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Combatting Anti-Blackness: Resources for the Asian American Community
April 28, 2023An updated compilation of resources, reading lists, and more on ending anti-Blackness for the Asian American community. Full resource available for download.
We stand together with our Black siblings to fight for transformative change to a system that incarcerates, dehumanizes, and oppresses Black Americans. This compilation of resources is a starting point for education, discussion, and how to be effective allies in dismantling white supremacy and anti-blackness.
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Understanding the History between Black and Asian Communities
- The Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History (Time, 2020)1
- The history of tensions – and solidarity – between Black and Asian American communities, explained (Vox, 2021)2
- The Secret History of South Asian and African American Solidarity (Black Desi Secret History, 2020)3
- The History of Solidarity Between Asian And Black Americans (NPR, 2021)4
UN-Learn: Anti-Blackness
- How Asian Immigrants Learn Anti-Blackness From White Culture, And How To Stop It (Huffington Post, 2017)5
- Studies show that white people drive anti-Asian hate. So why are the ‘solutions’ targeting brown 6people? (San Francisco Chronicle, 2021)6
- Why the trope of Black-Asian conflict in the face of anti-Asian violence dismisses solidarity6 6(Brookings, 2021)6
- Virtual images show people of color as anti-Asian perpetrators. That misses the big picture. (NBC7 7News, 2021)7
- How Asian Americans Are Reckoning With Anti-Blackness In Their Families (Huffington Post,8 82020)8
- South Asians in the Perpetuation of Anti-Blackness (TEDTalk, 2016)9
UN-Learn: The Model Minority Myth
- Can stereotypes ever be good? (TedTalk, 2021)10
- The Truth About the Model Minority Myth and Anti-Blackness (Dear Asian Youth, 2020)11
- ‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used As a Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks (NPR, April12 122017)12
How to be an Ally
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now (Medium, 2020)13
- 30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday (Medium, 2020)14
- Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why and How (Medium, 2020)15 15
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets (Beyond the Streets, 201416)
- How Asian Americans Can Help Fight Anti-Black Racism (NowThis, 2020)17
- Allyship with NAACP LDF President & Director-Counsel & AAJC President John C. Yang18 18
- (Washington Post, 2021)18
How to Speak to Your Family, Friends, & Loved Ones
- Black Lives Matter Translated19
- Letters for Black Lives: An Open Letter on Anti-Blackness (multiple languages)20
- South Asians for Black Lives21
Additional Readings on Race & Racism
- A Letter From Young Asian Americans, To Their Parents, About Black Lives Matter | Code Switch22
- Anti-Asian American Racism from Boston University Center for Antiracist Research’s Anti Bigotry Convening (202223)
- Anti-Asian Racism in 2020 by Virulent Hate Project (University of Michigan, 2020)24
- Asian Americans and the Anti-Racist Equity Agenda (Economic Policy Institute)25
- Interview with Yuri Kochiyama: The Impact of Malcolm X on Asian-American Politics and Activism (1994)26
- Anti-Black racism is making us sick (TedTalk, 2021)27
- Racism from the perspective of a non-threatening black man (TedTalk, 2020)28
- Asian-Black Solidarity Movements for Liberation (Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 2020)29
- Anti-Asian Violence and Black-Asian Solidarity Today with Tamara K. Nopper (Asian American Writers Workshop, 2021)30
- Divide and Conquer: The Model Minority Myth and Anti-Blackness Post-War and Now (Tsuru for Solidarity, 2020)31
Dive Deeper
Reading Lists
- Our Black History Month Reading List for Asian Americans | 18 Million Rising32
- Black and Asian-American Feminist Solidarities: A Reading List | Black Women Radicals & Asian American Feminist Collective33
- Children's Books by Black Authors | The Conscious Kid34
- At the Intersection of Solidarity: A Reading List for Black and Asian Communities | Advancing Justice – AAJC35
Resource Lists
- Asian Americans for Black Lives | Asian American Advocacy Fund36
- Black Power, Yellow Peril: Towards a Politics of Afro-Asian Solidarity37
