Wuhan virus and kungflu wasn’t just Trump’s creation. How many Asian Americans have been called “chinks” or “gooks” or told how well we speak English or where are we really from? While I applaud Biden for condemning Asian violence, how much is US foreign policy perpetuating this?
How many bombs have the US dropped and tested on Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Marshall Islands, Philippines, strewn napalm and agent orange on human bodies and across forests, built US military bases on rice paddies generations of farmers have cultivated?
How many Asian women living around US bases have suffered unimaginable violence against their bodies? How many wars have the US waged in Asia which has led to the destruction of economies and massive displacement of people, forcing many to sell their bodies or migrate to survive.
Only to be a forever foreigner here in the US where Asian women are cast as submissive, passive or hypersexualized. How does this white male gaze differ from the US imperialist gaze of dominating, controlling Asia.
Let’s take a hard and honest look at what happened in Atlanta today. I can almost guarantee you that those Asian women who were killed came from poor, immigrant families who fled countries impacted by US war or neoliberal policies. We must see the connection with endless US wars.
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