I am going crazy. I am actually super upset with how 2020 is going for all of us. It's like one thing after another, we can't catch a BREAK! I'm sitting on my couch, looking out the big window and I'm just thinking to myself, "Why?" I feel like everything that could possibly go wrong is actually happening. Like manifestation theory. We all keep saying, "It can't get any worse than this." and then it does. We really need to stop saying this stuff. With the world in complete chaos right now, I can't help but think that all of this is setting us up for something a lot bigger. Maybe this year will be the change we need. Maybe it's giving us what is meant to be. I just don't know at this point. A global pandemic was what I thought, the worst thing to happen in 2020. Then a man named George Floyd was murdered by a police officer. Aren't the police officers supposed to protect the innocent civilians? Aren't they supposed to help us? Apparently not in America. Power goes to their head the same way the blood in my body boils when I hear of instances like this. The stories I've heard, the names I've read, the things the mainstream media is leaving out -- It breaks my heart. And I don't know how to comprehend that there's people in this world that really think someone's life isn't worthy because of their skin color. As an Asian-American woman in America, I have fortunately not faced as much discrimination as others in the minorities. There is a stigma that East Asians are prejudice against Black people. I particularly wasn't raised to hate Black people, but I was raised with caution towards White people. That's just how my Grandma and Mom had wanted me to be. Cautious. I instilled my own beliefs in myself, while taking what they've said as a grain of salt. As an Asian-American woman, I am privileged. I'm not talking about being rich (cause I definitely am not), or being spoiled by my parents (because I am not), but I mean, I am privileged that for the majority of my life I have never been in the situation where I was scared for my life because of the police. I am privileged because I have never and I don't think I will ever not get an opportunity solely for the color of my skin. The majority of Asian- Americans in this country aren't seen as "threats"/ "that they don't belong here"/ or "terrorists". Most of the discrimination I have seen towards the Asian community is about Corona Virus. It's kinda hard to not hear when the President of the U.S. publicly calls it the "Chinese- virus". Also newsflash, we are not all Chinese. And even if we are, no need to blame us, Asian- Americans, for it when we were not apart of the start of it at all anyways. Even so, this type of discrimination is not great but it doesn't compare to the fear others have over just simply living their life. Which is why people say "Black Lives Matter". Not, "All Lives Matter" because yes we all know they do (ALL) but right now in this very moment, Black Lives Matter MORE. We need to focus our attention on this movement because without us, there would be no movement. There would be no change. I personally, am very scared to go outside to protest not just because of Covid-19, but there is a fear inside me that has sparked after seeing the horrible videos and pictures of how some of the Riot Police treat the PEACEFUL protesters. I'm not a very strong person so if anything happened like I got arrested, I wouldn't be able to hold it together. But, there are many ways to still participate and join the movement. Below, I'm going to link petitions to sign, funds to donate to, and more work that you can read/watch/ educate yourself if you're like me and want to be informed and have every detail you can. Petitions to Sign:Justice for George Floyd National Action Against Police Brutality Ban Rubber Bullets for Crowd Control Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Hands Up Act Consequences for excessive force used on Quentin Suttles Funds to Donate to:George Floyd Memorial Fund Justice for Breonna Taylor The Bail Project NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund Educate yourself:Literally go on Netflix, there's a whole section that pops up that is you can educate yourself with. This isn't like my usual posts, but I have been speaking about this on all my other social medias so I thought, why not just create a blog as well? Thank you for reading if you read all the way down and I hope that the status of the world isn't in shambles next time we talk. XOXO,
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