I would agree that horizontal hostility is real. I would also like to counter question, if an Asian man giving orders to a predominantly Black NFL team may not be the best visual for some Black football fans, what about a white man giving orders to a predominantly Black NFL team? Our sordid history cuts deep, focusing solely on the LA Riots and the murder of Latasha Harlins.

However, what is forgotten is the Asian-Black solidarity, and how when we have come together, we have made change. Fredrick Douglass advocated for Japanese immigration in 1869, Grace Lee Boggs focused fought for the labor and tenants' rights of mostly African American workers in Detroit, Jesse Jackson stood in solidarity with Asian American Activists after Vincent Chin's murder (1982).

I am not saying we should ignore the horizontal hostility- especially the strong belief in the Model Minority Myth and ant-Blackness in the Asian American community. But I do want to provide nuance to the story. Because what is benefited when African American and Asian Americans are in conflict... white supremacy. When I say white supremacy, I'm not merely pointing to KKK and tiki torch carrying mobs. Rather, I'm saying that it tears apart our communities in a way that weakens our ability to come together for social change.