Current Thought Swirls: The Asian [Woman]
I’ve avoided this space for quite some time now. I’ve struggled to find the right hook to start what I feel like needs to be said without knowing what I want to say. So I did what was easiest. I remained silent. And just because I am writing does not mean I suddenly have coherent thoughts but I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer allow the words to swirl around my mind, bumping its emotions and thoughts from one wall to the other. So here we are. A little over five months ago Asian women were targeted and murdered. There were cries for justice. And rage against white supremacy. My heart ached at the ways culture left those women vulnerable. Patriarchy and misogyny has a way of silently strangling Asian women, in some ways quite literally. Don’t get me wrong, it was infuriating to hear that a white mass murderer was handcuffed and taken in when the police often seem incapable of interacting with unarmed Black men and women without accepting blood on their hands. White ...
