We need to continue to address the anti-blackness that exists within our own communities, challenging racism on an intra-personal level. Myths like the Model Minority create a culture in which proximity to whiteness is desired, ultimately perpetuating white violence. ⁣

White People: Your silence is violence. It’s not enough to be “not racist,” but rather actively anti-racist: understand the systems you occupy and benefit from. Hold your Karens accountable. ⁣
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There will be no rest until white supremacy is fundamentally annihilated.⁣

Here’s a recent article I wrote about the damaging model minority myth, the stereotype that characterizes Asian Americans as a polite, law-abiding group— a myth created in direct opposition to Black communities during the Civil Rights Movement: https://www.pbssocal.org/asian-americans/meet-south-asian-diaspora-preserving-unique-asian-american-history/