I'm hopping in here from the other thread. Looks like I missed it.
I think everyone here understands the point about Tapas being an American Company, and I don't mean to speak for everyone as well, so I'll just add that this is my opinion. But it's hard to call Tapas a localized American Company, yes? I spend ink on a lot of novels/comics I read on the site, as a non-American resident. I'm sure they have a spectacularly global audience. And likewise, they have a spectacularly global creator base as well. In many ways, this makes Tapas a global community/company. Don't get me wrong. I don't think it's feasible to keep track of all the holidays/celebrations across the world, but in moments like these, there is a unique opportunity to make this a global phenomenon. More than a localized phenomenon.
What about Asians in other non-Asian countries, and even Asians in Asian countries? I've been featured twice on Tapas in my one year here, and it's still hard to explain that it's a win/success to my family. There's always this unyielding pressure to do something stable, to avoid creative pursuits, to avoid art as a passion, and much more along those lines. I have a job, but I do toy around with the idea of maybe doing this full-time someday.
A few of us (and recently many more) do overcome these pressures to dare, to dream. It's not comparable to racism and hate, but it's a kind of suffering in its own way. I know someone personally, who had to quit the saxophone to become an engineer, or risk being removed from his family. I'm talking about urban, cultured family people.
It's not about exposure. But more about an acknowledgement for some people. We're fighting different battles, and being acknowledged for your story (personal and created) means different things for different people. It doesn't always have to tie into the worst possible thing, in my opinion. It can be to help an Asian in Vietnam, or India believe that they can create stories on par with the West, on par with countries like Japan, South Korea, and China with their light novels. I absolutely loved Black History Month being a global event for Tapas. I know multiple countries observe the month, but still. It became this amazing that united people from across the world. AAPI can be that, too.
We live in that kind of world. We live in a digital world. We can form opinions, and we can be influenced depending on stories we read on Twitter/Facebook now. Access to information is so much more powerful. And with Tapas being in such an influential position, isn't this a modern, cool way to push through for their Asian creators/audience in a global level? To connect and celebrate together?
It's more a, "Why not?" question. I don't know. It's a thought.