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We could point at how white Americans compare to Asian Americans in violence, in education, in income. We could call your kids thugs.

I am glad that white Americans don't have to endure the daily dehumanization that black people do; nobody should have to.

But when I hear a white man on TV talk about "where are the dads?" or "why are they so violent?" Fix your shit, my white friends. Fix it.

Every criticism that gets leveled at Black families is indistinguishable from the same traits in White families, from where we sit.

From outside, the thing that stands out is black kids are taught how to live in white society. White kids are taught to avoid black people.

Thing is, I have very sincere empathy for white people reckoning with no longer being the cultural default. You were raised on a myth.

White people raised without economic privilege are sold from birth on the idea that systematic racism can help them. And it's a lie.

And this is where most Asian American communities fall in line. We're complicit in, and reinforce, anti-blackness. It won't save us, either.

But imagine if every time a white person underwent a tragedy, you heard Asians mentioning white on white crime & white dropouts. Inhuman.

@anildash I remain disturbed by the pervasive anti-black sentiment and lack of empathy in many Asian-American communities

@XcuseTheMess me too.

@anildash I'm first gen American, parents from Cambodia. It's extremely uncomfortable to witness.

@XcuseTheMess same thing in the Indian community.

@anildash We Indians consider ourselves honorary whites. The inexplicable anti-black sentiment amongst us is disgusting. @XcuseTheMess

@anildash if they're so smart they would've invented the bomb before we did. BOOM NO TICKY NO LAUNDRY

@lexhound think about how you're spending your life online. Look at the words & thoughts you're putting out into the world.