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Even more important than completing the Pokedex is getting an accurate Census count!  Have you filled out the 2020 Census yet? You can fill it out online at https://my2020census.gov/ , on the phone at 1 (844) 330-2020, or by the form that was mailed to you. You should include EVERYONE who lives with you when you fill out the 2020 Census. This includes that family friend or uncle who lives with you.

Today we imagine ketchup as the ultimate modern American food (and it is true that we like to put ketchup on…well, a lot of things). But ketchup’s origins are found in Asia, and its adaptation *cough - appropriation into the thing that resembles our thick, modern-day ketchup began in early modern Britain. ⠀⠀ The word “ketchup” is borrowed either from the Chinese Fujian dialect (鲑汁 kôe-chiap, a brine of pickled fish or shellfish, with “kôe” as a kind of fish, and “chiap” as juice or sauce), and/or from Malay (with “kecap” or “kicap,” soy sauce). It’s likely that Britons encountered this tasty sauce – a thin, black-brown liquid that was either a type of fish sauce or a type of soy sauce – during acts of travel and colonization. ⠀⠀ In other words, ketchup wasn’t necessarily made with tomatoes, at least not at first. Back in the day, according to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the “most esteemed kinds” of ketchup were mushroom, walnut, and tomato, which emerged around 1800 in the U.S. and predominated from the early 20th century. ⠀⠀ Flavor, spice, and shelf-life were clearly important to early modern British ketchup-makers as they attempted to replicate the soy and fish sauces that had come to them via acts of travel, conquest, and colonization. But just as these Britons worked to use and enjoy Chinese and/or Malay sauces, they simultaneously adapted them, changing the recipes to suit their own tastes, needs, expectations, and palates. ⠀⠀ White Europeans appropriated, gleaned, bought, and stole knowledge and knowledge-systems from indigenous. You’re welcome. #aznsauceoflove . . . #hokkien #kecap #kicap #kecapmanis #originsofketchup #soysauce #asianlovelanguage #howasianparentsshowlove #asianfoodstory #asianpacificheritagemonth #aphm #aapiheritagemonth #aapi #aapi2020 #aapimonth #aapiheritage #asianaf #asianfoodie #cultureappropriation #asianmomsbelike #asiansauce #sauceinmyfridge #asiancreative #asianartist #wocartist #asianmoms #aaphm #immigrantsmakeamericagreat #bloodygirlgang (at Malaysia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAIX1k6h6P4/?igshid=8oz3exfmrt1

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Spreading feminism like a boss 🦸🏻‍♀️👸🏻🦹🏻‍♀️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCuBqAXh3JR/?igshid=6cbv6vf0a61i

Yeap. Stop the busyness of justification, stop expending emotional labour on explaining to people determined to misunderstand. Start finding the value in not seeking approval, the heightened enjoyment of connecting with people who already understand or have the humility to seek understanding. The rest is noise, flies in the soup of life, they will sink themselves soon enough. You do you, you focus on your path, anyone who doesn’t like it, too bad so sad. Source @blackilocks #aapi2020 #asianfeminism #asianpower #blackpower #tonimorrison #tonimorrisonquote #blackandgold2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbK9iuBI9u/?igshid=87phesu0xzd3

These are the 1960s Asian #phenomenalwomen , they published a controversial magazine Gidra, they’re protesting the exploitation of #asianfemales here. The idea started when the Third World Liberation Front at San Francisco State University was formed. It consisted of black, Chinese, Mexican, Filipino and Native American students. They organised sit ins that lasted 5 months, becoming the longest in US history, spreading to NY and Berkeley. UC Berkeley formed the Asian American Political Alliance. The magazine was started by Asian American Mike Murase, Gidra gave AAPIs a way to find a collective sense of identity, use their voices as well as bridge the gaps between each group. Thank you Mike for your contributions. ❤️✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿Scroll left. Photos by @mikemurase, writing by @blackilocks #aapiheritagemonth #aapi2020 #aapihm https://www.instagram.com/p/CAOrAtqh2kq/?igshid=s5jd9ajz5xw3