Bold Asian American Activism and Its Roots

Racist violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders isn’t new but neither is the community’s history of resistance.

In this episode, we speak with Professor Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, a national expert on Asian American history, about the rise in anti-Asian American racism and violence and how it fits into the larger historical and political context of white supremacy in the United States.

Judy, Steve and Sharline discuss the roots of their activism, the historical resilience of oppressed people in the face of white violence, and the enduring resolve of communities of color to establish justice and equality for all.

REFERENCES:
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu https://faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=6123 // UCI Humanities Center https://www.humanities.uci.edu/humanitiescenter
UnLadylike2020 https://unladylike2020.com/board/judy-tzu-chun-wu
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu // A Trip Down Immigration Lane https://www.facebook.com/judy.t.wu.3/videos/457086952835
Asian American Studies Irvine – https://twitter.com/uciasianam
Sharline Chiang // OZY – Reclaiming 5 Ugly Letters https://ozy.com/true-and-stories/reclaiming-5-ugly-letters/39905/
Atlanta Spa Shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings
Who Killed Vincent Chin? https://imdb.com/title/tt0096440/
The Great Battlefield: Investing in Communities of Color to Make Progressive Change w/ New Virginia Majority’s Tram Nguyen Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-battlefield/id1243705071?i=1000422012791
Fresh Off the Boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Off_the_Boat
Margaret Cho’s All-American Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American_Girl_(TV_series)

Organizations

Stop AAPI Hate Website – https://twitter.com/stopaapihate

Historical background

1882 Chinese Exclusion Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act
Japanese Internment in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans
Murder of Vincent Chin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Vincent_Chin
1922 Ozawa vs. United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozawa_v._United_States
1923 United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_Thind