Twitter Is Paying Heartwarming Tributes to AAPI Women Ahead of Kamala Harris Debate
#AAPISheRose is highlighting the strength, resilience and power of AAPI ‘sheroes’.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons; Twitter/@sarahkuhn.
AAPI Twitter is standing in solidarity with Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris ahead of her debate with vice president Mike Pence.
Harris, who is making history as the first Black and South Asian American woman to run on a major political party’s presidential ticket, is set to face off against Pence on Wednesday evening at 9pm EDT at the University of Utah.
Early Wednesday morning, Twitter users began showing support for Harris, while honouring the important Asian heroines in their lives using the hashtag #AAPISheRose. The hashtag appears to have come from Daily Kos which posted a call to action to “focus on the strength, resilience and power of AAPI ‘Sheroes'” by “flood[ing] social media with positive images of strong AAPI women.”
Notable individuals such as Daniel Dae Kim, Alice Wu, Jeff Yang and Sarayu Blue were among those who shared heartwarming tributes to Asian women — from actresses, doctors, activists and trailblazers to their own family members, such as their mothers and grandmothers.
This is my mom, Bailing. She was the first of 12 siblings of a single mom to go to college in the US. On the day our first AAPI VP candidate @KamalaHarris takes the stage, I honor her and celebrate all the badass AAPI women who made us possible. #AAPISheRose pic.twitter.com/F7fqIx685o
— Jeff Yang 🫶 FOLLOW ME @ORIGINALSPIN ON THREADS/IG (@originalspin) October 7, 2020
In honor of @KamalaHarris' historic candidacy, we're remembering other iconic Asian American women. Margaret Chung was the first Chinese-American female doctor, who persisted until she became a surgeon to the stars, paving the way for so many others #AAPISheRose @AAPI_Biden pic.twitter.com/pQBIdjwDea
— Esther Choo, MD MPH (@choo_ek) October 7, 2020
Debate Day. Standing with and cheering for VP candidate @KamalaHarris and celebrating all our AAPI heroines — like my mom, a fierce Japanese American style icon who always made sure I would be proud of who I am. #AAPISheRose pic.twitter.com/PS1fDH4tt1
— Sarah Kuhn (@sarahkuhn) October 7, 2020
Many shared stories of their family members’ hardships, and how these women persevered to overcome the challenges they faced including discrimination, poverty, loss and inaccessible education.
On this Debate Day, we stand in solidarity with our AAPI VP candidate @kamalaharris, and celebrate all the AAPI sheroes in our lives: This is my mom, Shirley. #SheRose up out of poverty in Manila, became a nurse, widowed twice (once w/my dad) and overcame #AAPISheRose @AAPI_Biden pic.twitter.com/2SQ1wHFjOP
— aj rafael (@ajRAFAEL) October 7, 2020
This is my nai-nai: abandoned & pregnant when she fled China to Taiwan, #sherose to join the Air Force like Captain Marvel, raise two sons & me. Today, I honor her as I watch @kamalaharris take the debate stage at 6PT/9ET. Who are your sheroes? #AAPISheRose pic.twitter.com/Egq9xXJJ7d
— Nancy Wang Yuen (@nancywyuen) October 7, 2020
This is my mother on the day we immigrated to the US
— Jennifer Lee 🦁 (@JLeeSoc) October 7, 2020
Having experienced discrimination as a Korean born in Japan, she vowed never to be silent about injustice as #SheRose
At tonight's #VPDebate , I stand w/@KamalaHarris & the #AAPI sheroes who paved the way for me #AAPISheRose pic.twitter.com/SkFAE54rDg
Others highlighted the accomplishments trailblazing sheroes.
VP Debate is tonight. I am proud to support @KamalaHarris and to celebrate the AAPI SHeroes in our lives. My mom, who left Vietnam with me at the height of the conflict, and brought me to the U.S. for a better life. #AAPISheRose @AAPI_Biden #VOTE pic.twitter.com/mtHQzZ7zFz
— François Chau (@FrancoisChau) October 7, 2020
Rose Ochi was the 1st Asian American woman to serve at the US Assistant Attorney General level paving a path for others like @kamalaharris! Rose also happens to be my former boss. #SheRose from being interned as a girl during WWII just for being Japanese. #AAPISheRose @AAPI_Biden pic.twitter.com/48luulnnLp
— Howard Ho (@ho_howard) October 7, 2020
Today, honoring @KamalaHarris & AAPI female trailblazer Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, discoverer of irrefutable evidence of governmental misconduct for the Japanese American redress movement & the Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, Min Yasui coram nobis cases. #AAPISheRose @AAPI_Biden pic.twitter.com/zmkVxHzKd6
— Jeanne Sakata (@JeanneSakata) October 7, 2020
To see more of these tributes, check out the #AAPISheRose hashtag on Twitter.