The antiAsianness within the Black community is a serious problem. Just last year, we’ve seen hundreds upon hundreds of videos. This doesn’t mean that all Black people are responsible for these acts. And we should NOT generalize NOR perpetuate hate by blaming the entire Black community. But at what point after hundreds and hundreds of videos do these no longer constitute “isolated incidents” and rather something society should talk about?
When we’re having group-level public discussions on race-relations, we talk very often about the antiBlackness within the Asian community (as well we should). But we never talk about the antiAsianness within the Black community. I have not heard a single Black activist, thought leader, political leader, Black-led organization publicly state that antiAsianness within the Black community is a serious problem that must be addressed. All they’ve said pretty much sums up to “we stand with Asian people against White supremacy”. This is a narrative that people are telling themselves so that the elephant in the room need not be addressed. What’s actually happening is that the Black community has greater political power than Asian people, and that’s why we are seeing this disparate treatment in the public discourse we have about antiBlackness and antiAsianness. I talk about the Wokeism ideology that is underlying this phenomenon, and how according to it, you cannot talk critically about groups that are deemed more oppressed and that this belief system manifests itself in certain ways: that “Black people can’t be racist” or that “Talking about antiAsian racism within the Black community is divisive, when we need solidarity and unity.” We never say it’s divisive to talk about the antiBlackness within the Asian community. I say that it’s time that Black community leaders engage in race-relations dialogues in a more equitable manner, and explicitly state that antiAsianness within the Black community must be addressed.
23 авг 2024
