An Open Letter to South Asians: We Don’t Always Understand BLM

MK Ansari
3 min readJun 29, 2020

My dear Desi sisters and brothers,

Let’s not pretend that we “get” the Black Lives Matter movement. Let’s not turn this into some sort of “Me Too” moment where we come out and share our stories.

Because let’s be honest — we really don’t understand the African American struggle. Sure, we’ve experienced some form of racism. I’m…

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MK Ansari

Because well behaved women seldom make history. Lawyer, screenwriter, social activist, artist, and INTJ.