Gate A-4
Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately.” Well—one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.
“They just see that you’re Asian and you are horrible”: How the pandemic is triggering racist attacks
Racial slurs and hateful acts against Asian Americans are on the rise. Julie Kang, 30, said she was first verbally assaulted in December, when coronavirus cases were just beginning to surface in China. A man walked up to her in the middle of downtown San Diego, got in her face, and called her racial slurs. […]
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety
As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.
Nonprofits Launch Site for Asian Americans to Report Coronavirus-Related Racism
“We hope members of the AAPI community will report incidents they have experienced, which may range from microaggressions to incidents of racial profiling to hate violence,” the site’s co-founder said.
Don’t Let the Coronavirus be an Excuse to Unleash Your Prejudice Against the Asian Community
Earlier this week and twice today, President Trump called COVID-19, the “Chinese Virus.” Chinese journalist, Weijia Jiang, said that a White House official called the coronavirus “Kung-Flu” to her face.
I’m a Black Feminist. I Think Call-Out Culture Is Toxic.
There are better ways of doing social justice work.
Calling Out Callout Culture
Labels help us feel like we understand our world. They also are rarely well received from whoever we consider the ‘other.’… How do we break this us-versus-them mentality, especially these days? For that matter, do we want to break it or are we afraid to peel back these labels and see the person underneath?
Intersectionality – Broad Comedy’s Katie Goodman and Carlita Victoria
Do you what “Intersectionality” means? Katie, it seems, doesn’t either.
Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk?
When her 3-year-old son told her that a classmate told him that his skin was brown because he drank chocolate milk, Dr. Tatum, former president of Spelman College and a visiting scholar at Stanford’s Haas Center for Public Service, was surprised. As a clinical psychologist, she knew that preschool children often have questions about racial […]
The Destructiveness of Call-Out Culture
Reflections from undergraduates of the social media era.