In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s enlighten ourselves with what he once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” This quote resonates with me a lot, as I ponder how we, as Asian-Americans, can be better allies to the Black community. The summer of 2020 was very chaotic and painful, to say the least. We were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that didn’t stop the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes or police brutality against Black people. On May 25, 2020, Tou Thao, a Hmong-American officer, was complicit in the murdering of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, a white officer, pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for
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The Silence of Our Friends
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let’s enlighten ourselves with what he once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” This quote resonates with me a lot, as I ponder how we, as Asian-Americans, can be better allies to the Black community. The summer of 2020 was very chaotic and painful, to say the least. We were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that didn’t stop the surge in anti-Asian hate crimes or police brutality against Black people. On May 25, 2020, Tou Thao, a Hmong-American officer, was complicit in the murdering of George Floyd. Derek Chauvin, a white officer, pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for