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(DIR) Post #AdVxWpfSkrkQzq4sbo by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:00:57Z
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Love & Thai restaurant in #Fresno, #California is open in a different location.A baseless accusation grounded in a #racist #stereotype about #AsianFood using dog meat brought a 6 month barrage of #harassment so heated Rasavong, 41, closed down its previous location over fears for family safety.https://nationalpost.com/pmn/life-pmn/california-restaurants-comeback-shows-how-outdated-false-asian-stereotype-of-dog-eating-persists#Racism #Xenophobia #AsianMastodon #Thai #StopRacism #EndXenophobia #StopRacistStereotypes #AntiAsianHate #DontTolerateRacism #StandUpAgainstRacism
(DIR) Post #AdVxWrRMAHeWUfUdto by Rasta@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:14:55Z
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@msquebanh It's to the point where any nutcase can make an accusation and the accused has to defend themselves for false statements?The person that made that accusation needs to be found and made an example over inciting hate and harm towards others
(DIR) Post #AdVxWsPGZXZhUTWUHQ by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:20:22Z
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@Rasta I think he may pursue legal actions. I hope he does because that kind of racist harassment is not OK; it can cost POC folks to lose their family businesses & livelihoods on baseless false accusations - not to mention the emotional distress & anxiety over personal safety risks.
(DIR) Post #AdVxWtYWIcZT3SrOLI by Rasta@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T20:30:53Z
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@msquebanh If the person who created the story is not held accountable, there's a systemic problem
(DIR) Post #AdVxWtopJzcBs2UPlA by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:01:18Z
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[ His earlier restaurant had itself only been open for seven months when a so-called animal welfare crusader in May implied on social media that a pitbull tied up at an unconnected home next door was going to be served on the menu.A day after the initial commentary, vitriolic statements, voicemails and calls rained down. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxWwr428BfHqYkAC by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T20:36:51Z
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@Rasta I'd love to see helpful systematic accountability replacing harmful systematic racism, in my lifetime but that probably isn't happening.
(DIR) Post #AdVxWyvkJh7XiwlVjs by Rasta@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T20:48:38Z
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@msquebanh I don't know if there's enough generations left, to see the end of it
(DIR) Post #AdVxWzoh1P4aTMTONs by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T21:01:46Z
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@Rasta I don't have children but am quite concerned for their futures. In just a few years, we've created multiple crises domestically & globally - that youths of today will need to deal with - if they have the opportunity to grow up into adulthood. Many youths now won't even make it to adulthood.Childrens' rights matter very much. Kids' rights are being decimated under powers of evil adults(many who are also parents!) who don't really give a damn about the futures of children.
(DIR) Post #AdVxX1S4wSAjXnuMPg by Rasta@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T21:17:01Z
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@msquebanh We've robbed children of education, of food security, of safety in general and the world is burning. We're not a good guardians
(DIR) Post #AdVxX3B8WPoAtpzrHc by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:02:21Z
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[ The false accusation tapped into a longstanding slur against Asian cuisines and cultures that has persisted in the U.S. for over 150 years, dating back to the xenophobia that grew in the U.S. after Chinese immigrants started arriving in more visible numbers in the 1800s and other Asian communities followed. It’s also one that Asian American communities are fighting against. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxX8kPog00AhXbSy by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:04:18Z
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[ It may be astonishing to some that a claim rooted in a #RacistStereotype took down a family’s restaurant three years after “#StopAsianHate” became a rallying cry. But for many #AsianAmericans & #PacificIslanders, it’s something they’ve heard before as an insult or under the guise of a “joke,” along with other negative reactions to the actual #foods of their #cultures. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxXFUMkkJv4x5NvE by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:05:35Z
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[ There is hope though that more people will learn to tell truth from trope. Since the pandemic first fueled #AntiAsian hostilities, #AAPI communities themselves have tried to take control of the narrative that #AsianFood is “dirty,” “weird” yet “exotic.” Furthermore, the appetite to learn about food from the #AsianDiaspora has only grown across traditional and new media. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxXLSoXQdzbsPEKu by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:06:25Z
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[ In actuality, consuming dog meat is something that has happened in various parts of the world for centuries, where they weren’t seen as domesticated family pets, said Robert Ku, author of “Dubious #Gastronomy: The #CulturalPolitics of Eating Asian in the USA.” Greeks and Romans referenced it. The French also ate dog meat during World War II. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxXRsYgcnnVSUsIS by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:07:24Z
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[ But when #ChineseImmigrants came to the U.S., it was linked to them as part of “the #myths that the #Chinese were these bizarre people who had bizarre diets,” Ku said. “It was one of the attractions of actually going to Chinese restaurants back in the day because it came with ‘danger.”‘As other #Asian immigrant groups came, the #stereotype spread to include them. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxXYCz9aht8Y6Gy8 by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:09:18Z
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Every Asian immigrant person I know has experienced this #racism at school & work.[ “This is a real just blurring of the #AsianIdentity where it doesn’t matter if you’re Thai or Korean or Vietnamese or Cambodian. You’re all the same,” Ku said.Along with the false allegation of eating dog meat, #AsianAmericans and #PacificIslanders over the generations have often faced disgust and worse from others when they’ve brought their #cultures’ #foods from home to public spaces like school or work. ]
(DIR) Post #AdVxXeRjxe4gU338ng by msquebanh@mstdn.ca
2024-01-04T19:10:01Z
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[ Back at Love & Thai, Rasavong is busy filling online orders for a waiting third-party delivery driver. He is optimistic about keeping up business now that the initial hoopla around his restaurant renaissance has calmed down. Rasavong also hopes his situation will remind others to think before they speak.“People say these jokes and they think it’s just fun and just light-hearted,” he said. “There are certain things that you shouldn’t say that really do cross a line.” ]