My mom worked at a store in Chinatown that was robbed at gunpoint when I was 16. She was run over by a car robbing the store when I was 18. Yesterday, she was threatened again by a gun. I'm 23 now. This violence isn't new and continues to threaten our livelihoods every day. 1/7
The problem is systemic. People are suffering from hunger, homelessness, and disease, and their anger is being loaded into a gun and pointed at BIPOC. It's easier to get a gun in this country and shoot someone than it is to get a stimulus check, higher wages, or health care. 2/7
Sick, hateful people will continue targeting vulnerable communities because this country aids them in doing so. Our media and government consistently shift blame onto BIPOC, using language like the China Virus, reinforcing racism and fueling hate crimes. 3/7
Meanwhile, vulnerable communities continue being exposed in order to survive. We keep having to come back to work in these conditions to provide for our families. My mom is going back to work today. Nothing has changed. 4/7
More police is not and never will be the answer. The cops came every time and did nothing for us. None of the systems in place that are supposed to help and protect people are doing so, at least, not when those people are poor, immigrants, and/or people of color. 5/7
Insurance didn't even pay for my mom's accident. We had to set up a go fund me. We still pay for her medical bills out of pocket. Why is it that every time a tragedy occurs, people have to rely on GFMs to save their families? What is our government doing? 6/7
We need help. I don't want my mom, myself, or my family to become another name. I don't want to see another Asian American, immigrant, or person of color become another name. Fund marginalized communities, not law enforcement and broken systems that have never helped us. 7/7
i am fucking exhausted and do not care for what anyone has to say about what my family needs to do. don't tell us to buy guns. don't tell us to move. don't tell us to work more. i am working multiple jobs. we pay our taxes. we've done enough. i need this country to do more for us
do not try to fucking pin the blame, again, on BIPOC, for where we working or living in "dangerous" areas. tell me why these "dangerous" areas exist and why BIPOC are always the ones inhabiting them. oh wait, i have already addressed that in this thread. it is systemic.
it is the way my family has worked 80+ hours/week for years and cannot afford to pay back debt, much less move to a "better" area. and even if we did move, it does not change that these crimes will continue to happen and that BIPOC will be the victims of them. as i've said-
it's not just about my family. it's about my family, every asian american, every immigrant, every poc, and every minority that continues to suffer in this country. this country has failed BIPOC time and time again and you're still telling BIPOC to do better and to move and to-
get better jobs, shut the fuck up. i don't even know how you manage to talk when you're so busy licking boots, but shut the fuck up.
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