May 1st marked the beginning of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. While Asian-Americans and Black Americans have had a complicated relationship, there is a dominating intangible force that keeps America divided. Activists have stressed the importance of alliances between the Black and AAPI community to defeat the white supremacist laws and practices on which the country was built and which continue to exact brutal violence and dehumanization of both groups today.
In a month when the country celebrates AAPI history and contributions, it’s helpful to be mindful of a shared struggle amid the uptick in violence against Asian-Americans over the past year. Wednesday in San Francisco, two elderly Asian women were stabbed near Market St. and they have been hospitalized. Last week, 29-year-old John Huynh was stabbed to death by a white resident in Bothell, Washington, just outside of Seattle. The suspect, 25-year-old Ian Patrick Williams fatally attacked Huynh after alle
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