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“Excuse Me, ameriKa” - I Was Born With Two Tongues, from Broken Speak (full album here).
The first and only album from legendary Asian American spoken word collective I Was Born With Two Tongues, comprised of Anida Yoeu Ali, Marlon Esguerra, Emily Chang, and Dennis “Denizen Kane” Kim.
Geeking the fuck out cuz I hadn’t heard the whole thing til now - bless the internet and the poets for being free with their art. This group is the closest thing I know to elders of an Asian American spoken word tradition - and for me, they hit closer to my experience than most classic AsAm literature. It’s eerie and affirming hearing messages and images similar to my writing though I had never heard these pieces before. If someone were to ask me what it’s like being Asian American and I was incapable of writing or speaking it myself, I would refer them to this album.
reblogging yet again because I can and this shit is empowering and YEAH
no lie first time i heard this i was shaking afterwords it’s SO powerful
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breathe deeply. by ana montiel.
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I love my Asian brothers, but I’ve lost my patience with malingering homophobia and sexism, and especially with using white racism as an excuse to resist change. You know, the “I have to be Bruce Lee because the white man wants me to be Tonto” line. Yes, the J-town boys with their black leather jackets are adorable, but the pathetic need to put down straight women, gays, and lesbians is not. To anyone in our communities who wants to bring their anger home, let’s say, “cut it out.” We will not be used against each other.
(via green-street-politics)By Mari Matsuda
Memo to Bush: We Will Not Be Used
Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
Asian American Pacific Islands Law Journal
©1993 Regents of the University of California; Mari Matsuda
Based on an April 1990 address to the Asian Law Caucus, first published February 1993© 2012 - modelminority.com
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I wish I could send these directly to the talking heads at Fox News her persist on derailing this issue.
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