Within a week of my #AkaiGurley #PeterLiang #VincentChin article, I knew.
I needed to move home to NYC.
I needed to build relationships w/ my family & my Chinatown & Asian American community.
Ask the hard questions.
That's the only way we build up #Asians4BlackLives. 17/
And I was still grappling. I'd just written an article that changed the #AkaiGurley #PeterLiang convo, but our Asian American & #Asians4BlackLives community was still deeply divided.
Seeing an Asian American cop stand by as #GeorgeFloydWasMurdered, nothing much has changed. 15/
I wrote my #AkaiGurley #PeterLiang #VincentChin #Asians4BlackLives article in English, not expecting anyone in my family to (be able to) read it as they don't speak English. I thought I could be the liberal radical human I am away from my fam...
...nope. You can't do that. 10/
I thought, how does the fam of #AkaiGurley feel aout this? That so many Asian Americans were protesting FOR @NYPDnews cop #PeterLiang who killed him?
AND @caaav, who stood w/ Gurley's family, were being doxxed, their FB account w/ 100s of neg reviews. #Asians4BlackLives 5/
Asian Americans had to reckon with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, knowing a Chinese Asian American cop #PeterLiang killed #AkaiGurley. Many friends were mad Liang was guilty but the cop who killed #EricGarner roamed free. Many thought Liang should be freed. #Asians4BlackLives 4/
Context: 2014 #PeterLiang was a @NYPDnews cop who was patrolling the Pink Houses stairwell in Brooklyn, shot his gun, killing #AkaiGurley. Liang was the 1st cop prosecuted for an on-duty #NYPD shooting in over a decade. Feb 2016 he was found guilty in court. #Asians4BlackLives 2/
No amount of $$ will bring #AkaiGurley back but $4.1mil NYC & #PeterLiang settlement is a start. STOP KILLING BLACK PPL. #Asians4BlackLives
NYC, #PeterLiang to Pay Over $4 Million Settlement to Family of #AkaiGurley http://nbcnews.to/2aWvC3b #Asians4BlackLives #APIs4BlackLives :'(
Efforts to demand Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson step down after shameful undersentencing of #PeterLiang, through #ByeKen. #AAPICall4Solidarity
Apparently cop who killed #PhilandoCastile is Asian. Gotta work in our AsAm communities so 1,000s ain't marching 4 the killer re:#PeterLiang
ICYMI: GUEST POST: How We Talk About Asian American Aggrievement | By @Brkn_Yllw_Lns reappropriate.co/2016/03/how-we-talk-abou... #PeterLiang #WeNeedAAPIStudies
(3) @Brkn_Yllw_Lns: "When we choose to rally around #PeterLiang we're not making a neutral statement." #AJStream
Using my unexpectedly long (4hr) layover between flights to catch up on my reading of this week's many, many good #PeterLiang thinkpieces.
.@yomyomf drops some serious truth re: #PeterLiang (& why #WeNeedAAPIStudies). youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/you-dont-support-peter-l...
I do want 2speak up bout #PeterLiang but dont want media twisting my words; want myself & family 2b safe. Gotta go teach young'ns now. Bye!
I talked to my family about continuing to speak up about #PeterLiang. They don't want me hounded by press. Worse, getting killed over this.
Some in our Chinese community are angry that CAAAV supports #AkaiGurley over #PeterLiang and thus #BlackLivesMatter over our own group (1/2)
My friends at @caaav were one of the 1st AAPI groups in NYC servicing Chinese to side fully with #AkaiGurley & against #PeterLiang- now look
I've been struggling with myself and with fam over whether or not to continue speaking publicly against #PeterLiang and for #AkaiGurley.
Post written in 2015, relevant now re: #PeterLiang. | The Problematic Political Balkanization of Asian America | reappropriate.co/2015/04/the-balkanizatio...
I stand w/ #AkaiGurley & his family. #PeterLiang should be sentenced some prison time for manslaughter #Asians4BlackLives #BlackLivesMatter
The signs “One tragedy, two victims” held up by protesters do not apply. #PeterLiang is not a victim. #AkaiGurley is http://bit.ly/1T2RUEn
“Never meant to kill anyone” = same reasoning Eben and Nitz used for #VincentChin’s murder. Unacceptable http://bit.ly/1T2RUEn #PeterLiang
Akai Gurley died because of Peter Liang’s actions, accidental or not. That’s second degree manslaughter. http://bit.ly/1T2RUEn #PeterLiang
“Peter Liang Was Justly Convicted- He’s Not A Victim, Says This Niece of Vincent Chin” #akaigurley #PeterLiang #BLM medium.com/@angryteachr/peter-liang...
Note2 @ShirleyCNJ- Asian Ams NOT united. Vincent Chin & Danny Chen mor common w/ #AkaiGurley thn #PeterLiang http://nyp.st/1WApv6v @nypost
@duskyprojects @Asians4BlkLives not related to #peterliang but this is my popular post on #modelminoritymyth. reappropriate.co/2014/08/the-culture-cana...
Important statement from @AsAmUnited about #Justice4AkaiGurley. Must read. #PeterLiang | www.facebook.com/AsianAmericansUnited/pos... https://t.co/hBfE40zMGA
Since #PeterLiang verdict handed down last wk, @CAAAV targeted by indefensible harassment and threats by members of #AAPI community. (1/2)
