Asian American and Pacific Islander History & Experience

Articles & Opinion

7 Things Feminists of Color Want You To Know, Gina M. Florio, https://www.bustle.com/articles/120684-7-things-feminists-of-color-want-white-feminists-to-know

After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History, Learning for Justice, https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/after-atlanta-teaching-about-asian-american-identity-and-history

Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian Americans, Wayne Au and Moé Yonamine, https://rethinkingschools.org/2021/03/23/dear-educators-it-is-time-to-fight-for-asian-america/

Dear White Boss, Keith A. Carver and Ancella B. Livers, https://hbr.org/2002/11/dear-white-boss

Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system, Karina Zapata, https://calgaryjournal.ca/2020/02/27/decolonizing-mental-health-the-importance-of-an-oppression-focused-mental-health-system/

Definition of Intersectionality, Nicki Lisa Cole, https://www.thoughtco.com/intersectionality-definition-3026353

From Ally to Co-Conspirator: BLM Solidarity in Latinx, API, and White Communities, California Preterm Birth Initiative, https://pretermbirthca.ucsf.edu/events/ally-co-conspirator-blm-solidarity-latinx-api-and-white-communities

How Are The Atlanta Shootings Reverberating Among AAPIs?, WBUR, https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2021/03/22/shootings-atlanta-aapi-commonwealth

How to help Asian Americans under attack, Holly Yan, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-to-help-asian-americans-under-attack/ar-BB1ePJws?ocid=msedgntp

How to start decolonising your business, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/how-to-start-decolonising-your-business-141750

How to take action against anti-Asian racism at work and in your personal life, CNBC, https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/18/how-to-take-action-against-anti-asian-racism.html

Intersectionality: When Identities Converge, Catalyst, https://www.catalyst.org/research/intersectionality-when-identities-converge/

It's time to decolonize that syllabus, Yvette Dechavez, https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-decolonize-syllabus-20181008-story.html

Majority of Minority Female Lawyers Considering Leaving Law, ABA Journal, https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/most-minority-female-lawyers-consider-leaving-law-aba-study-explains-why?utm_source=salesforce_230567&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=salesforce_230567&sc_sid=00586378&utm_campaign=&promo=&utm_content=&additional4=&additional5=&sfmc_j=230567&sfmc_s=50727240&sfmc_l=1527&sfmc_jb=186&sfmc_mid=100027443&sfmc_u=7404230

She Coined the Term 'Intersectionality' Over Thirty Years Ago. Here's What It Means to Her Today, Katy Steinmetz, https://time.com/5786710/kimberle-crenshaw-intersectionality/

The Brutal Truth Every White Feminist Needs to Hear, Julie Zeillinger, https://www.mic.com/articles/125084/the-brutal-truth-every-white-feminist-needs-to-hear

The Intersectionality Wars, Jane Coaston, https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

There Are Two Asian-Americas, and One is Invisible, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/opinion/atlanta-shooting-asian-massage.html

Understanding Intersectional Identities, Joe Kort, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-the-erotic-code/201906/understanding-intersectional-identities

What Decolonization Is, and What It Means to Me, Tina Curiel-Allen, https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-decolonization-is-and-what-it-means-to-me

What does it mean to decolonize a museum?, Elisa Shoenberger, https://www.museumnext.com/article/what-does-it-mean-to-decolonize-a-museum/

What the Georgia Shootings Reveal About Anti-Asian Racism in the US, WBUR, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2021/03/22/what-the-georgia-shootings-reveal-about-anti-asian-racism-in-the-u-s

What It Means to Decolonize the Library, Nicole A. Cooke, https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/85127-what-it-means-to-decolonize-the-library.html

What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/21/opinion/anti-asian-violence.html

When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels, Rachel Elizabeth Cargle, https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a22717725/what-is-toxic-white-feminism/

White Feminism is Toxic to the Actual Feminist Movement, Carlos Olvera, https://www.theodysseyonline.com/white-feminism-toxic

Writing While Asian and the Burden of Education, Nicole Chung, https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/i-have-notes/6272f75999d36800215ff453/asian-american-author-tokenization/

Blogs & Newsletters

Books

A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn

Asian American Studies Now: A Critical Reader, Jean Y Wu and Thomas Chen, eds.

Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston's Chinatown, Michael Liu

Minor Feelings, Cathy Hong Park

The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien, Beth Lew-Wiliams

The Karma of Brown Folk, Vijay Prashad

The Making of Asian America, Erika Lee

War, Genocide, and Justice: Cambodian American Memory Work, Cathy Schlund Vials

We Can't Talk About THAT at Work!, Mary-Frances Winters

Documentaries

Ancestors in the Americas Parts 1 and 2, Loni Ding

Asian Americans, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/

Keep Saray Home, Brian Redondo et al, https://www.keepsarayhome.com/

Sentenced Home, PBS, https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sentencedhome/film.html

The Chinese Exclusion Act, PBS

Exercises

Learning for Justice, https://www.learningforjustice.org/topics

Teaching Peoples' Histories, Zinn Education Project, https://www.zinnedproject.org/teaching-materials/explore-by-theme

Movies & Television

Gook, Justin Chon Director

Meet the Patels, Geeta Patel & Ravi Patel Directors

Minari, Lee Isaac Chung Director

Minding the Gap, Bing Liu Director

Nomadland, Chloe Zhao Director

Nora from Queens, Awkwafina

The Joy Luck Club, Wayne Wang Director

Tigertail, Alan Yang Director

Other Videos

Race in America: Race Matters, Washington Post, https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=906875530070973&ref=watch_permalink

The Urgency of Intersectionality, Kimberlé Crenshaw, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=intersectionality&docid=607991056520538232&mid=F9E05F084A3860DAB4B1F9E05F084A3860DAB4B1&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

We Are Not A Stereotype - Breaking Down Asian Pacific American Bias, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, https://smithsonianapa.org/learn/not-a-stereotype/

What is Intersectionality? Kimberlé Crenshaw, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=intersectionality&docid=608041226020601526&mid=5212F8EAAE113AF6BC495212F8EAAE113AF6BC49&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

What is Intersectionality (Applied to IE)? Kimberlé Crenshaw, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=intersectionality&docid=607993277005987773&mid=8A89CC17C3D06E18BA1C8A89CC17C3D06E18BA1C&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Who Killed Vincent Chin?, Renee Tajima and Christine Choy

Podcasts

A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, https://soundcloud.com/harperaudiopresents/matt-damon-reads-howard-zinn

CodeSwitch: Race and Identity Remixed, NPR, https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/

Intersectionality Matters! Kimberle Crenshaw, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intersectionality-matters/id1441348908

Radical Imagination, Angela Glover, https://radicalimagination.us/episodes

Whistling Vivaldi and Beating Stereotypes, Neal Conan, https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125859207

Ted Talks

#ThisIsAmerica: Why I'm rethinking my viral video, Nydia Han, https://www.ted.com/talks/nydia_han_thisisamerica_why_i_m_rethinking_my_viral_video

Asian Stereotypes - Rethinking Perceptions, Laura Lim, https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_lim_asian_stereotypes_rethinking_perceptions

I am not your Asian stereotype, Canwen Xu, https://www.ted.com/talks/canwen_xu_i_am_not_your_asian_stereotype?language=en

Not Your Model Minority, Kelly Choi, https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_choi_not_your_model_minority

Redefining Asian American Narratives Through Storytelling, Katerina Jeng & Krystie Mak, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45DThaGHwzs

Training Materials


Websites

Addressing Anti-Asian Bias, Learning for Justice, https://www.learningforjustice.org/the-moment/march-15-2021-addressing-antiasian-bias

Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Asian Law Caucus, https://www.advancingjustice-alc.org

Asian Americans in the People's History of the United States, Zinn Education Project, https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/asian-americans-and-moments-in-peoples-history/

Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit, Chinese Progressive Association, https://www.asianamtoolkit.org/

Asian Pacific Environmental Network, https://apen4ej.org

Bullying Prevention, Intervention, and Resource Guide for Parents, Asian American Psychological Association, https://aapaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bullying-Parent-Guide_AAPA_final-English-1.pdf

hollaback!, https://www.ihollaback.org

Othering and Belonging Institute, Berkeley, https://belonging.berkeley.edu/

Stop AAPI Hate, https://stopaapihate.org