#you don't support ALL asian people; you tokenize asians by promoting one (1) lightskinned asian to some public position

[thevalleyisjolly]

Not to be an angry person of colour on main, but I am over companies tweeting out diversity statements and links to carrds or donation threads that everyone and their mother is already sharing all over the place.  Oh, so you “stand with AAPI communities?”  You believe in #StopAsianHate?  You urge your followers to donate to this list of charities?  Ok great, but what steps are you as a company taking to combat racism?  If you really do not stand for racism in your company or consumer base, what concrete anti-racist measures are you going to commit to long term?

Fashion brands (or really, any brands that make clothing), are you going to stop exploiting underpaid garment workers in Asia?  Are you going to stop promoting colourist beauty standards and companies that hypersexualize Asians and appropriate Asian cultures?  Production and publishing companies, directors and editors and music labels, are you going to be signing and promoting Asian artists and creators?  What kind of Asian actors are you giving opportunities to, and what kind of opportunities?  How are you marketing them, what Orientalist or model minority stereotypes are you not going to use?  Businesses in general, what are you doing to increase hiring and retention of Asian employees?  How are you going to support them and create a safe work environment for them?  Are you going to provide them with the same career opportunities, training, and salaries as your white employees?  Media brands, what are you doing to make your space a safe one for Asian fans?  What kind of opinions and fan voices do you privilege, or implicitly tolerate?  What are you going to do when Asian people bring up concerns about your content, or call out racism in the community?  The list goes on.

Anti-racism does not end with putting out a statement of support and retweeting a few donations.  It does not last as long as the hashtag is trending.  Anti-racism is a long-term commitment to anti-racist work.  Great, you say you stand with Asian communities.  The tiny voice of good faith in my head chooses to believe you actually have good intentions and genuinely want to support Asian people.  Now what are you going to do about it once it’s no longer trending on Twitter?  What is your company or brand going to do one week from now, one month, one year?  How are you going to actually going to stand with and support Asian people?

*Non-Asian people can and should reblog this, but don’t clown around.  Asian people are more than welcome to add on/disagree.  There are so many issues related to anti-Asian racism not touched on here -intersectional identities, the focus on East Asians, industry-specific problems, etc- and those are just as important to keep in mind when committing to anti-racist work*

#anti asian racism #i've seen several corporate twitters do this now and it's like #normally you don't give the time of day to asian people when they call out racism in your brand or your fan base #you don't support ALL asian people; you tokenize asians by promoting one (1) lightskinned asian to some public position #and now you put out a statement of support and tweet a link to a carrd that someone else put together #i feel *so* supported; truly you are *such* an ally to AAPI communities! /s #non asian people can and should reblog this but don't you fucking dare clown around