#Diaspora

Jinghua Qian

qianjinghua

Yes this. I've been following the Reclaim Her Name shitshow republishing writers like George Eliot under their given names and it's just the archetype of misguided terf-adjacent white feminism. I

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XiranJayZhao

i wish people would stop being so judgy of Chinese American food just bc it's not "authentic" bc come on. it's still the product of the effort of Chinese Americans.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu

jidesanwoolu

As we move to end police brutality, by virtue of Section 5 of Tribunals of Inquiry Law, Laws of Lagos State, 2015, I inaugurated an 8-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry

Rich 🐺🖤

heywildrich

Here is a thread of some of my work. I don't really have it in one place for people to find easily. This thread will highlight some of it."The War

Sarah Ayoub | ساره ايوب

bysarahayoub

I told myself I would not cry. I felt sad, don't get me wrong, but I had to distance myself so it wouldn't get too bad. So I sat at

tay

mofongoconpollo

so, this tweet has popped up on my tl and I get that my mutuals who have liked it have their best interests at heart, but puerto rico doesn't "deserve"

Proud Georgia Boy

TeranceBaileyjr

Thread: I think this is an opportunity to talk about different "pro-black" ideologies. Its past time black people openly have discussions about black "nativism" vs Pan-Africanism and citizenship vs separatists

Bath & Bella Works 🚿🕯🛁

brownandbella

Because they don’t see America as our “roots” the same way they do for the other countries in the diaspora. They don’t see our culture here, that we built from

Gady Epstein

gadyepstein

THREAD: Our cover this week is about the persecution of China's Uyghurs. In our editorial, we urge governments and others to do more about this crime against humanityhttps://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/10/17/the-persecution-of-the-uy

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XiranJayZhao

THREAD: why the notion that MSG is bad for you is a racist hoax and needlessly deprived us of so much deliciousnessso MSG was first isolated in 1908 by Japanese

#SaveSheikhJarrah

dialectichiphop

Reading about the heartbreaking massacres in #kabul yesterday I can't help but think of how we're so far removed from what goes on 'half way across the world' that we

诗雅

marxistartist

happy earth day! the greatest threat to the planet is capitalism, colonialism & imperialism. the destruction of the u$ empire must be at the center of saving our planet &

hareefaree

hareefluffs

Late night sads, just realizing how few good narratives there are about being south Asian diaspora and that’s why I’m flocking to poorly written desi chars to project my feelings

🐅🌿👅 🖤 Tanaïs 🖤🌙📿🐍

hiwildflower

South Asians — esp. sanctimonious Indians!—focusing on cultural appropriation as our sole mode of anti-Blackness rather than histories of caste violence, colorism, anti-Blackness & hatred of minorities — you’re shifting

Polla Garmiany ☀️

PollaGarmiany

A few personal stories/thoughts regarding colonialism:I've never hidden my Kurdish origins and have always been proud of them, yet at the same time, there have been occasions where younger me

Chi

theAfroLegalise

I don’t know why it’s difficult for Black folks in the U.S. to confront the fact that we have little to no idea about what is happening on the continent