Anti-Blackness in the Asian Community
@bonetiredmama ©Marvi Lacar, 2020
@bonetiredmama ©Marvi Lacar, 2020
“Privileged and unquestioning Asian Americans have become “complicit” in their acceptance of ongoing American inequality.”
-Vijay Iyer, Musician | The Making of Asian America
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
The deafening silence on my social media feed among some of my Asian immigrant friends and family is not only dispiriting but also quite unsurprising. It is not a far leap to connect the dots between colonialism and anti-blackness. Our internalized racism rooted in white supremacist conditioning subsequently led many of us to align ourselves with and assimilate into the majority culture that comes at a dire cost. Hassan Minhaj sums it exquisitely in this video below:
More on Asians in America
Below are some insightful reading about why internalizing the myth of being the “model-minority” has harmed us and black people.
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Reading/listening
For Kids
Something Happened in our Town
Click HERE for a more comprehensive list from the New York Times
For Parents
We’ve only read Between the World and Me but these following books have been repeatedly recommended by various sources:
More book recommendations from Marc Lamont Hill
