Hmong Poet & Essayist - memory & indigeneity star.inquire@gmail.com Southeast Asian voice on America
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My grandparents were used as pawns serving the US army in aiding them on the Ho Chi Minh trail. They served in The Secret War, and when the US lost the Vietnam war the Hmong were left to die in genocide. To this day Hmong veterans are not recognized by the US army.
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women in gaza are forced to trade sexual acts for food now.
if you consider yourself a feminist, then stand up for the women in gaza, sudan, congo and haiti that are facing exploitation.
When we dive into anti-racist work it's not enough to only recognize systemic injustice against the Black community, you must actively fight to unprogram yourself of the white-washing of American history — which all non-black immigrants/refugees/settlers are conditioned to erase.
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everyone celebrating that assata “died free” and in a way she did but she also died in exile and was alienated from so much of her family and community. two things can be true at once, but i feel like one of those painful truths is not being rightfully acknowledged.
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RIP, Assata Shakur. She passed away yesterday in Havana, Cuba. She died free!
The U.S. government, after decades of pursuit, never got the satisfaction of putting her in a cage. They wanted her bound, broken, and paraded as an example, but instead, she slipped their grip and lived out her life in exile, surrounded by people who honored her struggle and her survival.
For racist white America, she was a fugitive. For us, she was a freedom fighter who refused to bow.
Assata leaves this world with her dignity intact, her story unbent, and her defiance ETERNAL. She was never theirs to claim. She belonged to history, to the people, and to the ongoing fight for liberation. And now, she belongs to the ancestors.
Rest in Power, love. 🖤
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Assata Shakur joins the ancestors a free woman. She did not die bound by the carceral system and she did not pass away living in a land that never respected or accepted her.
Assata taught us that liberation can not be bargained for, it must be taken.
Rest Free, Assata.
Typhoon Yagi caused thousands of landslides in North Vietnam. North Vietnam has the highest death toll in the entire SEA region, leaving hundreds in Hmong, Iu Mien, and Tây indigenous groups dead or missing in Lào Cai. gofund.me/00ca13ca
The news cycle changes so fast, but these lives have changed forever. Climate Change always hits the hardest to those who are most vulnerable, those who cannot escape.
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Please boost or donate in bio, don’t scroll. On September 7, a devastating typhoon swept through Vietnam - wreaking havoc on its communities. Crushing flash floods made its way through the remote mountainous districts of Bắc Hà, Simacai, & Bảo Yên in the Lào Cai province.
i haven't been on twitter in 4 years and maybe im just speaking to the wind but so be it - if you can retweet that would genuinely mean alot
Fund is called “Hmong Community Supporting the People of Lao Cai” as we try to spread awareness to our Hmong diaspora across the world who in the present day still have barriers connecting & communicating across countries. The fund is open to everyone, ur donations mean the world
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Tik tok isnt allowing me to link my ig or fund, but that cannot stop me from helping my people - if u take the extra steps to interact with my Lao Cai tik toks via link in bio, it would mean so much. Please share this thread, please donate gofund.me/4b4bfc62
