do you ever get scared that you’re unintentionally toxic or draining to be around, like you’re the bad guy
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a friendly reminder that microaggressions against asians can also look like this:
- pretending to gag at asian food
- pretending to be weirded out by asian customs and cultures
- excusing cultural appropriation (often through ignoring the stories of asians who have been mocked for wearing their ethnic dress while praising a white person for doing so)
- not trying to learn how to pronounce an asian person’s ethnic name correctly, or asking, “can i call you by something else?”
- adopting an asian name for the ~aesthetic~
- using the words “oriental” and “exotic” to describe asian people, particular asian women
- ignoring the experiences and stories of south, southeast, and central asians
- making sweeping assumptions about asian countries (including their political, historical and cultural landscape)
- treating the entire asian community as a monolith and ignoring the fact that the experiences of asian nationals are remarkably different from the asian diaspora/migrant community
- co-opting asian aesthetics into creative media without acknowledging their history
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“You will have days where you feel better, and you will have days where you want to die. Both are okay. There is no magical cure. You just need to close your eyes, and trust that the waves will pass, and soon you’ll be able to breathe again.”— Unknown
Your ethnic features are wonderful just the way they are.
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