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A Georgia couple, who are parents of three, was sentenced for a total of 28 years for terrorizing a black child’s birthday party. They and a dozen others were riding around in trucks with guns and confederate flags, yelling racial slurs and threatening to kill them back in July 2015 - a few weeks after the Charleston church shooting. Joel Torres (given 13 years) and Kayla Norton (given 6 years) were a part of a group called “Respect The Flag” who were found out to be white supremacists who wanted to go to KKK rallies and join Skinheads Nation.

At that time, Joel Torres pointed a shotgun at the black party-goers with his friend saying, “the little ones can get it to”. However, he later stated he had a shotgun because he feared for his friend’s safety against the black family. Once they are done with their sentencing, the couple will be banned from Douglas County. [x]

It literally costs you $0.00 to not be a racist and respect others but since y'all wanted to act the fool

1. Whites use the economic success of a few East Asians to craft a model minority myth and pretend to place us within the category of whiteness. They give us respectability and fetishization “in return” for prosperity, as a “reward” for being good at the capitalist game. The whites ignore the diversity within Asia whenever possible and define “Asian” accordingly.

2. East Asians who believe in the model minority myth expect to be included in a category that contains white people and East Asians vs. another category that contains everyone else. Actually, white people are never going to voluntarily treat us like humans. The East Asians notice and campaign to be included in whiteness. Basically, we “won” the game, where is our prize?

3. Rich East Asians campaign for whiteness at the expense of other Asians and other PoC, especially black people. Whites with no concept of horizontal aggression vs. racism use this to pit everyone against each other. Whites look at socioeconomic data produced by a horribly racist, capitalist system and use it to make East Asians “conditionally white” while justifying abuse against other Asians.