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Before I respond to your absolute DRIVEL, let me provide some critical context for those reading:

Months ago, I don’t remember how long ago, but it was definitely before COVID. There was a news article showing Asian-Americans in the U.S. having racist things to them done by white people. The responses and comment section were the typical race-to-the-bottom / low-hanging-fruit fare you typically find from people who would be better served not speaking up on social issues at all.

So I jumped into the comments like “Yo, why are y’all rejoicing over the hardships of other POC”??? And the response I got was about how solidarity is a myth... blah blah.

So here we are many months later, and there are reports of landlords in China kicking out African immigrants over Covid.... which led this poor soul into my inbox. 

1. Donald Trump referring to COVID as a “Chinese Virus” is a political tool used to deflect the fact that tens of thousands of Americans are dying due to our leadership being unprepared for this crisis. Any time you call it a “Chinese Virus”, you are aiding him on that mission. How does this benefit Black people? This is not a rhetorical question, answer it.

2. The United States brand of White supremacy is the one of the most destructive and powerful forces in human history, why are y’all so hell bent on sending Black people on a suicide mission to destroy this force alone? When I call for solidarity between POC, its not out of the goodness of my heart. It’s because its going to take everyone working together to win. WE. NEED. TO. WORK. TOGETHER. TO. WIN. PERIOD. 

3. Using context clues from your ill-conceived message, I’m guessing you’re African. But let me speak to Black Americans for a second. 

Black Americans want everyone else to use all the context in the world when it comes to how they view our people. But we are not willing to extend that same courtesy to others.

For example, when it comes to the plight of Black Americans, our incarceration rate, our income, etc. We want everyone to understand there has been a system set in place by the White Power structure for us to lose. Everything from slavery, to Jim Crow, to COINTELPRO, to racist drug laws. And all of that is correct and true.

But the Chinese people in China have lived under a brutal and oppressive system that has taught and indoctrinated them since birth to hold some of the ignorant ass views they have about Africans and Black people. They don’t even have access to a free and open internet to educate themselves to the level that we do. 

If we want people to understand why Black Americans don’t always make the best decisions, I think its fair to have that same consideration for another marginalized and oppressed people dealing with their own crisis with their own government. 

4. I didn’t speak publicly on this issue because I didn’t feel I needed to. What do y’all want me to say? CHINESE GOVERNMENT BAD.

Yeah, no shit. Water is wet. Of course the Chinese government is a piece of shit.

I don’t have the authority of speak on African-Chinese issues the way I have authority to speak on American issues happening in America. 

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In conclusion:

The most unsophisticated way to bond with your own race is to rejoice over the destruction of another race. That’s low hanging fruit that appeals to the most basic parts of our brain. 

Before someone takes this out of context. I am not suggesting that Black people go march in the street on behalf of chinese people. 

All I ever suggested is that we NOT celebrate their hardship because it does not serve our mission in combating White supremacy.

How is this controversial?

I swear to God if I knew what your username was, I would block your ass on Instagram for even making me have to open my laptop to type this.