She’s a pass for me
It puzzles me that Awkwafina still has not acknowledged how she has used Black culture to her benefit. This refusal to own up exacerbates audiences that want to support her. A statement is not career suicide. There will be no boycott. Why refuse the chance to demonstrate empathy?https://twitter.com/ValerieComplex/status/1162363832632840192 …
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This is exactly how I feel about her. If she literally said sorry, stopped this shit, the Asian American community can rest easy knowing that we got an awesome actress repping us. If Rich Brian can do it, WHY NOT HER?!
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This is an excellent thread discussing how linguistics can help people negotiate different parts of their lives. Awkwafina is no speech pathologist, so she may simply be ignorant of her privilege and concurrent stealing of another’s culturehttps://twitter.com/aphrothighty/status/1009857289648472064?s=21 …
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I went through the most of the thread, very interesting discussion, so much so that I forgot how I got there, thanks for sharing
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there was this, but yeah, felt like she should do more with her profile getting bigger and bigger. https://twitter.com/awkwafina/status/1078751341692936192?s=19 …
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Yoi don’t need to shout out the black community every time you wear a skull cap and rap. Snowflakes everywhere. -
Yeah you do, particularly when there’s a nasty habit of assuming culture not your own in order to attain monetary gain. It moves from the experiential (grew up there) and empathetic association (wanting to be like) to usury.
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It's been a struggle to root wholeheartedly for her because of this. Can't shake it.
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Thank you for acknowledging this. I want to support her work, but this history + her refusal to acknowledge and apologize makes it so hard. Her audience would be larger if she did the right thing.
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