- In Solidarity with the Black Community | Stanford Asian American Activities Center38
- Public Safety: An Advocacy Toolkit for Fair, Safe, and Effective Community Policing39
- Resources for BLM Movement | Asian American Organizing Project40
- A BOLD Conversation with HAAPI41
Previous resource list (Updated 2020): Resources for the Asian American Community on Anti-Blackness | Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC42
Links
- https://time.com/5851792/asian-americans-black-solidarity-history/
- https://www.vox.com/22321234/black-asian-american-tensions-solidarity-history
- https://blackdesisecrethistory.org
- https://www.npr.org/2021/04/02/983925014/the-history-of-solidarity-between-asian-and-black-americans
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-asian-americans-can-stop-contributing-to-anti-blackness_b_599f0757e4b0cb7715bfd3d4?fbclid=IwAR3tz5OQ3OeMw2PvBHXRMpsFW5rijR6Q8i3iPdiaObTVYN9IJ995U7SaA90&guccounter=1
- https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/viral-images-show-people-color-anti-asian-perpetrators-misses-big-n1270821
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-blackness-asian-americans_n_5ed87ca8c5b6ea15610b5774?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL20uZmFjZWJvb2suY29t&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD_dUpV8yu_7U9tU2FkAdSZxqoOBaW2Vvuv1iWK4daesRVxqktTu1iUlLQwCE1pupY2_MV9syOLFIrFBSeDP8p6R2S2uuVRHvTojNrG4TpWpaei48FpkvUu93S7nixVUaxs27BFy9qxKZWQpycFhG3yyBKkTPNxjEjR903LlmiaW
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCzE48VHVgU
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFXmyNUaXFo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qrZrL_VVDk&ab_channel=DearAsianYouth
- https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/19/524571669/model-minority-myth-again-used-as-a-racial-wedge-between-asians-and-blacks
- https://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e
- https://medium.com/awaken-blog/30-ways-asians-perpetuate-anti-black-racism-everyday-32886c9b3075
- https://medium.com/awaken-blog/allyship-vs-accomplice-the-what-why-and-how-f3da767d48cc
- https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final?fbclid=IwAR13wqc5WLKfXatpQr7zmP3FCftPrnCpXXk34EfedQ0mBNiU3g_CuluZ8tA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7JFmHywsrE
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/04/08/transcript-race-america-allyship-with-naacp-ldf-president-director-counsel-sherrilyn-ifill-aajc-president-john-c-yang/
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_7sAwRnQeEBpJY26h1tlwoIcib54jqNYfNDCps5_dSY/edit?mc_cid=eb502c2a0f&mc_eid=867a1d5bf2
- https://lettersforblacklives.com
- https://saforblm.weebly.com
- https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-letter-from-young-asian-americans-to-their/id1112190608?i=1000373164987
- https://www.bu.edu/antiracism-center/files/2022/06/Anti-Asian.pdf
- https://virulenthate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Virulent-Hate-Anti-Asian-Racism-In-2020-5.17.21.pdf
- https://www.epi.org/anti-racist-policy-research/asian-americans-and-the-anti-racist-equity-agenda-contradictions-and-common-ground/
- https://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/Hist33/Impact%20of%20Malcolm%20X.PDF
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1DFYB8bHA
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6RjgXvQ1II
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HIaIPkmCt0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7MNPXHT0wM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn0zZKfoyXw
- https://18millionrising.org/2020/02/bhm_reads.html
- https://www.blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities-a-reading-list
- https://www.theconsciouskid.org/black-authors
- https://medium.com/advancing-justice-aajc/at-the-intersection-of-solidarity-a-reading-list-for-black-and-asian-communities-df24ca116a7d
- https://www.asianamericanadvocacyfund.org/asians-for-black-lives
- https://medium.com/@XpertDemon/idsem-2029-black-power-yellow-peril-towards-a-politics-of-afro-asian-solidarity-3334dd26e075
- https://a3c.stanford.edu/resources/additional/antiblackness
- https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf
- https://aaopmn.org/resources/
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZW2ihZ3s9obLvSzNgcYebTEehdeTtH3lfccq5sKhWiw/edit
- https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/publication/resources-asian-american-community-anti-blackness