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edited by Danae O.
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Links:
"when east asian americans don't learn abt..." tiktok.com/@ginalhh/video/7613542046967581983?is_from_webapp=1&web_id=7529225681584178743
Longtime ICE official David Venturella chosen to head agency
nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/longtime-ice-official-david-venturella-chosen-head-agency-rcna344856
"This AAPIHM, let’s START ASIAN HATE!!!" instagram.com/p/DXzIOPAAKTp/?img_index=10
Asian American hate crimes fueled by anti-immigration rhetoric usa.inquirer.net/197372/asian-american-hate-crimes-fueled-by-anti-immigration-rhetoric
Chen, Michelle (2016). "Making and Unmaking the Asian American Movement." Asian American Writers' Workshop. aaww.org/asian-american-movement
"In the Belly of the Monster: Asian American Opposition to the Vietnam War" densho.org/catalyst/asian-american-opposition-vietnam-war
"Asian Americans did not crack the code" tiktok.com/@circusfaery33/video/7239816652714495278
Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi O. (2022). Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture
Song, Lucy (2022). "The Elite Capture of Asian American Politics." Boston Review. bostonreview.net/articles/the-elite-capture-of-asian-american-politics
"The dark history of 'bikini'" instagram.com/p/DYAIOVaBn1K
Chapter
00:00 Asian MAGA smh
06:49 the duality of Asian America
10:17 the Asian American movement
19:00 the wasian movement problem
28:55 principles and solidarity
31:04 what happened?
36:22 model minorities and elite capture
40:07 the Asian American divide
48:56 the AAPI struggle
donate to UNITE HERE. "Since 2001, the UNITE HERE Education and Support Fund has provided hospitality workers with disaster and hardship relief and training opportunities that provide access to good jobs." secure.actblue.com/donate/unite-here
donate to Red Canary Song, "a grassroots collective of Migrant Massage Workers, Sex Workers, and Allies of Asian Diaspora, base building in Flushing, NYC and organizing transnationally." redcanarysong.net
patreon.com/elliotsang
edited by Danae O.
thumbnail by @BABILA.
exec. prod. @earthtonellie
Links:
"when east asian americans don't learn abt..." tiktok.com/@ginalhh/video/7613542046967581983?is_from_webapp=1&web_id=7529225681584178743
Longtime ICE official David Venturella chosen to head agency
nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/longtime-ice-official-david-venturella-chosen-head-agency-rcna344856
"This AAPIHM, let’s START ASIAN HATE!!!" instagram.com/p/DXzIOPAAKTp/?img_index=10
Asian American hate crimes fueled by anti-immigration rhetoric usa.inquirer.net/197372/asian-american-hate-crimes-fueled-by-anti-immigration-rhetoric
Chen, Michelle (2016). "Making and Unmaking the Asian American Movement." Asian American Writers' Workshop. aaww.org/asian-american-movement
"In the Belly of the Monster: Asian American Opposition to the Vietnam War" densho.org/catalyst/asian-american-opposition-vietnam-war
"Asian Americans did not crack the code" tiktok.com/@circusfaery33/video/7239816652714495278
Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi O. (2022). Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) haymarketbooks.org/books/1867-elite-capture
Song, Lucy (2022). "The Elite Capture of Asian American Politics." Boston Review. bostonreview.net/articles/the-elite-capture-of-asian-american-politics
"The dark history of 'bikini'" instagram.com/p/DYAIOVaBn1K
Chapter
00:00 Asian MAGA smh
06:49 the duality of Asian America
10:17 the Asian American movement
19:00 the wasian movement problem
28:55 principles and solidarity
31:04 what happened?
36:22 model minorities and elite capture
40:07 the Asian American divide
48:56 the AAPI struggle
