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“Asians for Black Lives, Not Asians for Asians”: Building Southeast Asian American and Black Solidarity
Author(s) -
Lee Stacey J.,
Xiong Choua P.,
Pheng Linda M.,
Neng Vang Mai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12354
Subject(s) - solidarity , racism , ethnography , gender studies , southeast asia , sociology , asian americans , space (punctuation) , work (physics) , ethnic group , political science , anthropology , ethnology , politics , linguistics , philosophy , law , mechanical engineering , engineering
This paper explores the possibilities and challenges of building cross‐racial solidarity between Southeast Asian American and Black communities through an ethnographic account of a community‐based educational space (CBES) working with low‐income Southeast Asian American and Black youth. CBESs can play a unique role in teaching youth to engage in anti‐racist work and building cross‐racial coalitions. We argue that attention to challenging anti‐Blackness is central to cross‐racial coalitions but should also recognize the distinct nature of anti‐Asian racism.