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$A couple days ago I posted a black square. Nothing else. I feel like I’ve been spending the past few days trying to come up with the right words to explain even a fraction of what I wish I could have verbalized on Black Out Tuesday. So here it goes... There is nothing that wears me out more than anger and I’ve gotta say, I’m damn tired... every day I go onto social media and I see glaring racism and police brutality, and I just don’t understand. I am not white. For all intents and purposes I was raised white. I grew up in a large, very predominantly white family, which made for a very interesting experience growing up. At the very least once a week, I would experience brief moments where I was reminded that I was half Asian. These reminders were very rarely offensive because Asian stereotypes often revolve around things like being good math, ya know “compliments”. I was reminded that I was different, and those experiences gave me a sensitivity towards race that I know would have taken me much longer learn if I’d of been born all white. But even still, I have learned a lot and have a lot to learn. I cannot express enough what kind of privilege it is for me to be able to say I’m tired, and take breaks away from social media. From every terrible thing happening in the world right now. Because for some this is their every day! I just don’t understand bringing violence to a peaceful protest! I don’t understand why I watched a white man say in a video he posted that he can’t wait for Trump to make the tweet (as if a tweet is some fucking executive order) for the public to be able to take up arms against protesters! I don’t understand the quintessential lack of empathy people have for other human beings! Why is it so hard to listen? Why did it take protesting in all 50 states before appropriate legal action was taken against the cops that killed George Floyd? Why is it seemingly impossible to have a conversation about how the systems that we have in place do in fact work against some individuals? I am not faulting anyone for being born with privilege. I’m faulting people for not being able to acknowledge that they have privilege...$ $A couple days ago I posted a black square. Nothing else. I feel like I’ve been spending the past few days trying to come up with the right words to explain even a fraction of what I wish I could have verbalized on Black Out Tuesday. So here it goes... There is nothing that wears me out more than anger and I’ve gotta say, I’m damn tired... every day I go onto social media and I see glaring racism and police brutality, and I just don’t understand. I am not white. For all intents and purposes I was raised white. I grew up in a large, very predominantly white family, which made for a very interesting experience growing up. At the very least once a week, I would experience brief moments where I was reminded that I was half Asian. These reminders were very rarely offensive because Asian stereotypes often revolve around things like being good math, ya know “compliments”. I was reminded that I was different, and those experiences gave me a sensitivity towards race that I know would have taken me much longer learn if I’d of been born all white. But even still, I have learned a lot and have a lot to learn. I cannot express enough what kind of privilege it is for me to be able to say I’m tired, and take breaks away from social media. From every terrible thing happening in the world right now. Because for some this is their every day! I just don’t understand bringing violence to a peaceful protest! I don’t understand why I watched a white man say in a video he posted that he can’t wait for Trump to make the tweet (as if a tweet is some fucking executive order) for the public to be able to take up arms against protesters! I don’t understand the quintessential lack of empathy people have for other human beings! Why is it so hard to listen? Why did it take protesting in all 50 states before appropriate legal action was taken against the cops that killed George Floyd? Why is it seemingly impossible to have a conversation about how the systems that we have in place do in fact work against some individuals? I am not faulting anyone for being born with privilege. I’m faulting people for not being able to acknowledge that they have privilege...$

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