#inter-poc solidarity

[kanyeshrugconspiracy-blog]

My thoughts on Inter-PoC solidarity

I stand in solidarity with other PoC because I refuse to stand for racial oppression.

Refusal to stand for racial oppression for me means that when it is of no threat to my physical life, and sometimes perhaps when it is, I feel the need to stand up against racism when it manifests itself.

I advocate for people of color who aren’t black both when they are and aren’t there, especially when they are being slandered for their race. Whether or not other people of color are anti-black, whether or not they do not care about my livelihood because I’m black, I advocate for their liberation because I believe their liberation should not be conditional. Even people of color who uphold racism deserve liberation. After all, that racism was indoctrinated and their value as a person does not change when they contribute to my oppression.

I hope that people can come to see the objective pricelessness of my life, can understand that I objectively deserve to be liberated, and come to see how much I matter. In my experience, I’ve learned that people are quicker to come to those conclusions when they see me continuously and relentlessly advocate on their behalf. Not that I believe that I must work for the respect of others because I think that other people should treat me with respect regardless, just that people tend to notice how disrespectful they are to me when I treat them with respect.

I get bitter, and definitely hurt, when I meet anti-black PoC or witness antiblackness committed by PoC. But my values are such that I must advocate for their liberation. It is the most decent thing I can do, especially since I have learned to uphold their oppression as well, and likely uphold racism against them even as I try to unlearn.

[kcdanger]

yellow peril // black lives matter

hey folks,

in light of the (continued) pardoning of white cop murderers and the abundance of reactionary anti-black racism within non-black poc communities, i'm wondering how to construct and manifest (east) asian solidarity in all of this.

for a few years now, i know we've all seen the "YELLOW PERIL SUPPORTS BLACK POWER" photos from the Huey Newton trial, and we've also seen a resurgence of this messaging around Ferguson. but there's been very little information circulating beyond these images.

i'm trying to do as much research as possible, but for now i have two questions:

1. do you have any resources/information about yellow peril and their affiliation with the black panthers?

2. AAPI folks: in the event that there's nothing deeply problematic about these folks, would you be interested in a resurgence of this movement? by that, i mean a contingent of radical, militant asian-american folks who are dedicated to learning about, discussing, and working actively to dismantle white supremacy in solidarity with and support of other (and especially black) poc?

let me know. i think there's a lot of potential to use our power and relative privilege to support something big.

pls signal boost if you feel this would be helpful.

fury n light,

phoenix