You're right, Melanie. It takes a lot of time and practice. It also helps a lot to have a few staunch supporters in your corner to provide some sense of safety.
I also was struck by the words, "I just do it afraid."
At any given moment, I find that sh!tty things happen. Even while I was on vacation, a sh!tty thing happened in the form of someone being racist towards me. Bias and discrimination abounds.
Unless I want to stay home and hide, just going about my daily business is to step outside and "just do it afraid."
This time, my husband happened to be nearby and saw that I was briefly unnerved.
I guess I don't really know what it means to live as one "unf*ckwithable", because apparently people try to f*ck with me when I'm just minding my own business OR when I'm doing something really awesome as a human being. My point being, it doesn't seem to matter whether I'm afraid or not. It does seem to matter that I chose to not hide. And I do not judge if someone else choses to hide. I have had some of those days too, when my nerves have been completely shot because of the horror I've seen happening outside my window (i.e. fire in the streets, flash bangs, brutality, anti-asian hate crimes down the street, etc).
Imei, thank you for sharing the real-real about your experience w/ racism and anti-asian bias. It's really raw & I appreciate that you have to muster up the courage to "just do it afraid" nearly every single day.
The one line that really resonated with me is 'I just do it afraid.' It is a simple statement, but not so simple to live by.
You're right, Melanie. It takes a lot of time and practice. It also helps a lot to have a few staunch supporters in your corner to provide some sense of safety.
I also was struck by the words, "I just do it afraid."
At any given moment, I find that sh!tty things happen. Even while I was on vacation, a sh!tty thing happened in the form of someone being racist towards me. Bias and discrimination abounds.
Unless I want to stay home and hide, just going about my daily business is to step outside and "just do it afraid."
This time, my husband happened to be nearby and saw that I was briefly unnerved.
I guess I don't really know what it means to live as one "unf*ckwithable", because apparently people try to f*ck with me when I'm just minding my own business OR when I'm doing something really awesome as a human being. My point being, it doesn't seem to matter whether I'm afraid or not. It does seem to matter that I chose to not hide. And I do not judge if someone else choses to hide. I have had some of those days too, when my nerves have been completely shot because of the horror I've seen happening outside my window (i.e. fire in the streets, flash bangs, brutality, anti-asian hate crimes down the street, etc).
Imei, thank you for sharing the real-real about your experience w/ racism and anti-asian bias. It's really raw & I appreciate that you have to muster up the courage to "just do it afraid" nearly every single day.