Thread by @moonbeamvotes

I know a lot of you feel like racism against Asian Americans doesn't exist despite the year of murders, assaults, and targeting in the wake of COVID, but under no circumstances is it ok for anyone, including an Asian person to drop the term "slanty eyes," in casual conversation.

There is no historical tradition of Asians reclaiming racial slurs like there are in the Black and Latino communities.

We did not reclaim "chink," "gook," "zipperhead," "coolie," "Jap," "oriental," or "celestial." Therefore, anyone using these terms is just being racist.

I, an Asian man, would not even go up to my relatives and address them as "my gooks" because that's fucking racist and weird. There is no cultural attache there. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

And I am under no obligation to treat anyone who uses these disgusting terms to be edgy or provocative with any kind of respect or decency, just as none of you would ever be respectful of a MAGA idiot shouting racial slurs somewhere.

I can't believe this has to be said.

Since apparently it still has to be said, calling an Asian person a "model minority" is racist. It isn't any less racist because an Asian said it to another Asian.

It appears I have had no impact on this issue since the Tammy Duckworth incident earlier this year.

If you find yourself agreeing with someone who casually used the term "slanty eyes" as a way to be edgy and provocative because they got no depth, you might want to re-examine your biases.

People are way too comfortable being cute with racial slurs, or outright blurting them out on this bird app.

Then they want to act surprised when they get in trouble because it gets reported or ratio’d. You don’t need to vocalize every inane thought that occurs to you.