harass them and their parents. Let's get our priorities straight.
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