Hasan Minhaj calls for action from Asian communities in anti-racism

[addictedgal]

Hasan Minhaj posted a 12-minute video on Patriot Act's YouTube channel speaking directly to the Asian community to call on them to speak out (and vote) in support of Black Lives Matter and fighting against anti-Black racism within Asian communities.

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He highlights:

• Police responding to protests against police brutality with more police brutality

Comments

[kairoso]

Ok since this is an Asian community post, I wanted to call out Jenn Im for making a post that was like “I’ll donate $1 for a comment below (capped at 5k)”)

I mean it’s good that she’s donating.. she wanted to make an “interactive activism” post but we can see that she’s just trying to rig the Instagram algorithm as an influencer lmao like why not just say that you’re gonna donate 5k

[addictedgal]

That's a very transparent yikes.
I find any Instagram account using this to promote their own account/gain clout gross.

And then there's the less obvious way which is when they post extra self-reflection posts about how they are going to ~learn or their own recommendations of media (ex. antiracist books) when they could instead be highlighting Black creators who already had these posts. I have found it very hard to look at any regular content these days because it's been jarring when the rest of the stories on my feed have been very politically-focused.

[hazejournal]

I find her and a lot of her influencer etc friends kinda sus.

[senshicalico]

woof.

Like I get wanting a cap for something like that (like if you happen to get a million comments, and literally cannot afford to donate a million, then that's gonna hurt your image too) but 5k? Come on...

[corruptionoflol]

One of my old roommates Linked a post on her story that said the person would donate 25¢ for each like they got. Like just donate what you can afford and then publicly post it if you want recognition

[coquettishkat]

omg why did she think that was a good idea

[anydoppelganger]

Jenn Im has been so disappointing. I mean in the last 5+ years, not just recently.
Sarah>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[suggestivepeach]

I always got weird vibes from her and her husband so I’m glad I stopped watching years ago. That’s such a transparent move on her part.