Zhou-Lee connects the historic oppression of Asian Americans to erasure, invisibilization, racial triangulation, and how these keep Asian Americans from building cross-racial solidarity and tapping into Asian Power.
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We delve into the stereotype and why it needs to be dismantled.
May 27, 2021
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads “Not Your Model Minority” during a National Day of Action rally in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, March 27, 2021. (Photo: Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In honour of Asian Heritage Month, the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice released an Anti-Asian Racism PSA called “Eyes Open.” Chinese-Canadian poet Christopher Tse narrates the video that includes striking images of Asian Canadians throughout history and today.
“See, we are not the submissive stereotype that’s been depicted,” narrates Tse as footage of protests against anti-Asian racism is shown.
Ethnic communities must stand together
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Lisa Zhao (l to r), 7; Luna Alonso-Jojola, 6; Joseph Daniel, 7 and Ameer Elshaer, 5, stand atop a the Phoenix playstructure as they spot another playstructure at the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground on Thursday, February 11, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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(L-R) Sanan Wannachit, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, and husband Eric Lawson stand amongst the crowd as Lawson holds a photograph of his late father-in-law Vicha Ratanapakdee while attending Love our People: Heal our Communities rally at Civic Center Plaza in condemnation of the recent increase in violence towards the Asian American community around the Bay Area in San Francisco, California Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The elder Ratanapakdee, 84, was violently shoved to the ground in broad daylight on Jan. 28 while out on a morning walk in the city s Anza Vista neighborhood and succumbed to his injuries days later.Stephen