Guancasco: A Faculty-in-Residence Event
May 3, 2021, 4-5:30 pm PST
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Since the pandemic began, over 3,800 hate crimes against Asian immigrants and Asian Americans— women in the majority—have besieged the Asian American community. The Atlanta massacre that included six Asian women, the Indianapolis shooting that included four Sikh community members, and random acts of violence in every major city, have enraged the community, prompting a demand for collective responses addressing the intersections of racism, misogyny, and xenophobia. Inadequate contention in our society with white supremacy, nativism, and the illness of “other”-ing and scapegoating, promoted by Trump and others, hinders progress toward justice. The experts on this panel will explore Asian American histories of racial violence and invisibility, resistance and activism, contemporary and ongoing efforts to challenge these attacks and how to build effective solidarity.
Speakers
Phi Nguyen
Litigation Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice—Atlanta
Isabela Seong Leong Quintana
Assistant Professor, Asian American Studies, School of Humanities, University of California—Irvine
Kevin Kandamby, PZ’19
César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Central American Studies, UCLA
Moderator
Todd Honma
Associate Professor, Chair of Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges
Panel Chair
Linus Yamane
Professor of Economics and Asian American Studies, Pitzer College
Sponsored by: Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies at the Claremont Colleges; Intercollegiate Department of Chicanx, Latinx Studies; The Agnes Moreland Jackson Diversity Program Fund — Campus Life Committee; Teaching and Learning Committee; Faculty in Residence Suyapa Portillo; Center for Asian Pacific American Students.
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