By Elizabeth Tang – July 8, 2021
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I don’t like the #StopAsianHate hashtag. First of all, Asians are not the ones doing the “hating.” And second, why are we calling it “hate” at all? Anti-Asian violence is systemic—it cannot be reduced to individual feelings.
I Don’t Want to #StopAsianHate. I Want to End US Imperialism
Tag: Pacific Islanders
USAID Launches Five-Year Strategy for Pacific Islands
Why are Chinese companies in the Pacific so quiet?
During my research on Chinese companies’ engagement in the Pacific Island countries, I have met many people living in Australia or the Pacific who have shown a strong interest in this area, including students, academics, businesspeople, media reporters, government officials, and even taxi drivers. The topic attracts their interest for various reasons: some are curious about how Chinese companies operate; some want to explore dialogue and cooperation with Chinese companies; and some question the quality of Chinese companies’ works (while admitting that most companies operating in the Pacific face similar issues and challenges).
Why are Chinese companies in the Pacific so quiet?
Violent China-bashing has been mainstreamed since US passing 1882 Chinese Exclusion Acts / ‘Tonight, it’s my turn’: Chinese PhD student attacked by 5 men near University of Wisconsin-Madison
Violent China-bashing has been mainstreamed since US passing 1882 Chinese Exclusion Acts / ‘Tonight, it’s my turn’: Chinese PhD student attacked by 5 men near University of Wisconsin-Madison
Violent China-bashing has been mainstreamed since US passing 1882 Chinese Exclusion Acts
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Stop Asian Hate: end acts of violence and discrimination against APIDA (Petition)
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A ‘History of Exclusion, of Erasure, of Invisibility.’ Why the Asian-American Story Is Missing From Many U.S. Classrooms
Scholars agree that one of the reasons a full history of Asian Americans has not been incorporated into core U.S. History curricula in K-12 schools is because it doesn’t portray America in a positive light.
“K-12 American history texts reinforce the narrative that Asian immigrants and refugees are fortunate to have been ‘helped’ and ‘saved’ by the U.S.,” Jean Wu, who has taught Asian American Studies for more than 50 years and is a senior lecturer emerita at Tufts University, said in an email to TIME. “The story does not begin with U.S. imperialist wars that were waged to take Asian wealth and resources and the resulting violence, rupture and displacement in relation to Asian lives. Few realize that there is an Asian diaspora here in the U.S. because the U.S. went to Asia first.”
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