“Though it does not look exactly the same as “white fragility,” nor occurred in the same the circumstances, the reaction that she was describing was exactly the same. The knee-jerk defensiveness. The quick dismissal of personal responsibility. The refusal to acknowledge that one’s own race might have an inherent advantage.”
Jenna Zhu unpacks the privileges and oppressions of Asian Americans, the hashtag #Asians4BlackLives, and posits what accountability the community has in the movement for Black liberation in America.
