When they put me, my family and my community into internment camps, it was already far past time to try and explain that Japanese Americans were loyal citizens. The agitators exploited racism that already existed to push us through those camp gates. /1
The only thing that would have made a difference is other communities standing up for us and saying this was wrong, this was Un-American. Instead, they were quiet, afraid to support a community under attack. /2
The current assault upon our most vulnerable communities, including trans people and AAPIs, under regularly threat after the former president egged on his followers, cries out for others to stand up and defend. /3
The coordinated and false propaganda in our schools around teaching real history to our kids is an attack upon communities of color and our right to have our lives and stories represented fairly and accurately. The attacks upon trans kids is an attempt to erase them. /4
Democrats need minority voters to come out in huge numbers in order to prevail. Without voters of color and LGBTQ+ voters, there is no winning coalition. /5
But this means our allies must stand up for us when it counts. White liberal parents must make themselves heard at school board meetings, not only to insist on real history for their kids and the for trans girls to play, but to stand up for and beside communities under attack. /6
This is not playing into their "woke" games. It's about doing the right thing for the right reasons. We can't try to ignore their racial and transphobic attacks hoping they'll disappear. What will disappear instead is faith in the grand coalition. /7
Stand by us. Fight for us. Don't cede the moral ground or the argument. These are attacks upon real people. Our people. Your friends and faithful allies in this fight. Will you come to our aid? Will you answer the call? /end
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