One grew up in a community that was Black and Chinese. The other read 'Malcolm X' at age 10 after a teacher denied her family’s history. A conversation about what Asian and Black solidarity means to them.
13-year-old Ashlyn So organized an Asian and Black solidarity rally in Oakland, uniting two communities that have often been pitted against each other but that also have a long history of collaboration.
There's a long, complex history between Black and Asian communities in America that's often portrayed as conflict. But that misses the moments of solidarity, resistance and collective power.