is anyone is just so fucking done with the children of immigrants making fun of their parent? like theres a whole genre of content online of poc kids making deeply racist jokes bout their own parents. mocking their accents, complaining about their English, making jokes defending beating children, getting on fucking tv to defend these obvious racist jokes with. "im not making fun of blank, im mocking my parents who happen to be just lazy caricatures" and "how can i be racist aganist my own race?" while putting on modern day minstrel shows. or worst, irl talking shit about them right in front of them because they dont speak English. I hope that white approval was worth it scumbags.

I have been learning about black people in STEM on my own as I am a black people in STEM. There are tons and tons of black engineering big brains throughout history. I'm also encouraging my cousin in university to go botany. He told me likes organic chemistry and stuff but wants to transfer into computers because they are more profitable. Trying to convince him that he's probably better-off learning the thing he actually likes rather than the thing he thinks will give him money. The real secret is he's going to be broke either way, might well be broke and like the stuff you leaned about.

I sort of like that my local grocery store has a "foreign" food section. I love my middle-mexi-thainese section. Why yes the couscous should be next to the sushi rice, and the salsa and siracha do go together.
The fact that it's sandwiched between the spices and the sweet baking goods means they have made my shopping very easy.

I'm getting better at talking about my experiences as a black person without shame. Or rather, I'm better seeing white discomfort and continuing with what I'm saying.

It's realizing I'm not being the problem or trauma dumping or whatever. My experience is valid and just because someone else doesn't understand that I need to consider more for my personal safety doesn't make me a downer. I'm not the one who should feel bad when I bring up that something is racist.

It doesn't feel like much to me, but I'm starting to realize it's not me, it's the white liberals in my life.

I wish more white people (and frankly immigrants like my parents) knew that part of white supremacy was preventing Black folks from preserving any sort of generational wealth as possible.

Things like the GI Joe bill weren't just harmful because it denied loans to POC but that it prevented POC from being able to build wealth at the rate that their White peers were doing.

My parents have pretty much bought into the Black pathology racist myth because they think that the reason they were able to make it was because of their "hard work and focus on education."

Racism in South Asian immigrant culture is such a disheartening problem.

Been getting hit a bit harder by my feelings of loneliness lately. Especially after I went to a sending off party for someone from work. Had an expectation that at least one or two of the people I talk with the most would be there and none showed up. It was a bit awkward. Not that it was that bad, but just felt a bit isolated.

Also just feel like I'm kind of just stuck in a routine all the time. Going out for a walk and taking some pictures kind helps just because it makes me think about something other than work, but I can't help but think about how so much of my life right now evolves around my workplace including what social interactions I have. And it finally just hit me while I was out on a walk yesterday that I just feel alone. Its not even like I live alone. I still live with my parents and brother, but I don't really have anyone that I feel comfortable talking about life with right now.

Happy lunar new year folks

I just wanted to see what Latam folks think about the term "latinx" when it's used in popular academic writing (i.e. textbooks). My NATO geography textbook uses latinx but I always feel iffy since English doesn't have a concept of gendered nouns so "latino" or "latin american" or "latam" would also work. It's gotten a lot more common recently I feel.

btw latinx is basically used as just "all people from south of the border" in my textbook, no mention of Caribbean islanders or Brazilians or indigenous societies.

Wow another week passed by. I will have mango curry later :3. Plus I plan to workout today...took a break because I was sick.

Dear m Mayo Jewish person who got mad we don't sell kosher.

It's not racist to inconvenience you with nothing being kosher at a fast food place. It's anti semetic

I'm cross-posting like crazy my posts to other instances to help promote Hexbear.

But I've noticed a few comments over time that would rather have me cool it with the cross-posting.

So I think that's what I'll do. I don't want to spam. I'll limit it to 4 or 5 tops and maybe promote on other websites.

As for the thread tax:

I'm still trying to re-learn Spanish after having forgotten it since I was a little child. I wonder if I can find a group of Latino/a in my area that are trying to do the same thing?

Well, it's worth a look, at least.

I need some help.

https://hexbear.net/post/1796476