#fuckyeahAAPI

When someone thinks The Color Run was an original idea by white people

When Senator Jeff Sessions tried to justify cutting families out entirely from the immigration system

When people forget that AAPI's are undocumented too

When women put chopsticks in their hair

When we establish group norms for a power and privilege conversation

When Congress finally passed VAWA

When I try to explain that Asian cultures are distinct

When someone says they know how to curse in an Asian language

When people say all AAPI's look alike

When people ask if I speak Indian

When ethnic enclaves are displaced through gentrification

Whenever I remember that race is a social construct with no meaningful basis

When someone repeatedly butchers my name

When people say they aren't racist because they have an AAPI friend

When Asians forget their Pacific Islander brothers and sisters