A haiku about the cycle of experiencing racism and trying to live a happy life:
rushing river waves
dance downhill with joyful glee,
but—they also rage.
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Positivity: #beingasian is discovering myself w/in a beautiful, warm community of progressive activists & finding our revolutionary history
The expectation that I place my womanhood second to race nationalism. As if it's possible to live my womanhood part-time. #beingasian
But #beingasian is also living a complicated identity and politic, that demands consideration of privilege, solidarity and intersectionality
Trying to navigate mainstream & progressive spaces where ppl endlessly assume things about #beingasian, without really knowing or listening.
