The AAPI community hasn’t forgotten what #PauGasol and his teammates did at the 2008 Beijing Olympics #AAPIHate

I was going to make some joyous Happy Lunar New Year post here today, but instead woke up to this news. Happy fucking new year to us. Shooter still at large so we don’t know motives, but at a city of 65% Asian on Lunar New Year’s eve, I have no doubt it’s racially motivated.

I’m not exaggerating when I say, I have never felt less safe in this country (USA). Yesterday i debated whether to wear my attention grabbing red dragon traditional Chinese jacket for new year to go out, and decided not to partly I didn’t want to be a target. I’m still grateful to be here, alas very disheartened.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting

#Asian #AsianAmerican #AsianMastodon #AAPI #AAPIHate