Lena Headey Instagram – Repost from @sonjarasula
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I am not okay. A mass shooting killed numerous women last night in Atlanta. Numerous Asian women. As an Asian American and a woman – already exhausted from, well, my entire life and last year – I am tired, frustrated and sickened.
• if you are not aware of the insane rise in violence towards Asians, almost 4000 anti-Asian crimes last year with multiple murders for example, you need to broaden your network just as you did last year for BLM. Where is your solidarity and empathy now? I’m asking for your help. Many don’t have Asian friends and/or follow many Asian people, change that now.
• Asian women have been continually sexualized and fetishized, this needs to stop now! We are not your exotic playthings.
• Asian women have also been and continue to be the butt of jokes, how many times have you heard “me love you long time”?
• There is a massive misconception around AAPI folks — we are not crazy rich and we are not doing okay. the fact is 1 in 4 Asian Americans lives below the poverty line and Harvard Business Review recently released that Asians are the LEAST likely BIPOC in the workplace to be promoted. The PERCEPTION is that Asians are managers and successful, but the reality is we are not.
• a HUGE part of the AAPI community (esp older generations) has a language barrier and so doesn’t report crimes, talk about being a victim, which further adds to a misunderstanding that everything is fine
• classism and misogyny and colonialism run DEEP, it’s not just racism at work here. The only way forward is for ALL marginalized communities to come together, stop letting history divide us all and come together as one majority to move forward.
So please educate yourself on the heartbreaking details and help us to #stopasianhate – which currently only has 35k mentions though the community has been tirelessly talking about this spread of hate for months now. Follow @nextshark, donate to @gofundme’s AAPI fundraiser (added to my profile link), diversify your feed and make an effort to follow more AAPI folks here. That’s all I have now. I’m exhausted, I need sleep. | Posted on 18/Mar/2021 04:09:15
