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this is an incredibly tricky topic because I’m Asian but I’m not THAT Asian. but I have some thoughts and that I want to address
the thing about ops is they go by REALLY fast. the thing about THAT op is that it was Asian fans asking the actors to do a particular pose. +
the thing about ops is they go by REALLY fast. the thing about THAT op is that it was Asian fans asking the actors to do a particular pose. +
sometimes, you don’t have time to think. they go by SUPER fast.
please understand this, I am not excusing what happened. I do wish they had reconsidered the pose despite being asked BY Asian fans. +
please understand this, I am not excusing what happened. I do wish they had reconsidered the pose despite being asked BY Asian fans. +
there are many Asian POC that were offended—that is their right. there were many Asian POC that were not offended—that is also their right.
Can you be hurt? yes. Angry? Yes. Frustrated? Yes. BUT you’re not Asian, so really your opinion regarding the topic doesn’t matter. +
Can you be hurt? yes. Angry? Yes. Frustrated? Yes. BUT you’re not Asian, so really your opinion regarding the topic doesn’t matter. +
let me tell you of an incident that happened at Vegascon with Misha.
At vegascon15, during our first Misha M&G, he made sure to get to know every single fan. I was quiet cause I was nervous. He spotted me after he spoke to Gail and walked up to me. +
At vegascon15, during our first Misha M&G, he made sure to get to know every single fan. I was quiet cause I was nervous. He spotted me after he spoke to Gail and walked up to me. +
We began to talk. I told him how I was in awe of him doing the Indo-Russian accent. How his Indian accent sounded just like one of my family members. He proceeded to do an Indian accent. I laughed. Not out of embarrassment, not out of uneasiness, but because it was funny TO ME. +
If y’all know me, y’all know that I grew up in the Middle East which means I had/have an Indian accent. I was severely mocked by my classmates. I would be in tears and would cry myself to sleep. Eventually I became pretty exhausted from crying. +
So, in order to deal with the daily pain of being mocked for something I had no control over I turned to dealing with it through a sense of humor. It helped. Cause sometimes it’s better to laugh, than cry (as painful issues are a heavy subject to deal with). +
I just found out today while having a discussion about all of this, that while *I* am ok with it there’s someone who wasn’t. Hint: she’s also Indian, looks kinda like me and while we share similarities we also share differences. +
*She* is uncomfortable any time she hears an Indian accent particularly if people are mocking it because to her it’s a constant trigger of the pain that we went through in middle school and high school +
here’s a genuine question to you— as a white person why do some of you feel the need to assess how an apology is addressed? who decides what’s good enough? was it not good enough because it didn’t meet YOUR standards? +
because the thing is if you’re a POC you have that right to fully either accept Misha’s apology or still be hurt/mad. but if you’re white why do YOU feel it’s not good enough?! +
Side Note: do you decide it’s not good enough because SOME POC feel it’s not good enough? what about the ones who were ok with it? what about the POC who didn’t feel there was a need to apologize because they understand that it was asked BY POC fans? +
Side Note 2: I’m also aware of how exhausting it is being told “use your white privilege to speak out!” only to do it and be told “why are you speaking out on behalf of POC!”
I want to have an open/honest discussion. if you don’t feel comfortable please DM so we can discuss.
I want to have an open/honest discussion. if you don’t feel comfortable please DM so we can discuss.
