Remember, EM POC only!

Sleepy as hell again, comrades, but I might as well get this posted up before I go ahead and rest.

That aside, let’s get those weekly EM POC vibes going!

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  • GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.netM
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    2 months ago

    It’s pretty cool being Chinese and having literally every single non-far left as fuck commie friend I’ve befriended at some point since I’ve moved to America say something incredibly racist about my people

    I used to try and educate them but it never works unless they’re like, a borderline homeless trans POC since they have 0 reason to trust society over me

    at this point, I just immediately cut my losses and move to other people

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      There’s an uncomfortable number of white libs who recognize anti-black and anti-hispanic racism is wrong, but will turn around and shit all over Asians. It really shows where their minds are at. They don’t see black/indigenous Americans or central/south American immigrants as competition because their racism says “those people are unskilled and uneducated.” They become hostile towards the so-called “model minority” both because they view Asian countries as competition to white hegemony and because they see wealthy, educated Asians in the same professions as them.

      This becomes really obvious when you see them infantilize black or Hispanic colleagues, yet are passive-aggressive towards Asian coworkers/“friends.” They’ll understand why saying “You’re really articulate!” to a black person is a microaggression, but won’t hesitate to body shame/fetishize (sometimes both at the same time) an Asian woman.