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[lgbtasiansunite]

hey guys, due to inactivity and how busy I've been with school and stuff I will be leaving this blog but the other mods will still be here! -mod s

[poovellamkettuppar]

Anyone who thinks that M.I.A.’s comments are somehow acceptable because she’s British and therefore doesn’t understand American racial context should consider the following. 1) she has spent much of the last decade in the United States, 2) her ex-fiance is black, as is her son and 3) she works in an primarily African-American medium and it’s her responsibility to know these things. Stop bending over backwards to make excuses for her. I’m from Croydon, we speak Tamil at home, so I get why this is hard - Arular was one of THE formative cultural experiences of my life. Watching her behave this way hurts, it really does. But at this point, it appears like she has a pathological hatred of black people and it’s time to stop pussyfooting around acknowledging it.

[jamaicanblackcastoroil]

4) anti blackness is worldwide 5) she had no problem name checking two African American artists and an African American movement

[theoldreclaimingasia]

I didn’t add this onto that one post because I didn’t want to derail from the discussion but I’ll say it here:

I would really like people to stop saying “pure” or “full blooded” when they mean monoracial or monoethnic.

That language implies that mixed people are somehow impure or not whole, which is a very harmful implication.

-Junjie

[indigenousandangry]

Not to hijack the conversation but to everyone reading this, don’t use the term “half-blood” either. Like what the fuck does that even mean?

[theoldreclaimingasia]

You’re not hijacking the conversation. Yes! Thank you! It’s a nonsensical term; you can’t have “half blood.” You would die.

-Junjie

[chamsas1-deactivated20160809]

I also hate the “I’m 100% X ethnicity” thing like we get it you don’t like multiethnic people and you feel the need to turn us into fractions to invalidate us. we get it.

[kajalmag]

We need more Indo-Carib contributors! Send us your stuff!! 

[djcurryfingers-deactivated20160]

Omg I didn’t even notice the border as much as I’ve reblogged this but there are more indo caribbeans than those of us who are from/in Guyana and Trinidad!!

[societyandcivilization]

The Thousand Hand Bodhisattva Dance

Performed by China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe, the Thousand Hand dance is a portrayal of Guan Yin (Chinese: 觀音菩薩), an East Asian spiritual figure of mercy, the Goddess of Mercy, and a bodhisattva associated with compassion.

The thousand hands represent Guan Yin’s many abilities to render assistance. There are a thousand eyes on these hands which give her great powers to observe the world.  Guan Yin also has many faces so she can become who people need her to be, not necessarily herself, because her help is given in a way that is literally selfless.

All members of the dance troupe are hearing impaired.

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[safeschoolsstoryproject-blog]

How I Learned to Accept My Queerness as a Muslim Woman | Teen Vogue

"Every person of color has felt this to some extent."

“What has happened in the post-9/11 world to Muslims has done more damage to the Muslim psyche than anything else. The feelings of rage I had for myself are tethered to the feeling of being unwanted. Every person of color has felt this to some extent — the feeling of being seen as completely wrong, and being so terrified that at any moment someone might disclose to you how ugly, or worthless, you really are. In these circumstances we’ve whitewashed ourselves in the hope of being accepted. In subliminal (and sometimes blatant) ways we are taught that white is good, white is beautiful, white is better — so we customise ourselves to appease the oppressor. We believe in the oppressor’s language against us so wholeheartedly, and yes, we want to change, we want to be like them.”

[2brwngrls]

<3

[angryasiangirlsunited]

Genderfluidity sometimes means makeup is involved to make yourself feel and appear more femme/female.

But at some point in my “contouring career”, I realized that I was trying to almost hide or edit my Asian bone-structure to appear more Eurocentric. When I realized this, I sort of had to face a truth I am still to this day unsure about.

Eventually I know I could learn to accept my face, makeup or not, as femme/female when I’m identifying as such. But because of how the world of makeup is currently defining beauty, could I learn to truly love my wide flat Filipino nose? It seems like such a superficial thing to ponder, but it is something that I am always conscious of when I put on a face.

Even in self-portraits, I draw my nose a little narrower.

When did wide noses become a bad thing? So bad that a makeup effect has been created and implemented into the everyday lives of POC.

It’s silly, I know.

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[lgbtasiansunite]

i dont see how using a song by a black guy who fetishizes asians is anti black in a video about taking it back and reclaiming being sexual when people fetishize us? do people have to be white for us to call them out on fetishizing us?

