Soooo what are the other options? Get into fistfights? Genuinely curious.
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Replying to @Anna10443034 @AndrewYang
Nobody is saying NOT to volunteer, donate and do things that many AAPI are already actively doing. But to perform these actions out of some twisted idea of 'being more American' is backwards and wrong. Also, racism needs to be called out. Period.
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But we’re all Americans and AAPI proudly embracing and displaying that fact helps hammer that point home. The most decorated unit in military history was one of Japanese Americans - they all enlisted for WW2 service even as their families were thrown into interment camps.
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Replying to @NewProgressUSA @SimuLiu and
Yang’s talking about stepping up in the same way.
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Replying to @NewProgressUSA @SimuLiu and
Yeah did you actually see Allegiance? Do you think it was really of net benefit to the people trapped in those camps that people were pushed into volunteering for meatgrinder suicide missions?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SimuLiu and
No, but I’ve studied the subject extensively. Your ‘net benefit’ question is bizarre - obviously it would’ve been better for internment not to have occurred at all, but it did. And the heroic actions of the 442nd saved many lives. Was that bad?
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Replying to @NewProgressUSA @SimuLiu and
It means that they were exploited, yes The reason they were the most decorated unit isn't just that they were brave or competent - that's only half the equation for why people get medals The other half is they were consistently sent into harm's way because they were expendable
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SimuLiu and
We’re all aware of the racism back then. Why do you keep on pointing out the obvious? Point is there’s historical precedent for Yang’s suggested approach and it can help.
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Replying to @NewProgressUSA @SimuLiu and
It didn't help Did any of the wartime heroism actually give any of the interred families their land and money and jobs back? Do you think medals given decades late and reparations given later "helped"?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @SimuLiu and
New Progress 🧢 🍎 🦉 🗽 🇺🇸 #HumanityForward Retweeted Qasim Rashid, Esq. قاسم رشید
Only love can drive out hate. https://twitter.com/qasimrashid/status/1231605783479115783?s=21 …https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1231605783479115783 …
New Progress 🧢 🍎 🦉 🗽 🇺🇸 #HumanityForward added,
Qasim Rashid, Esq. قاسم رشیدVerified account @QasimRashidIdk who@OdeeSomething is but he tweeted a deeply hurtful & false attack on me for my faith My faith instead teaches me to serve all humanity—so Ive donated $55 to his GoFundMe to help him & his family cover crushing medical debt Please donate if you can https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-relieve-crushing-medical-debt … pic.twitter.com/ciOKgje7sa2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
I'm not against Rashid doing what he did but it didn't actually "end" or "drive out" any hate did it I'm not even seeing where the guy he donated to ever apologized
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