The idea that US slavery was justified by its defenders with the language of paternalism and family is super basic 101-lvl knowledgehttps://twitter.com/nberlat/status/865033828217360384 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Really tired of non-Asian/Filipinos missing the point of us responding to the piece w/ nuance - WE AREN'T EXCUSING SLAVERY. We saw ourselves
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Replying to @EmilyTimbol @arthur_affect
You know how fucking rare it is for me to see a Filipino face on the cover of the
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Replying to @EmilyTimbol @TheAtlantic
I get that, or think I do, though I'm not Filipino. I feel like the particular response Noah was reacting to did cross to apologetics though
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I talked elsewhere about feeling convicted by the piece, seeing myself in Tizon, how the immigrant narrative complicates complicity
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