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1. A year ago today I tweeted this thread and it went viral. 
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2. VERY viral. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Gesicht mit offenem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit offenem Mund">
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https://archive.is/mgiDa&quo..." title="2. VERY viral. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😮" title="Gesicht mit offenem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit offenem Mund"> https://archive.is/mgiDa&quo...">
3. I had plans to write follow-up threads. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">
I was asked if I’d be interested in turning the thread into an essay.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📃" title="Seite mit Eselsohr" aria-label="Emoji: Seite mit Eselsohr">
I never got around to doing any of it because I was actually in the midst of a medical crisis that almost no one beyond a few friends knew about.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😔" title="Nachdenkliches Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nachdenkliches Gesicht">
I was asked if I’d be interested in turning the thread into an essay.
I never got around to doing any of it because I was actually in the midst of a medical crisis that almost no one beyond a few friends knew about.
4. I was experiencing what turned out to be temporary vision loss due to optic neuritis, but at the time I didn’t know if I was on the verge of losing my sight permanently & whether the loss would be partial or total.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Errötetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errötetes Gesicht">
The few days after I tweeted my thread were overwhelming.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😰" title="Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß">
The few days after I tweeted my thread were overwhelming.
5. Although overall the response was ~very~ positive https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Funkelndes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Funkelndes Herz">, I also received racist, hateful, and stupid responses. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😒" title="Unerfreutes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Unerfreutes Gesicht">
I was told -I- was racist.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤨" title="Gesicht mit hochgezogener Augenbraue" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit hochgezogener Augenbraue">
Just days before the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, I was told it’s great the US bombed the crap out of Japan.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😡" title="Schmollendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Schmollendes Gesicht">
I was told -I- was racist.
Just days before the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, I was told it’s great the US bombed the crap out of Japan.
6. Some people thought my thread was related to Netflix’s 8/2/19 release of the “Dear White People” TV series and responded on that basis.
I don’t have a Netflix subscription & I had no idea the 2014 film had been turned into a TV show.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">
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I don’t have a Netflix subscription & I had no idea the 2014 film had been turned into a TV show.
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7. One year on and this thread feels more relevant than ever. I have seen so much unhelpful performative white “allyship” in the past year.
I don’t want “allies”. I want true friends.
I don’t want “allies”. I want true friends.
8. I have seen white folks who co-opt authority to speak for people of color in order to put other white people in their place when "literally no one asked for whatever this is”. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1286002571631644674">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
9. I have seen some white folks center, elevate, and fetishize the voices of certain people of color because of their race and ethnicity. This happens all over the political spectrum.
10. I have seen so much abuse in the name of “antiracism” and LGBTQ “advocacy”.
Abuse in the name of a greater good is still abuse.
Abuse in the name of a greater good is still abuse.
11. But I have also seen people coming together to push back against the illiberalism on the left… https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1280539416243691520">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
12. … and more attention being paid to voices who have been doing this work for a while and for whom this attention is long overdue. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👏" title="Applaus-Zeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Applaus-Zeichen"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHGt733yw3g">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
13. In the past year I’ve gone back and forth between wanting to say more and wanting to disappear from the public eye. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕳" title="Loch" aria-label="Emoji: Loch">
14. As of 8/21/20, I’ll have been on Twitter for 5 years. The fact that I have over 6K followers is completely mind-boggling to me. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">
What I do next hinges a lot on some medical test results I’m waiting for.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel">
What I do next hinges a lot on some medical test results I’m waiting for.
15. I’m re-upping this thread because it’s still important and because I want to continue to encourage other POC & LGBTQ folks who don’t like what they’re seeing in parts of the left to make connections with like-minded folks so you feel less alone & to speak up when you can.
16. We cannot continue to remain silent and allow both whites and POC who claim to speak for us or whose actions and speech undermine progress that benefits the most vulnerable people in our communities to dominate important conversations that will shape the future.
17. If you don’t feel represented, now is NOT the time to wait for someone else to speak up. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1224557058533576704">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
18. Tell your stories. Listen to other people& #39;s stories. Find your common humanity. Build bridges. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌉" title="Brücke in der Nacht" aria-label="Emoji: Brücke in der Nacht"> Don& #39;t listen to people telling you that people on the other side are uniquely evil. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1224552388696125442">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
19. I learned this 8 years ago before it was as critical, but it’s something I am reminded of every time someone says thank you to me when I voice a view I’m not supposed to say out loud as a mixed ethnicity LGBTQ immigrant on the left. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1224553935614238720">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
20. Some other threads I’ve written that might be helpful:
A thread on how to evaluate protest events and movements. Some of these questions also apply to non-profits and other situations. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1287919610579374081">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
A thread on how to evaluate protest events and movements. Some of these questions also apply to non-profits and other situations. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1287919610579374081">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
21. This thread is about how to spot fearmongers and my ask that people not support them in the attention economy. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1088957456653475841">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
22. A thread of deradicalization stories. This is very challenging work but some people do have the ability to change. https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1139361958870884353">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
23. Hong Kong activist Alexandra Wong showing that you are never too old to stand up for what you believe in. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz"> https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1155487297288228865">https://twitter.com/keikoinbo...
