December 2020 Resource Roundup: Gift Guide Black-Owned Businesses
Finished your holiday shopping yet? Us neither. This holiday season, as we search for the perfect “gift that keeps on giving” for our loved ones, let’s continue to do our part and support Black-owned businesses. Here are a few gift ideas that we love.
For the foodies
Founded by drag queen Shaquanda Coco Mulatta, also known as Andrew Springer, these hot sauces were featured on Hot Ones Seasons 9 and 13. They come in four tempting flavors Hot Pepper Sauce, Mx. Green Sass, Oooomami, and Spicier Smoke at $10 each bottle, and they each have raving reviews. You can buy all four, throw in a multipurpose cotton hankie, and make a delectable gift basket any spice-lover will appreciate.
Fight Anti-Blackness with our Asian Parents
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“You can never date or marry a Black person.”
These words, or some version of them, may be familiar to you. They were spoken by my parents when they forbade me from attending a school formal with a Haitian American friend, and these words were repeated to my brother and myself throughout our young adult and adult life.
Growing up in New York one of the most diverse, yet highly segregated, metro areas in the United States I heard fellow Asian Americans use racist stereotypes to not only justify that our communities were simply too different to mix, but to also scapegoat, dehumanize and devalue Black people. The model minority myth made us think we were more hardworking, more white-adjacent, and more deserving of success. My father told me I caught lice from hanging out with too many Black girls, and my mother locked car doors, averted her eyes, and pulled me closer when Black men passed by.
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)and Comcast California have partnered to present the Rising with the Tides Storytelling Project. The project awards Bay Area journalists the chance to work on a story in any medium and a stipend.
Interview with Kisha A. Brown, Esq., Founder of Justis Connection
As the first woman director of the Baltimore City Civil Rights Office, Kisha A. Brown is a true trailblazer. In 2018, she founded Justis Connection, the only online lawyer referral service exclusively showcasing the talent of Black lawyers. Only 5% of lawyers are Black, a number that hasn’t shifted in over a decade; and Black attorneys, especially women, continue to be undervalued and underrepresented. To disrupt this pattern, Justis Connection seeks innovative ways to build the business of Black lawyers and grow their practices. As part of Black Allyship @ Mochi, we are spotlighting Black-owned businesses, particularly those doing important work to foster a more just society.
Black Allyship @ Mochi: Mission Statement
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The Black Allyship @ Mochi column is an ongoing project that urges an awareness of racial injustice in the United States, particularly the oppression of Black people in America. The articles, resources and opinions we share are a call to action, an open discussion, and a place to take a stance against anti-Black racism. The Asian American community for too long has stood by silently and apolitically as our fellow people of color in the United States have been oppressed by white supremacy. We do not seek to gloss over the tensions between Asian American and Black communities, but to foster healing, partnership and solidarity.