Bigotry and Racial tension in LGBT land

[TwisttheLeaf]

[MENTION=18508]East[/MENTION] I hadn't seen it before, but yeah, I can relate to a lot of what's in that video.

[Emiliano]

Have you see this video Twist?

I posted it on my facebook page a few days ago...

Everyone should watch it.....

http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/10000000...spond.html

I saw that too. Asian Americans face all kinds of shit. The Fox News segment with the guy going to Chinatown and mocking people was beyond taste, even by Fox standards.

Millennial Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are also the least likely to vote. We are incredibly underrepresented in politics and media, yet we are the fastest growing racial group in the USA. Even in the middle of #oscars so white, they made racially charged jokes with Asians as the butt of them. A lot of people have no idea about the history of Asian American race relations in the USA too. Many issues and struggles get brushed aside and covered with model minority stereotypes.

The state of race in this country is very frustrating, but creating platforms for these experiences to be vocalized is a powerful step. By no means do I think Asians face it the worst in this country, but it's a demographic that is typically not heard, and consistently mocked, and it's about time to speak up and stand up more.