Thinking of my #AAPI friends & how to make "sense" of this hate. @BreneBrown's post gets at its root & provides resources for how to fight it. One thing that comes to mind that isn't mentioned directly is how much hate has to do with fear of losing power.
https://twitter.com/BreneBrown/status/1372651745411805186?s=20
Esp. losing "White" power, stemming from illogical thinking that this is a 0 sum game; that if there are winners, then there must be losers; that amplifying voices of the powerless & striving for equity means you'll be striped of something you feel you're entitled to or "earned."
So we must understand that while hate crimes & hate-based violence are horrific, vile, atrocities, the false thinking that often precedes it itself is a grave threat & we must work to combat & eradicate both hateful actions - and thinking.
The only way to do that is to dismantle white supremacy - and to have a much broader understanding of what exactly white supremacy is beyond just the KKK, NeoNazis, etc.
White supremacy is pervasive and comes in many, much more covert forms. We must learn to recognize them, call them out, fight them, and address the structural and institutional underpinnings that embed them - and allow them to persist - in our society. #StopAsianHate
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