In the hopes of getting this thread back on track, I'd like to make a couple of quick points:
While we have no means of verifying anyone's racial or ethnic background, and anyone is free to participate in this discussion, it ought to go without saying that this thread should center pan-Asian experiences. It should not be sidetracked by those whose primary purpose here is to antagonize the very people by and for whom it was created.
As
I've repeatedly made clear, threads like this one, and our forums as a whole, should serve as sanctuaries from racism – not sanctuaries
for racism. It's not okay if someone is posting racist, sexist, heterosexist, or otherwise hateful content in any thread. Anyone has the right - if not the moral obligation - to call that out.
A couple of regulars in this thread have previously received warnings for trolling the "thread about race," and have committed actionable rule violations in this thread by republishing anti-Black content from other social media platforms, such as a post from "Asian Dawn" that compared a Black person to a monkey. That the primary purpose of this content was to draw attention to a potential anti-Asian hate crime does not negate the impact of this content - nor obligate those offended to remain silent.
It is not "trolling" to object to offensive content, wherever it may occur. Those who post or promote racist content must be held accountable.
However, Kinfolk has not limited himself to this and his approach bears the characteristics of both concern trolling and tone policing. To pop up here
only to claim that people are mishandling the violence against them is analogous to breathless Fox News rants about how Black Americans are "protesting wrong," - expressing unlimited concern for kneeling during the national anthem or blocking traffic and no regard whatsoever for the lynchings and police brutality that have necessitated public protests in the first place.
Instead of reporting offensive materialor confining his criticism to specific attitudes or statements he considers harmful, he has instead chosen to repeatedly dredge up personal grievances with other community members, which, in at least one instance, had nothing to do with the substance of this discussion.
Due to their respective rule violations, computersputin and Kinfolk have both received suspensions from this discussion, which I hope can remain both
respectful and relevant moving forward.
Beruseruku Desu
Kinfolk
ASIAN EXCELLENCE
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shibadekobe
you been to jungsik? thinking about going to the seoul location
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on some “deytukrjerbs” nonsense 
