Here we are again.
In today's episode, Danni and Miki discuss the Atlanta shooting where six of the eight murdered were Asian women. Miki and Danni delve into the layers of oppression that ultimately resulted in the targeted attacks of three Asian spas: the fetishization of Asian women, the connotation behind "Asian massage parlours" that the media has been quick to use without contextualization, the treatment of sex workers by society and the police, the immigrant experience, and the longstanding history of violence and racism against Asians in America.
Want to help? Here's what you can do:
DONATE:
Stop AAPI Hate https://donate.givedirect.org/?cid=14711
Asian American Advancing Justice https://secure.donationpay.org/aajc/
Asian American Advancing Justice Atlanta chapter https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/donate
Red Canary Song https://www.redcanarysong.net
For other organizations to donate to #StopAAPIhate, go to: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-to-help-asian-communities-2021.html
Take a Bystander Intervention training course: https://www.ihollaback.org/bystander-resources/
Accounts to follow to combat anti-Asian racism:
@nextshark
@teachandtransform
@amandangocnguyen
@michellekimkim
@dearasianyouth
Accounts to follow to combat anti-Asian racism [UK specific]:
@DearAsianYouthLondon
@RacismUnmaskedEdinburgh
@AsianLeadershipCollective
Mental Health Resources for our Asian listeners:
Asian Mental Health Collective: asianmhc.org
Sources from today's episode that told the story correctly:
The Guardian: A specific kind of racism: Atlanta Shootings Fuel Fears Over Anti Sex Work Ideology https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/18/atlanta-spa-shootings-anti-sex-worker-racism-sexism
Vox: the Atlanta Shootings can't be divorced from racism and misogyny https://www.vox.com/22336317/atlanta-georgia-shootings-racism-misogyny-targeting-asian-women
CAPE: Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment https://www.capeusa.org/communityaction
CALL RACISM FOR WHAT IT IS. Only by naming the problem can we begin to fight it.
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