A project of Professor Charles Green and Race in America students at Hope College. "Racial justice is the path to racial progress."
Without understanding anti-Asian racism in at least some depth, it’s difficult to know how best to address it. (See Part 1 and Part 2.) But understanding by itself isn’t enough, of course. Here are some possible ways to address Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate. At least one of them should be a good …
Continue reading “A Pet and a Threat, Part 3: What Can We Do?”
In Part 1, we examined the rise of overt bigotry against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) during the pandemic, including terrible, terrible violence, often aimed at women and older people. In Part 2, we will examine why. The answer begins in our history, in the role people of Asian descent have played in this …
Continue reading “A Pet and a Threat, Part 2: Stereotypes at the Ready”
Anti-Asian hate crimes have been all over the news for a year now and, if anything, seem to be getting worse. They’re not new, of course, but they are on the rise, driven, almost certainly, by the pandemic and the pre-existing condition of racism. Why is that? And what does it tell us about race …
Continue reading “A Pet and a Threat, Part 1: Anti-Asian Violence During the Pandemic”