88rising later apologized and deleted the post, which it said had been an attempt to"decry the racism against the Asian community."88rising, a media company that promotes the work of Asian hip-hop musicians, drew instant flack on social media Tuesday after posting a yellow square in a misguided attempt to show solidarity with the Asian American community.
In the post, the company condemned the Atlanta-area spa shootings that left eight people dead on Tuesday, six of them Asian women, saying, “Enough is enough.” The post has since been deleted, but a screenshot of it is still circulating on Twitter. On Wednesday, 88rising issued an apology, stating, “We are not trying to start a yellow square movement, though we understand how it was misrepresented.”
“We are heartbroken and wanted to share our thoughts on the horrific violence in Georgia and to decry the racism against the Asian community,” the statement continued.
cindygallop This is what I meant by stupid mistakes. Would anyone with a a shred of life experience be this dumb? I hope not.