#racial justice
Racial microaggressions you hear on a daily basis in America
Photographer Kiyun asked her friends at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus to “write down an instance of racial microaggression they have faced.”
#Black Lives Matter
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Order our UNMASKING YELLOW PERIL zine and all funds will go to CCED’s mutual aid work in Chinatown Los Angeles and beyond! CCED is supplying hundreds of hot meals and care packages with groceries and cleaning supplies to elders and community members in critical need.
Unmasking Yellow Peril is a colorful zine full of archival images, forgotten histories, and critical analysis about Yellow Peril. With this project, we seek to ground ourselves in the long history of Yellow Peril, uncover its main forms, and resist it in the time of COVID-19.
Order your zine here! Or, you can read Unmasking Yellow Peril online here.
CCED is an all volunteer, multi-ethnic, intergenerational organization based in Los Angeles Chinatown that builds grassroots power through organizing, education, and mutual help. Learn more and sign up to volunteer at ccedla.org!
Unmasking Yellow Peril was created in collaboration with the Asian & Asian American Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, and Jason Oliver Chang, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of Connecticut.
Zine art + design by Bianca Nozaki-Nasser, photos from CCED
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Not only do Asian Americans worry about surviving the virus, we also fear for our lives. Our loved ones are experiencing skyrocketing levels of unchecked hate and violence – over 100 hundred hate crimes a day. This violence is the latest iteration of Yellow Peril. It is a form of white supremacist settler nationalism that the U.S. pioneered to peddle racial fear and justify endless global war and the exploitation and expulsion of what they perceive as diseased and enemy Asians.
What we are experiencing in 2020 is tied to the violence of the mid-1800s when Chinese immigrants were targeted while risking their lives to lay railroad tracks. As a result of white suspicion and fear, the US passed racial bans on immigration and naturalization in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This law created a new gold standard in settler states and made Yellow Peril a core element of US national identity.
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic fit the ready-made story of Yellow Peril in the US. Racist responses to the spread of the disease are consistent with a history of treating Asians as a foreign threat. Part of undoing the power of Yellow Peril is confronting the history of empire, capitalism, and white supremacy and building a vision of peace, justice, and health which celebrates and honors our interdependence.
Unmasking Yellow Peril is a collaboration between 18 Million Rising, the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn, and Jason Oliver Chang, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies at UConn. We seek to ground ourselves in the long history of Yellow Peril, uncover its many forms, and resist it in the time of COVID-19.
Yellow Peril has been here for more than a century, it’s time to unmask it.
Learn more about the history of Yellow Peril and download our free Unmasking Yellow Peril zine!
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During the pandemic, anti-Asian hate and COVID-19 disinformation are putting lives at risk. Coronavirus opportunists are using the internet to spread their dangerous lies and fuel xenophobic and racist violence.
Asian Americans are being blamed for spreading COVID-19, particularly those of us who are of East Asian descent. Asian Americans are now experiencing over 100 hate crimes per day related to the virus.
Millions of people are sheltering in place and dependent on social media for up-to-date, truthful information about how to keep themselves safe. It’s urgent that social media companies crack down on the hate and disinformation spreading across their platforms.
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You’re invited to ANTIDOTES 4 YELLOW PERIL! From Filipino nurses on the COVID-19 frontlines, to Chinatown businesses closing due to xenophobia, Asian Americans are challenged to heal and be the freedom fighters our communities need right now. That’s why we’re teaming up with Spenta Kandawalla of Jaadu Acupuncture and co-founder of generative somatics to bring you a virtual healing practice space, in the time of pandemic and Yellow Peril.
The event, on April 25 at 1 pm ET, is FREE with sliding scale donations and open to all. Register here.
Participants will be guided through somatic practices and learn how Traditional Chinese Medicine can build our resilience and immunity.
Accessibility:
✿ We will have ASL interpretation for the event.
✿ The practitioner will share adaptations to each somatic practice to meet participants’ diverse physical needs.
✿ Participants who register will have unlimited replay access to the event, even if they do not attend it live.
✿ Unfortunately, we are unable to provide live closed captioning.
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Asian American Valentines (or how we say “I love you”): Taking your shoes off in the house. Washing the rice properly. Bailing our fam out of detention. WhatsApp text threads. Cut fruit. Loving our melanin.
Sign up for our monthly newsletter, “Did You Eat Yet?” and we’ll send some radical love to your inbox this season.
