Ms. Que Banh<p>I'm posting about Teochew &amp; Vietnamese revolutionaries this week. I wasn't taught anything about the heroes &amp; heroines from both of my cultural backgrounds because I grew up in Canada, with white colonial education. My mind was heavily colonized by that. I started the decolonization of my mind journey in the 90s &amp; am going to be doing it for rest of my life because the colonial programming runs deep.</p><p>I want people to learn more about the brave <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vietnamese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnamese</span></a> people who took many risks &amp; sacrificed a lot for their peoples. I want people to learn that my peoples &amp; our ancestors, from both my backgrounds, weren't uneducated savages &amp; we didn't need to be controlled by colonizers or imperialists. Many of our ancestors &amp; their comrades were strong revolutionaries, who were very intelligent, dignified &amp; courageous.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NoWhitewashingHere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoWhitewashingHere</span></a></p>