Imagine a loved one dies in a high profile act of violence. The media narrative surrounding the tragedy begins w/ intense speculation RE racial motives, and this framing persists despite growing evidence that race is likely irrelevant.
How would you feel?
Who benefits from this?
How would you feel?
Who benefits from this?
Victims of last nights violence are individuals w/ families who love + will forever miss them. This is paramount.
Good intentions or not, always something a bit unseemly RE the determination to slot HUMANS into the contrived social artifice of racial identity. No exception here.
Good intentions or not, always something a bit unseemly RE the determination to slot HUMANS into the contrived social artifice of racial identity. No exception here.
Media narratives about swelling anti-asian violence (like narratives about anti black police violence or *white supremacy*) capture imaginations + animate fears.
Less obvious these frameworks enhance our ability to relate to each other in healthy ways -- or even grok reality.
Less obvious these frameworks enhance our ability to relate to each other in healthy ways -- or even grok reality.
It's not about ignoring some categories of injustice, it's about regarding all injustices more accurately -- in their fullness. We can be constructive and grieve together without getting hijacked by partisan shaming, preconceptions, and various other political bullshit.
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