Dr. Lucky Tran 
Saying "we can't mask anymore, because at some point we have to get back to normal" is racist. Asian countries have been masking for years. What is normal is taking collective action in order to protect others, especially those most vulnerable. #BringBackMasks
White people who are claiming "this is a reach," Asian people, have been violently attacked in Western countries for wearing masks. Western leaders have said that "wearing masks isn't in our culture." A lot of anti-mask sentiment is deeply embedded in white supremacy.
And polls consistently show white people are far less likely to wear masks than people of color.
Poll from Oct: Have worn a mask at least some of the time in the past seven days:
White 39%
Black 77%
Hispanic 63%
(Source: https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/3vmufv6ya9/econTabReport.pdf#page46)
Xerz 💗@luckytran interesting how the US ends up highlighting how racist it is because of how plural it actually is, making conflicts unavoidable… in Spain there’s a clearly autochthonous majority and I’m the only one who even thinks about wearing a mask outside a bus anymore these days
is that racist or just foolish pragmatism? I would say the latter in this one case, but it can change on other similar topics ‒ in the US things are much clearer, though