4 posts tagged with asianamerica by toastyk.
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Monterey Park & Half Moon Bay: One week
LATimes has many news articles about what happened at Monterey Park: honoring the victims' lives, how the shooter's motives remain a mystery, whether domestic violence played a part, the deafening silence of Californian Republican politicians, and how to continue to dance and rebuild after a tragedy.
In Half Moon Bay, the shooter admits to his rage being sparked over a $100 repair bill, long hours, and being bullied at his place of employment. LATimes remembers the victims of Half Moon Bay. [more inside]
A Short History of Recent Anti-Asian Violence in the US
Anti-Asian violence in the US did not just start with the covid-19 pandemic, but it has escalated recently. In recent weeks, the Bay Area has gotten attention for many horrific, violent attacks on Asian elders in the community. It can be hard to separate the violence of anti-Asian racism from the violence of everyday poverty and neglect from the state. [more inside]
Corky Lee's photographs helped Asian Americans see themselves. RIP
Corky Lee was one of the few chroniclers of Asian America in the US during some of its most significant eras - from the sixties, seventies, up through the nineties. He died of COVID-19 at 73. In Junru Huang's short Vimeo film Not On the Menu about his life, he describes the moment he realized that photographs have a role in historical memory - when a picture commemorating the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit showed only the white workers, and not the many Chinese workers who contributed their blood and sweat. [more inside]
The Asian American Canon Breakers
The Asian American Canon Breakers (SLNYer)
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