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There has to be a way to both call out the PRC for being an authoritarian government that is by most accounts committing modern genocide, and to not blame Asian
by danShumway 6y ago
There has to be a way to both call out the PRC for being an authoritarian government that is by most accounts committing modern genocide, and to not blame Asians who live in the US for that fact or to use that fact to justify bigotry.
I refuse to accept that the only way to prevent violence is to stop reporting on very real issues. It's like when people blame the BDS movement for antisemitism -- reporting anything negative about the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians becomes too dangerous because "what if someone misinterprets it".
Violence towards Asians in the US is a serious issue that we need to tackle head-on, but allowing the PRC to get away with genocide or deflect all criticism is not at all the way to do it. The PRC is not Asia, and it doesn't represent every Asian person. It doesn't get to hide behind them to shut down conversations about its own racism and authoritarianism.