still devastated by the shocking rampage of violence occurring near Atlanta on Tuesday that exposes yet again the deadly consequences of racism, misogyny and xenophobia rooted in white supremacy and a domination worldview, our world continues to grieve… on the heels of a year long rise in Asian hate crimes, we must mourn and speak out against this bigotry….

as Dr. Michelle Au, a physician, Georgia state senator and the first Asian American Georgia state senator said, “Our AAPI community has been living in fear this past year in the shadow of escalating racial discrimination and attacks. This latest series of murders only heightens that terror. … I implore all Georgians, and all Americans, to reach out to your Asian-American neighbors [and] to pledge to stand with them in solidarity.”

sadly, this discrimination and violence against Asians in the United States traces back to their first entry into the country. in 1882 a law passed explicitly barring immigration from China and in WWII, 100;000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps…

we  must address the systemic violence waged against asian communities, black communities, native american communities, muslim communities, jewish communities and on and on and transmute the root causes…

let us all stand together in solidarity with all who are victimized by systemic violence and uproot whatever stands in the way of real-eye-sing we belong to each other, all living beings are one… think/feel cosmically, act locally…