#iamnotavirus

[beauty-funny-trippy]

artist Red Hong Yi uses seeds, purple rice, egg shells, etc to make her art. {animated by beauty-funny-trippy}

[the-world-behind-us]

TW: Racist Hate Crimes

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Source: Elderly Asian Woman Fights Back After Man Punches Her in the Face in SF (yahoo.com)

This upsets me in so many ways. It angers me, what if somebody punched your mother or anybody that you loved in the face? What irks me as well is that the attacker (being white, no surprise) was being treated first and was on the stretcher. What about the elderly woman? SHE HAD BLOOD COMING OUT OF HER TOO. SHE WAS BEING ATTACKED FIRST.

You Get What You Fucking Deserve | Know Your Meme

[My reaction to the attacker after the woman fought back]

I'm just so fucking mad. This may garner controversy, but being Asian myself, I have always felt as if I shouldn't bring up my anxieties and struggles with growing up in a Western country where I never felt belonged or truly accepted. I believed if I just kept quiet and didn't react, I would be the bigger person and nothing bad will happen to me. Obviously that's bullshit.

In no ways am I trying to drive away BLM and any other race related events. In fact, matters like BLM and Asian hate crime protests, they shouldn't just become talked about all of the sudden because somebody videorecorded a POC being attacked or it went viral on Twitter. It needs to be brought to awareness frequently and not when people feel like it. I may be contradicting myself as I have only posted this when matters were getting worse, but in the end, I want people to remain proactive and aware with issues like this.

How the 1982 Murder of Vincent Chin Ignited a Push for Asian American Rights - HISTORY

We all know racist hate crimes have existed long before the 21st century. Take for example the murder of Vincent Chin (1982). He was murdered by two white men because they assumed he was Japanese. For a brief summary, the men were frustrated with the boom in the Japanese auto industry and how it was spreading across the world. There was a decline in automotive jobs for people in America, and doing so, the men decided to leash all their anger on Chin, who was Chinese. It doesn't make the scenario any different if he were Japanese, or any other race. These men were lashing out their racist attacks that was built on and cultivated in a country where its ideologies were formed around hate and superiority. (I understand that this was the 80s, but it doesn't make it any better as we are seeing this being repeated all over again).

We need to educate each other. We need to listen, learn and love. Listen to your POC experience with racism or any struggles that they face. Just because you may not hear other people's races struggling in society, it doesn't mean that their experience is not anymore valid than anybody else's. Learn how you can be better and see if there is anything you can change in your life to be an ally and raise awareness on racist hate crimes. We must learn to love one another and accept each other. Life is too short to be fighting everyday and not breathing in life. We need to breathe and not be tense.

[antoodalys]

Just, I am not okay with this quarantine!

[dt-two]

Sounds blare.

He reaches over and presses on the snooze button. His phone rings after a few moments.

Snooze again.

Cymbals of capitalism signal the final hit.

He scrolls through his phone and wonders if his loved ones are awake, sharing in the not-so-ambivalent joy of disconnected connection and extroverted introversion. He checks to see if anyone messaged him and massaged his passion for compassion.

Meaning lays in bed next to him and embraces his personal compass.

It points to a universe where human beings have high subjective well-being and where voids are just black holes rather than shallow souls and drained hearts.

The atmosphere shifts to the hardwood floor. His barefoot self hears the creak as he turns on his desktop, and the blinds move to reveal the light of consciousness.

He traverses towards the stove in his half-awakened self and replaces some of the air in the kettle with another life-sustaining compound.

Mostly full of water, somewhat filled with air, and strategically cradled by the fire, the kettle works with specially-made leaves to create the perfect brew. The morning haze leaves for his nighttime self and waits for his dreams to walk inside.

Changes in space and time have normalized for the past few weeks, and the start of the day puts him in front of a mirror. He sees many faces of growth. He remembers the pain of the lifetimes before and reminds himself to appreciate.

He balances the left and the right for his skin and acknowledges how the moment reflects the galaxies that have yet to form and the space debris that splits him in two.

To some, he goes through the world as a shooting star or even as part of a beautiful meteor shower.

To others, he is an invader, something to eradicate, and a symbol of fear.

He is also seen as a virus, but he will never take their vaccine.

[thepoliticalcure]

Post 306: French Asians hit back at Coronavirus racism with 'I'm not a virus'

Read: 29 January 2020

There was an outcry when local newspaper Le Courier Picard used the inflammatory headlines "Alerte jaune" (Yellow alert) and "Le péril jaune?" (Yellow peril?), complete with an image of a Chinese woman wearing a protective mask.

Anti-Asian racism has been reported in the UK and elsewhere, and now French Asians have complained of abuse on public transport and social media.

They have been using the hashtag JeNeSuisPasUnVirus (I'm not a virus).

[hernamewasluna]

Acid attack on Asian woman, a common way to assault Indian women, results in 2nd and 3rd degree burns, including melting internal organs plus permanent irreparable disfigurement of facial features, the result is breathing and eating through a tube. They’re permanently disabled. Their crime? Rejecting a date with a guy.This New Yorker's crime? Taking out her trash. Full article on our FB or link above. Source @blackilocks https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tCI7yncmt/?igshid=1nr5upandu5

[kayancheung]

Don't Let Racism Go Viral, 2020. 

Collaboration with Forward Together.

Although the use of face masks for a variety of reasons is common in many Asian countries, early U.S. coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic typically associated the image with contagion. My art reclaims the image in order to resist the dehumanization of Asians promoted by the current U.S. administration. My image reminds that in times of crisis, we can choose solidarity over scapegoating. In the current crisis, our survival depends on one another.

Also, tell Joe Biden to take down his racist campaign ad: https://medium.com/@aapiforce/open-letter-to-the-biden-campaign-on-unprepared-e372356f4eaa

Image description: Illustration showing a close-up of an East Asian person's face, their eyes looking directly at the viewer above a face mask. Over the mask are the words: "Don't let racism go viral. We will get through this together."

[mikeylikesthed]

Groceries, but make it post apocalyptic fashion. These are such weird times that we live in. A global pandemic. In trying times like this, we should remember to lead with #love, and not fear. It hurts me to see a rise of racist attacks against Chinese people and other Asians, it’s happening to my own neighbors, even in a government building like a court house! #iamnotavirus California is currently on lockdown orders, we are only allowed out for essentials like groceries, medical, and exercise provided we keep at least 6 ft away from other people. Now is the time for us to come together as a human race! Let’s heed the advice of the @who and other orgs about how we can do our part. Right now for us in California, it’s best for us to stay home so we can #flattenthecurve before #covid_19 does harm to our community. @londonbreed did an exemplary job of foreseeing what was to come and declaring the state of emergency early, effectively letting us SF residents know that this is serious. Stay safe everyone, together we can beat this! See you on the other side of this pandemic. 💖 #coronavirus #covid #pandemic #apocalyptic #postapocalypticfashion #sfblogger #sfbayarea (at 99 Ranch Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-BC7_injao/?igshid=13fz91vc2hmly