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Racism against Asian Americans has been prolific since Asian workers began immigrating into the U.S. in the mid-1800s. Even before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and long before Japanese internment during WWII, the concept of Yellow Peril was born, which existed as sort of a catchall for the threats that white America felt as Eastern Asian immigrants started coming here to work in large numbers. Particularly, the white American working class was afraid they would be put out of work by Chinese immigrants who were willing to work for less. Yellow Peril is a term I learned last summer. I saw it at a protest against police brutality, written in big black letters on a red poster board: Yellow Peril supports Black Power. I had no idea what the term meant at the time, but I felt like I understood it within the context of the situation. The sign was really just talking about solidarity between victims of white supremacy. ....
If you have spent any time on social media over the past few weeks, then you are no doubt familiar with the controversy surrounding Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. On March 2, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six titles published by the beloved children’s author would be discontinued due to their depictions of Asian people. Almost immediately, accusations of racism were hurled at the children’s author and a campaign was launched to “cancel” him. An Op-Ed for NBC News titled “Why Dr. Seuss got away with anti-Asian racism for so long” written by Taylor Weik suggested that the banning was a long delayed “reckoning over his racism.” ....