Marguerite Dabaie/مارغريت دباعي/ダバ-イマルガリ-ト

@mrrg.bsky.social

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⭐they/them ⭐ www.mdabaie.com ⭐🇵🇸🇺🇲 comix creator in 🇯🇵 ⭐Drew LEGENDS IN THE HEIGHTS (https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/legends-in-the-heights/) & THE HOOKAH GIRL ⭐️Rep: Shena Wolf at KO Media ⭐English OK, 日本語 OK (Regional Janglish champion)

Story about a threatening convenience store encounter. The visual is a reenactment of this in 3D models that look like they're from 1999.

ENLARGE CORPORATION.

Idyllic Buddhist temple bathed in light

Packaged apple bread with kirby's face on it.

I'm standing in the strong Kyoto sun, feeling pensive.

Overhead shot of me with my art, a fabric collage, with handpainted designs on the border.

So, America is now deporting Iranian nationals, and is trying to deport
pro-Palestinian protestors on visas.

I reiterate: The writing has been on the wall that the US was headed in this direction. As long as I've been alive, it has hated Iranians and Arabs from poor countries. Yes, Trump is a heinous piece of racist hot garbage, but so were so many other elected officials, it's just that they were less brazen about it. And I feel like the first step toward real understanding how we got here is to take a hard look at recent American history and acknowledge how much it hates the SWANA region.

I also get asked a lot about my experiences with race here in Japan. There's an unprecedented rise in nationalism here, but I still feel like I can talk to the majority about race and cultural differences. And I feel like it's possible to put effort into that without feeling like I'm yelling at a wall. If I can make one place better, or change the minds of a few people, then it's worth it.

Graphic with the same text as in the post.

Me standing in the foreground and holding a Palestinian flag painted with tatreez patterns. Other folks holding Palestinian flags in the background.