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Thank you to all for participating in this #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment Twitter townhall, and to @AAPIsResist for organizing!
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Inviting marginalized voices to provide a counternarrative to racism is, itself, a radical political act. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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That’s why on this question I would invite readers & other participants to weigh in. I’d rather hear from you. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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We must amplify multiple voices each speaking their personal truths of radical vision of a more just future. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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BTW, read this for more: Asian Americans & Environmental Justice ams.ucdavis.edu/sites/ams.ucdavis.edu/fi... #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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Environ justice says all ppl have right to healthy living spaces. It must be part of AAPI Movement principles. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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Gentrification of Chinatowns also often will destroy local landmarks while increasing congestion & pollution. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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Efforts to colonise N Hawaiian land also environmental justice issue. E.g., the fight to protect #MaunaKea. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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White supremacy uses as a core logic that POC are undeserving of same access to healthy & clean environment. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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See for example what has happened in Flint, or #NoDAPL, or key campaigns of @APEN4EJ. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Controlling relationship between POC & environment is historical method of control & subjugation. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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A10: Hist teaches tht POC endure first & worst effects of worsening climate. Env. justice is racial justice. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Our AAPI Movement cannot demand women & LGBTQ folks spend most of our time fighting for legitimacy w/in it. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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We also really need to put a lot more effort into passing the mic to AAPI feminists and LGBTQ activists. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Building a pipeline starts by creating space w/in the AAPI Movement for women, trans, and non-binary folks. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Instead, we need to build an intersectional AAPI politic that is inclusive of feminism and LGBTQ rights. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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By excluding AAPI feminism, AAPI Mvmnt marginalizes women & LGBTQ and ignore key issues that matter to us. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Major obstacle to AAPI women & LGBTQ participation in our Mvmnt is its failure to incl feminist principles #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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A9: As a community, we need to be better about mainstreaming AAPI feminism and the AAPI LGBTQ movement. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMovement
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Our panels and townhalls are often dominated by EA and SA. They should be more inclusive of NHPI (& SEA). #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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Above all, we must do better to be inclusive of NHPI (& SEA tbh) ppl and issues in our organizing. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment,
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To call ourselves an AAPI political movement also requires that we prioritize amplifying voices of NHPI. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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As Asian Americans, we must do work of learning abt settler colonialism & thinking abt our complicity. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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We must centralize fight for data disagg, which is core civil rights issue for SEA and NHPI. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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The first step is to be precise about our terminology. Asians are not NHPI, and vice versa. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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When we mean As Am, say As Am (or be even more specific). Don’t say “AAPI” when you mean As Am. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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I use AAPI/AANHPI deliberately to refer to what I believe is valuable proj of building collective AAPI mvmnt. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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We can and must do better to work with our NHPI allies and comrades as partners. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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Currently, even within the AAPI Movement, NHPI voices are often shouted down and spoken over. #AAPIsResist #BeyondTheMoment
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