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As the COVID-19 pandemic and thousands of incidences of anti-Asian racism and violence take their toll on Asian Pacific Islander and Desi American, or APIDA, students, faculty and staff, a team of Cal State Fullerton Asian American studies and student affairs experts developed a leadership and social justice partnership model for uplifting APIDA students and communities.
Presenters Jennifer A. Yee, Jacob Chacko, Gleanne Kienzler and Vy Lê shown with attendees during their Nov. 2020 webinar.
Drawing from years of collaborative work with on- and off-campus organizations, Asian American studies professor Jennifer A. Yee, inaugural Asian Pacific American Resource Center coordinator Jacob Chacko, student organizations coordinator Gleanne Kienzler and alumna Vy Lê ‘18 (B.A. ethnic studies-Asian American studies) developed a webinar detailing Cal State Fullerton’s community-centered approach to supporting students’ success over the past three dec
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May 12, 2021
A recent study from Cal State San Bernardino observed a 164% increase in reported anti-Asian hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021, versus the same period last year. The growing urgency around this troubling trend has sparked action and dialogue about how to mitigate future threats but also has brought conversations about America’s history of Asian American Pacific Islander discrimination into a new light.
On May 14, UCLA School of Law will host a discussion on the legal history of discrimination against Asian American Pacific Islander communities in America, the origins and nature of anti–Asian American Pacific Islander hate crimes, and the potential legal, policy and community-based solutions to stem future violence.
Thursday, May 13. I’m Kimi Yoshino, and I’m writing from Los Angeles.
We’ve seen video after video of unprovoked attacks on Asian Americans and reports that show an alarming uptick in anti-Asian violence. One set of data, from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino, found a 164% increase in Asian-related hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year.
As Times reporter Anh Do wrote:
The attacks took place in schools, restaurants, stores, subways, sidewalks, fitness classes and Zoom meetings. Some involved allegations about the coronavirus, while other perpetrators used age-old racial slurs like “ching chong.”
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ICYMI, here are this week’s great reads
The Republican war on transgender kids. This Q&A with the prominent ACLU lawyer who has won landmark court cases for transgender justice offers a deeper dive into the politics, the history and the real-life impacts of the political arguments Jenner touched on with her comments on kids in sports.
How one mom learned to stop worrying and love video games. You should read Deborah Netburn’s funny, touching and very relatable personal essay if you haven’t. (Or you can listen to it!) It is, as she writes, a story of a journey from ignorance to understanding, about questioning beliefs, about parenthood and childhood and the pandemic but ultimately, it’s about video games.
Even if the Chinese government bears responsibility for the pandemic, it’s racist and nonsensical for people to target Asian Americans.
“We’re not bringing you the virus,” said Lee, who recalled strangers on the street spitting on her twice in the last year. “We are literally trying to help you get rid of the virus.”
People of Asian and Pacific Islander descent make up about 6% to 8% of the U.S. population but a greater share of some healthcare professions, including around 20% of non-surgeon physicians and pharmacists and 12% to 15% of surgeons, physical therapists and physician assistants, according to federal statistics.