“Theater of the Oppressed”: Vietnamese and Asian American Youth Violence

Lam, Kevin D.

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“…Along with my circles of friends, I can be included amongst the many minoritised youth inspired by hip-hop’s Conscious Era. Growing up in a multiracial, majority minority L.A., hip-hop was a confluence of ethnic groups with heavy participation and notoriety of Chicanx, Pilipinx, Samoan, Japanese American, and ‘mixed race’ crews and artists, many of whom had ties to gangs (Chang 2014 ; Lam 2015 ; Viesca 2000 ). Similar to how kung fu influenced young Black youth, hip-hop has influenced Asian Americans to participate and create at almost every level.…”

Section: Afro-asian Solidarity Towards Social Justicementioning

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From ‘Illmatic’ to ‘Kung Flu’: Black and Asian Solidarity, Activism, and Pedagogies in the Covid-19 Era

Chang

2020

Postdigit Sci Educ

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Trending social media has indicated that there are currently two pandemics: Covid-19 and racism. While this typology and terminology can be critiqued, it is rather clear that the virus and White supremacy are key concerns of social movements in various parts of the world, particularly in nation states that experienced European colonisation and imperialism. The wake of Covid-19 has perhaps brought greater attention and support to #BlackLivesMatter-oriented protest movements, including by those labelled people of colour (POC) or 'minorities' in the North American context, such as Latinx and Asian communities. But with the amplified protest movement have come deeper calls for systemic change, from policy to ideology to everyday practice. Some of these critiques have been directed at the privilege, positionality, and participation of Asian communities not only with #BLM-oriented activism, but also in education and general society. This paper seeks to contribute to this critical discourse through a brief discussion of historical solidarity between Black and Asian activists and social movements, and how these practices might help inform activism within North America as well as other protest movements. Going beyond one-dimensional 'but we experience racism too' discourse of Asian communities that has recently increased due to anti-Asian hate crimes and scapegoating regarding 'The Chinese Flu', this paper explores some of the ways that historical Black-Asian solidarity can inform more intersectional and transnational analyses and pedagogies of Asian students, educators, and activists.

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Section: Afro-asian Solidarity Towards Social Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

From ‘Illmatic’ to ‘Kung Flu’: Black and Asian Solidarity, Activism, and Pedagogies in the Covid-19 Era

Chang

2020

Postdigit Sci Educ

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“Theater of the Oppressed”: Vietnamese and Asian American Youth Violence

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From ‘Illmatic’ to ‘Kung Flu’: Black and Asian Solidarity, Activism, and Pedagogies in the Covid-19 Era

From ‘Illmatic’ to ‘Kung Flu’: Black and Asian Solidarity, Activism, and Pedagogies in the Covid-19 Era

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