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Center Asian American perspectives on racialized policing

CW/TW: Racial discrimination, violence, prostitution On Tuesday, April 11, the Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice hosted an event titled “Policing, Capitalism, and the Criminalization of Asian Americans.” The event was facilitated by organizing fellows from the Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP) and sponsored by Macalester’s Institutional Equity and the Racial Justice Project Fund. AAOP. ....

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NEW EYES FESTIVAL 2021: UN(SCENE) to be Presented by Theater Mu

To mark Asian Pacific American Heritage Month this May, Theater Mu announced NEW EYES FESTIVAL: UN(SCENE) as part of the current 2020-2021 season.
Theater Mu s longest-running tradition, the New Eyes Festival, has become a much-anticipated annual series of staged readings of new works from Asian American Playwrights. The festival acts as an artistic incubator for thoughts and ideas looking to be born onto the stage.
This year, as a response to the rising violence against Asian and Asian American communities, the New Eyes Festival will consist of a series of original ten-minute virtual plays written by local and nationally recognized playwrights with ties to Theater Mu and the Twin Cities. The idea to pivot this year s festival was brought to the Mu staff by Board Member Katie Hae Leo, who also serves as the festival s producer: ....

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Fred Hampton Was Right: We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity

Fred Hampton Was Right: We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity
American political & social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton raises his arms at the Days of Rage rally, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1969.
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On March 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that the film
Judas and the Black Messiah, about the assassination of Chicago Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, received six Oscar nominations, including one for best picture. Hampton was assassinated because the FBI and Chicago Police Department viewed the 21-year-old as a threat to be eliminated not just because of his leadership of the Black community, but because of his skill in forming bonds across race with other oppressed people, forming what has been referred to as the first Rainbow Coalition. Oscars are a deserved recognition for this important film, but if we really want to honor Hampton, we ....

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Hate crimes against Asian Americans continue

Despite executive actions from the Biden Administration banning terms like "China Virus," Asian Americans are still being attacked. ....

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