Making Sense of Anti-Asian Violence
When: 11-noon, Sundays April 18 and 25.
In these two sessions we will do the following:
Hear how we are experiencing the recent spate of violence against Asian Americans
Consider systemic ramifications of hate crime law and the call for “covid-19 hate crime” legislation
Consider need for and history of Asian-Black solidarity
Preparation
Podcast by Time to Say Goodbye (repeated below): If you are short on time, listen to the first 35 minutes of this episode. It covers most of what is expressed in the resources below. And is accessible.
Resources
Lecture by Tamara Nopper, “Anti-Asian Violence and Black Asian Solidarity Today”
Approximately 2 hours. If you want, you can use bookmarks below to skip specific topics
History of Anti-Asian violence activism
History of hate crime legislation [skip to analysis on “Stop API Hate”]
History of Black Asian solidarity [skip to what we learn from 1992 Korean - Black violence, solidarity]
Thoughts on current events
Podcast by Time to Say Goodbye, “How to not think like a cop?”
More warning on “carceral solutions”. What have we learned from Black Lives Matter and “defund the police” and how this relates to building on hate crime law.
Podcast by Time to Say Goodbye, “Interpreting the Atlanta Massacre”
Approximately 1 hour.
To what extent do Asian Americans want “hate crimes” as the way recent violence is addressed?
To what extent is the Atlanta Massacre related to history of “comfort women” and other Asian misogyny?
To what extent is it helpful to string Asian elder violence to the Atlanta massacre and other Anti-Asian historical events into one “big story?”
Article by Hua Hsu, “The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence”
As the title says, a history of events. And a commentary.
Response from Biden Administration
Column by Erika D. Smith, “The killing of Latasha Harlins was 30 years ago. Not enough has changed“
Interview with Jung Hui Lee, whose son died in 1992 LA Uprising.