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Plume got LOUDR @ Tumblr
WHO THEY ARE:
Plume offers safe, convenient, gender-affirming health care services for trans people, by trans people.
WHAT WE DID:
On May 26, 2021, Plume took over Tumblr dashboards with the below image. The TSD linked Tumblr users to Plume’s HRT Access Fundpage. From here, users could choose to donate to or apply for the fund, which provides 12 months of free gender-affirming care, including the cost of medications, for trans folks seeking gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT).
Check out @getplume’sTumblr blog
Black Lives Matter got LOUDR @ Tumblr
WHO THEY ARE:
Black Lives Matter, and black lives are threatened every day by violence inflicted on Black communities. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is an organization dedicated to eradicating white supremacy and building local power within Black communities.
WHAT WE DID:
✊ On January 3, 2021, Black Lives Matter PAC and the Working Families Party took over the Tumblr dash with an ask for users to volunteer to make calls and mobilize voters in Georgia:
✊ On October 26, 2020, with just one week until the election, we wrapped up our #make2020countcampaign with Tumblr’s very FIRST video Dashboard Takeover; donated to Black Lives Matter. Check out the moving video below:
Check out @blacklivesmatter’sTumblr blog
Get LOUDR @ Tumblr
On December 1st, we announced our in-kind ad donation program, LOUDR. With the launch of this program, Tumblr will be donating 10% of our top ad inventory units to advocacy organizations. LOUDR is an alliance dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices. The program will be primarily dedicated to supporting BIPOC-led and -focused organizations. We will also leverage this program to support Tumblr’s long-standing social justice priorities of racial justice, mental health, and equity.
How did the name “LOUDR” come about?
The focus of this program is AMPLIFICATION — to amplify is to “make louder,” or in this case, LOUDR.
Who is eligible?
Organizations that:
- serve/support BIPOC communities
- are BIPOC led
- align with Tumblr’s focus areas of racial injustice, mental health or LGBTQIA+ equity and causes.
So how does an organization apply?
Simply apply here or email us at [email protected] with the following information:
- Your organization’s name, mission, and website
- The message or campaign you’d like to promote
- Preferred timing of the campaign
What will qualifying organizations receive?
In short, a complete ad campaign via Tumblr’s premiere ad unit. The unit allows organizations to:
- drive awareness
- highlight the organization’s story and purpose
- promote an upcoming or current campaign
- amplify donation opportunities
Not a nonprofit but want to do your part?
Great! Follow the steps below:
- Reblog this post
- Share this information with a friend
Follow@GetLOUDRfor more information.
Because of racism, far more people of color are in prison than white people - but most of the US prison population are held at the state and local level.
While federal criminal justice reform is also important, reforms in your state can have a huge impact in people’s lives. And because state legislators hear less often from their constituents, your voice could have more of an impact for a more fair, less racist criminal justice system!
Here’s your script: “Hi, my name is [Your Name] and I’m calling from [Your Zip Code]. I’m calling because I’m extremely concerned about racism in our criminal justice system, and I think our state should act so that no one is treated unfairly because of their race.
I hope [Senator/Representative So-and-So] will support reforms such as reducing mandatory minimum sentences, reducing sentences for non-violent drug crimes, and passing alternatives to incarceration. Thank you!”
The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked widespread protests against police violence towards black people. No matter where you live, you can call on your local police department to enact policies that prevent this kind of violence!
Two policies that make a difference are the use of body cameras - which must be turned on as soon as police are responding to a call - and evidence-based de-escalation training. Your city or state police force may already have these policies in place, or they might need pressure from the community to enact them.
Here’s your script: “Hi, my name is [Your Name] and I’m calling from [Your Zip Code]. I’m calling to ask if our police department uses body cameras and provides de-escalation training to prevent police violence.
[if yes]: Glad to hear it! I hope the police department will make preventing police violence a top priority. Thank you.
[if no]: The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis shows that police violence is an urgent problem for this country, and we need policies that reflect that so that officers know they’ll be held accountable. I urge the police department to start using body cameras, and to require evidence-based de-escalation training for all officers.”
Want to do more after you’ve called? Ask three friends or family members to call, too. The more leaders hear from the community, the more likely they are to act!
And watch this space - I’ll be sharing more ways to use your voice for racial justice as the week continues!
A Very Informative, Educational Friendly Conversation Between Professor Richard D. Wolff and His Guest Dr. Cornel West.
