So you want to learn about Asians…
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A growing list of resources about, by, and for the Asian communities.
READ
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, Cathy Park Hong
The Making of Asian America, Erika Lee
Yellow, Frank Wu
Strangers from a Different Shore, Ronald Takaki
Stop Asian Hate: Vanderbilt Library Resource Guide
South Asian American Digital History
The history of tensions — and solidarity — between Black and Asian American communities, explained, Vox
The ‘No-Nos’ of Tule Lake, LA Times
America’s long history of scapegoating its Asian citizens, National Geographic
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Read stories: https://www.standagainsthatred.org/stories
Report stories: https://www.standagainsthatred.org
The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S., PBS
Teaching Asian American History to Expand the Narrative and Build Connections
Asian Americans in the People’s History of the United States, Zinn Education Project
Covering Asia and Asian Americans, Asian American Journalists Association
Mari Matsuda: Critical Race Theory is not Anti-Asian, Reappropriate
Grace Lee Boggs, Activist And American Revolutionary, Turns 100, Code Switch
LISTEN
Self Evident is where we tell Asian America’s stories to explore what it really means to claim America today. Each episode presents an in-depth audio documentary or radically open conversations from Asian American communities — across generations, across cultures, and across class.
Throughline, Our Own People: Yuri Kochiyama
Saturday School, Potluck Podcast Collective
WATCH
Asian Americans, PBS
Asian Stereotypes- Rethinking Perceptions, TEDx
Why Asian Americans are not the Model Minority, TEDxVanderbiltUniversity
The difficulties of communication in an Asian-American family, TEDxYouth@YostPark
The Rise of ‘Dehumanizing’ Anti-Asian Racism in the U.S., Asia Society
