After 3 years of getting harassed & blacklisted by bigoted Asians, I've come to understand the motivations of why they treat me this way. It's not because they hate my content—it's because they want to steal it. I want to break down their strategy & how they get away with it. 1/
Many Asians who harass me are aspiring artists & writers (it's often written in their bio) with smaller platforms. These Asians—like Roslyn Talusan three years ago—act as foot soldiers, so established Asians in power like Jenn Fang can deny involvement in harassment & slander. 2/
Once the foot soldiers successfully dogpile me with harassment & slander, the established Asians in power use the slander to justify blacklisting me. And it works because these Asians have direct access to massive white-owned media platforms like WaPo, Time, The Cut, NBC, etc. 3/
For example, Jenn Fang is now trying to justify her slander towards me by lying once again, & giving sympathy to Asians who caused me harm. For the record, I have proof of Keith Chow & Laura Sirikul egregiously breaching journalistic ethics, & that's why they *both* got a C&D. 4/ 
But established Asians in power don't care. They want to publish articles that lift my content, but twist it to make it palatable for the white gaze. By then it's too late for me to hold them accountable—they have too much institutional power individually & collectively. 5/
To people who aren't content creators this might sound exaggerated. It's not. I've got a lifetime of being treated like a free content factory—by my brother, LLAG, Roslyn Talusan, the team at NBC Asian America, and many others. (I'll link to documentation in this thread) 6/
After this recent dust-up about my comic Reconciliasian, I'm bracing myself for another cycle of this strategy: harass, slander, blacklist, profit off my content. They've been consistent these past 3 years. They'd rather die than apologize because they've got a lot to repair. 7/
But until Asians in power publicly correct the harm they've done by enabling harassment & slander towards me & profiting off the harm, any sudden "growth" in their discussion about the concepts of my comic Reconciliasian or my other works aren't sincere—just damage control. 8/
So let those Asians be on notice I know how you'll react to this. I know you're scrambling to publish articles to bury your sins & spin the narrative back in your favor. Too bad for you that every time you try you provide more evidence of what morally bankrupt cowards you are. 9/
Links to documentation of harassment, slander, and/or profiting off my content.
Nerds of Color (Keith Chow and Laura Sirikul) 10/
Nerds of Color (Keith Chow and Laura Sirikul) 10/
https://twitter.com/Joshua_Luna/status/1040650527879688192
Roslyn Talusan 12/
https://twitter.com/Joshua_Luna/status/1428055618624106497
Jonathan Luna 13/
https://twitter.com/joshua_luna/status/1203078403353694208
NBC Asian America 14/
https://twitter.com/Joshua_Luna/status/1238876251152146433
Ranier Maningding (aka Love Life of An Asian Guy aka LLAG) 15/
https://twitter.com/joshua_luna/status/893514574359670784
*deep breath* That was a lot. But if I don't speak up about these things & bring them to light, they keep happening in the dark.
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me & showed kindness & encouragement. You really help me keep doing what I love—creating comics. 16/16
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me & showed kindness & encouragement. You really help me keep doing what I love—creating comics. 16/16
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