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Today is a great day to start crushing anti-Asian racism. We compiled this thread 
to get you started. Please share it widely with your family, friends, and colleagues. Let’s build a better future for all. The entire guide is also available here: http://www.laaunch.org/resources
to get you started. Please share it widely with your family, friends, and colleagues. Let’s build a better future for all. The entire guide is also available here: http://www.laaunch.org/resources
How to Practice anti-Asian Racism
1. Look out for one another.Â
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2. Protect all members of our community, especially our elders. Get rid of the niceties. Speak up and speak out.
1. Look out for one another.Â
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2. Protect all members of our community, especially our elders. Get rid of the niceties. Speak up and speak out.
3. Recognize the Model Minority myth is often used to silence Asian Americans and create a "bamboo ceiling" for advancement in this country. It also pits Asian Americans against Black, Hispanic/Latinx and other communities.
4. Eradicate Asian American stereotypes. Recognize that Asian Americans are "whole" persons that hold multiple truths and can be complex individuals with contradictions.
5. Being anti-racist includes acknowledging unique Asian-American experiences. Every group, every person experiences racism differently.
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6. Include Asian Americans in anti-racist training. Due to COVID-19, Asian Americans have seen a spike of racist hate crimes + xenophobia.
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6. Include Asian Americans in anti-racist training. Due to COVID-19, Asian Americans have seen a spike of racist hate crimes + xenophobia.
7. Be an Ally. We must fight anti-Asian racism without being anti-Black. As people of color, we need to stand together and also fight against anti-Black racism.
8. Mentor, encourage and support Asian Americans in all environments.Â
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9. Have flexibility of thought and in action.
8. Mentor, encourage and support Asian Americans in all environments.Â
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9. Have flexibility of thought and in action.
10. Acknowledge Asian American historical and current contributions to better American life.
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11. Listen to Asian Americans’ perspectives, and include as many demographics as possible and as needed within this category, including Asian Americans of mixed races.
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11. Listen to Asian Americans’ perspectives, and include as many demographics as possible and as needed within this category, including Asian Americans of mixed races.
12. Make (or) Take seats at the tables in the board rooms, in federal, state, local offices.
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13. Measure racism and racist attitudes towards Asian Americans over time. Use data to decrease Asian American hate and increase accountability for racist actions.
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13. Measure racism and racist attitudes towards Asian Americans over time. Use data to decrease Asian American hate and increase accountability for racist actions.
Ways to Help
1. Donate - Support the Cause Against Anti-Asian Violence
‍ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-cause-against-antiasian-violence
1. Donate - Support the Cause Against Anti-Asian Violence
‍ https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-cause-against-antiasian-violence
2. Sign the Petition at http://Change.org to hold the media accountable. Help get mainstream news coverage of the National elderly Asian American assaults.
https://www.change.org/p/get-mainstream-news-coverage-of-national-elderly-asian-american-assaults-cnn-msnbc-fox-vice-buzzfeed-nyt-washpost-latimes-axios?source_location=discover_feed
https://www.change.org/p/get-mainstream-news-coverage-of-national-elderly-asian-american-assaults-cnn-msnbc-fox-vice-buzzfeed-nyt-washpost-latimes-axios?source_location=discover_feed
3. Report instances of anti-Asian racism and hate crimes at StopAAPIHate. ‍
https://stopaapihate.org
https://stopaapihate.org
Books to Raise Your Awareness
Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats
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The Good Immigrants: How The Yellow Peril Became The Model Minorities by Madeline H. Ysu
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Yellow: Race In America Beyond Black And White by Frank Wu
Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats
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The Good Immigrants: How The Yellow Peril Became The Model Minorities by Madeline H. Ysu
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Yellow: Race In America Beyond Black And White by Frank Wu
The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism by Rosalind S Chou and John R Feagin
Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold Story of Anti-Racism in the United States by Lon Kurashige
Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold Story of Anti-Racism in the United States by Lon Kurashige
Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David L. Eng
Minor Feelings - An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
No Good Very Bad Asian by Leland Cheuk
Minor Feelings - An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
No Good Very Bad Asian by Leland Cheuk
America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence Of An American People by Helen Zia
They Called Us Enemy (Graphic Novel) by George Takeii
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
Asian American Dreams: The Emergence Of An American People by Helen Zia
They Called Us Enemy (Graphic Novel) by George Takeii
Combatting Anti-Asian Hate in the Age of COVID-19 (Educational Curriculum)
https://www.calfac.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/curriculum_guide_combatting_anti-asian_racism_in_the_age_of_coronavirus.pdf?1589395997
https://www.calfac.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/curriculum_guide_combatting_anti-asian_racism_in_the_age_of_coronavirus.pdf?1589395997
Diversify Your Feed
Follow these accounts and hashtags across your Twitter and Instagram accounts for a well rounded and balanced understanding of the Asian-American experience in the U.S.
@go_laaunch
@aaja
@AsAmNews
@NextShark
@StopAAPIHate
Follow these accounts and hashtags across your Twitter and Instagram accounts for a well rounded and balanced understanding of the Asian-American experience in the U.S.
@go_laaunch
@aaja
@AsAmNews
@NextShark
@StopAAPIHate
