Thread by @tonyrosaspeaks

Tomorrow is the Remembrance Day of the #AtlantaSpaShooting & recently am elderly Filipina (67) was attacked 125 times (not reposting the vid). How do you come back from that? Who else feels zapped? Holding my Pinay / FilAm / & broader AAPI community close. Some reminders 🙏🏽

#StopAsianHate is part of it, but let’s move towards language around “Stop Asian Racism & Violence” as it acknowledges a foundation built on institutions, systems, & ways of being grounded in yt supremacy, anti-Blackness, colonialism, & misogyny. Transformation calls 4 abolition

Remember that attacks on Asians have come from multiple races. (See image from @blackandasiansoulsunite). Not to dismiss the necessary work between Black & Asians but prefacing b/c I know someone might fall into scapegoating entire communities based on this event or social media:

“Center the most marginalized” — This is about multi-partiality / considering the most impacted involved in any given situation. While the AAPI community is mourning, disaggregate this story further. See that Asian American women are being targeted at higher rates (@StopAAPIHate)

Some reminders if you’re AsAm
-You deserve rest (ask off if you can 2morrow b/c Racial & Gender capitalism will always see you as expendable)

if you’re not AsAm:
Check in on AsAms now, especially if you’re connected to them in a role of power (ie: supervising them). They may need time off but are unable to request it. ‘Unable’ b/c the model minority myth conditions us to grind & save face amidst traumatic events.

Echoing @AntiRacismEveryDay on IG with the questions around assessing one’s activism: “Are you sedentary?” OR “Making Moves” (follow them). For both, read the graphic below & contextualize this with AsAm women.

Lastly, there are rallies happening nationally. Follow @standwithasians on IG to find a rally near you & to be in coalition with us. When you leave the rally, what are your tangible & sustainable commitments towards the liberation of Asian Americans?