Hasan Minhaj has a special episode where he lets loose his outrage at what has happened as a result of the George Floyd murder. During this 12-minutes clip, he also takes the Asian community to task for our hypocrisy and racism, taking advantage of all the benefits that we got because of the civil rights struggle led by the black community at great cost, while sitting on the sidelines or condemning the protests when the black community reacts to being under siege.
He does not mince his words. His anger is palpable. He speaks the truth.
Incidentally, Minhaj must have made this earlier yesterday because later in the day Minnesota state attorney general Keith Ellison did exactly what Minhaj urged him to do. He upgraded the murder charge against Derek Chauvin from third-degree murder to second-degree murder and charged the other three police officers on the scene with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. All four are now in custody.
“while sitting on the sidelines”
As if they are safe. Well, no. Rishi Chandrikasing was killed by a cop in 2011 or 2012. From his name we can derive that his ancestors arrived in The Netherlands from India via Suriname.
https://www.astridessed.nl/dutch-police-officer-who-shot-rishi-chandrikasing-acquittedcourt-gives-police-licence-to-kill/
Good video. It motivated me to contact my senators and told them they are chicken shit. Further, if they don’t clearly come out for legislating away qualified immunity that I will do whatever I can to oust them from their positions.
Trevor Noah also weighed in.