As part of our ongoing commitment to racial equity, inclusion, and diversity, we are thrilled to host Professor Erika Lee for a #TwitterTogetherTalk on #StopAsianHate in conversation with our Head of Product, Kayvon Beykpour. We’ll share insights and resources below. First, we asked @prof_erikalee how anti-Asian racism and violence has shown up historically.

Professor Lee: What most people don’t know, and it’s not in the textbooks, is there a vicious history of anti-Asian violence, beyond microaggressions in the United States. 👇🏾

Juneteenth represents freedom, emancipation, and liberation.

To celebrate #Juneteenth is to know Black history. It's to know American history. And it’s to understand the work doesn’t stop here.

Here are voices and resources to keep you going. And here’s why... 🧵 Because this is the history lesson we need today.

https://twitter.com/nickystizzy/status/1271116403505012737

Racism does not adhere to social distancing.

Amid the already growing fear and uncertainty around the pandemic, this week has again brought attention to something perhaps more pervasive: the long-standing racism and injustices faced by Black and Brown people on a daily basis. 🧵 The recent killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd, and the victimization of Christian Cooper has left many of us angry, and with a deep sense of grief, but it doesn’t compare to what Black and Brown people face every day. #SayTheirNames