I'm sure he has. My point is that he's getting caught up in the sentiments of that moment/movement and now he's making his own negative experiences as 'big' as the struggles that black people have experienced. A lot of people are doing this right now. Acting like there's this shift in history now where every way in which you've been wronged deserves attention because revolution is in the air.
I'm saying he could have kept these particular feelings to himself and used it as fuel or even to bring more attention to BLM because he can relate. Instead, it's this 'Yeah black people have it bad but do you know how bad we actually have it too?' business. I think it's inappropriate, even though he's clearly right that he and other Asian Americans are still faced with this sort of thing daily. People are and will continue to be racist, we get it. But can we please focus on fixing the most egregious and systemic parts of it first before wearing our hearts on our social media sleeves? What exactly does he expect people to do about people thinking of him and other asians as ugly? Whereas it's much clearer what specific things can be done in police departments, higher education, health care etc. to bring about racial justice and equality.
His message just reeks of 'woe is me/us' and attention seeking rather than prioritizing fixing corrupted institutions. He should have gotten the ref to kick out that player first for example and then maybe send a letter to Adam Silver about policy recommendations regarding punishments or something. I don't like how his post is more of the same old 'raising awareness' and asking for attention rather than thinking in terms of solutions. It's taking on a victim role versus looking for actual solutions. From someone who got the educational opportunities he did, I expect more.
