“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
Mar 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
As a Black and Japanese woman who works on intersectional equity, you can imagine how often I am asked to speak on the “tension” between the Black and Asian community. My answer is and remains the same: This is a false narrative. The “tension” is white supremacy.
The solution is solidarity.
After ~6yrs of consistent & positive engagement with the community, organizations, & press on behalf of Google, I suddenly went dark just as I had achieved a significant milestone in my career: heading the DC office for @pinterest, leading federal policy for the company. 2/
