Week 9
Section 1
In "Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans" by Soya Jung, the writer's alliance with the black lives matter movement stood out to me. I remember that when this movement first started becoming known, I was very much that person that was ignorant to it and declared that other races had issues too. But after I listened to more stories and understood more perspectives, I began to realize that as people, we have to come together to support other people in their problems and align with them. Even though we are not black people, the issues that affect them affects us. They are all people and in order to align as people, we need to come together under these circumstances. If we as Asian Americans want people to acknowledge our problems and support us, we have to be able to step out on our own and help others, like black people, with this on going issue. I think Asian Americans have their own stigma and stereotypes against black people that need to be broken. The anti-blackness does not help the issue and pits two groups of people against each other. The lack of communication and understanding creates more issues and lack of solidarity. As an Asian American, I know that many of the reluctancy to create solidarity comes from the older generation since they've grown up with this mindset of being against black people.
Question: What are practical steps that Asian Americans and the black community can take to come together in solidarity?
References:
1. Jung, S. (2014, August 20). Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans. Race Files.
2. A. (2015, April 26). Asian American Solidarity Statements and Articles in Support of #blacklivesmatter. Retrieved May 27, 2017, from http://www.seeding-change.org/asiansforblacklives/
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