I'm not saying anything about the song but rather than the people who made the video, who were not black. they appropriated black culture extremely in the video and they were dressed up in appropriative attire. they also appropriated and encouraged the appropriation of Arab culture but including a clip of appropriation of Arab culture.

[lgbtasiansunite]

MIA is NOT Indian, she's Sri Lankan, and it's honestly extremely tiring that our identities are constantly erased. They are two different and unique nationalities that aren't interchangeable.

I'm sorry!! I knew she was Tamil and I unwisely assumed that was implying Tamil Indian. I'm really sorry and I understand that she is not Indian now, nor that any other desi country and Indian are interchangeable. I'm extremely sorry.

[angryasiangirlsunited]

Queer • Chinese-American • Mentally-ill art student

It’s been a journey, but I’m finally unlearning a bunch of internalized racism that I grew up with. I like makeup more than I like myself.

[angryasiangirlsunited]

pan cis 24 taiwanese american.  

[angryasiangirlsunited]

🙈🙈 same pic but different filters 🙉🙉 Korean-Inuit/French || Bisexual || 16 Happy AFAD!!

[angryasiangirlsunited]

MV about badass asian girls that I made for a video art & production class. Briefly touches on representation of asian women and culture in rap/hip-hop, anime/manga, mainstream media, etc, but my intent for creating this was mainly to bring attention to how asian women are represented and encourage conversation, rather than giving some specific social commentary on it. It was a really fun project and I hope people like it c:

(Warning: explicit lyrics and content)

[lgbtasiansunite]

Sorry but no one in this video appears to be black or Arab and there is a lot of appropriation of black and Arab cultures… including several uses of the N-word. Being a poc doesn’t give you the right to appropriate other cultures nor does it excuse your anti-blackness.

[faerly-deactivated20161008]

Hi! So my primary use of the song was because it made very clear references to the fetishization of asian women, as do many of Childish Gambino’s other songs. The video clips I pulled are from various music videos (I’m going to assume you mean the scenes from M.I.A’s “Bad Girls” and CL’s “Hello Bitches” when talking about appropriation of black and Arab cultures, correct me if I’m wrong). By no means am I anti-black, and I do apologize if the video came off as such (I can see how this video could be interpreted that way). This was the first video I’ve ever made for a class assignment and my original purpose was just to bring attention to asian women and their representation in media, and admittedly I was unsure of some of the clips and how political they could be. I’m new to the world of how to represent myself and my identity as POC as well as others, and I’m still learning about it every day. Thank you for the comment, I’ll definitely work on improving in future content! I’m always open to suggestions and criticism (if you’d like to discuss further).

[lgbtasiansunite]

I am aware this song is song by a black man but that does not give the excuse for non black people to take it and reclaim it. and I'm aware that is MIA's video and that was an appropriative video in the first place as MIA is not Arab (she's Indian) and that is Arab culture she is exploiting. encouraging it and using it in a video as an "aesthetic" is also appropriation. this video was anti black and anti Arab.

[angryasiangirlsunited]

Don’t know if you are still taking submissions, but hi! Vietnamese/Cambodian and an American. This blog has really helped me accept both my culture and my nationality. I am an Asian American, not either/or. Panro ace // 19 // cis girl

[angryasiangirlsunited]

Biromantic asexual, mixed Taiwanese and white. I was feeling very “Agent Carter” today. My queerness makes me no less Asian and no less of a feminine goddess.

[angryasiangirlsunited]

MV about badass asian girls that I made for a video art & production class. Briefly touches on representation of asian women and culture in rap/hip-hop, anime/manga, mainstream media, etc, but my intent for creating this was mainly to bring attention to how asian women are represented and encourage conversation, rather than giving some specific social commentary on it. It was a really fun project and I hope people like it c:

(Warning: explicit lyrics and content)

[lgbtasiansunite]

Sorry but no one in this video appears to be black or Arab and there is a lot of appropriation of black and Arab cultures... including several uses of the N-word. Being a poc doesn't give you the right to appropriate other cultures nor does it excuse your anti-blackness.

[angryasiangirlsunited]

GUNITA is looking for emerging Filipino artists and writers to feature on our new online community! Send us poetry, essays, fiction, illustrations, art, and videos about your identity as a Filipino, Filipino culture, current events and social justice. We want to hear your voices. For more detailed guidelines, head over to: www.gunita.org/submit Tumblr blog: gunitablog.tumblr.com